Flood Control Dams in Utah

Utah has 181 flood control dams, of which 69 carry a high hazard classification. The dam is designed to control downstream flooding by temporarily storing excess water during storms and releasing it at a controlled rate.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	Flaming Gorge Dam	Daggett	502	High	Not Available	1964
2	East Canyon Dam	Morgan	260	High	Not Available	1966
3	Echo Dam	Summit	161	High	Not Available	1931
4	Davis County -barton Creek Db	Davis	140	High	Fair	1984
5	Salt Lake County Chandler Drive (#13)	Salt Lake	128	High	Fair	1977
6	Davis County -stone Creek Db	Davis	105	High	Fair	1984
7	Davis County - Millcreek Db #3	Davis	104	Significant	Not Rated	1983
8	St. George City - City Creek D.b.	Washington	76	High	Satisfactory	1989
9	Grass Valley	Washington	75	Significant	Not Rated	1917
10	Utaba Retarding	Weber	71	High	Fair	1962
11	Bountiful City Eagle Ridge	Davis	70	Significant	Not Rated	1993
12	Ashley Valley Flood Control	Uintah	69	Low	Not Rated
13	Warner Draw	Washington	67	High	Fair	1975
14	White River Shale Retention	Uintah	66	Low	Not Rated	1983
15	Draper City	Salt Lake	62	Low	Not Rated
16	Suncrest- S. Broadleaf Hollow Db	Utah	62	Low	Not Rated
17	Salt Lake County Shriners (#12)	Salt Lake	59	High	Fair	1978
18	Frog Hollow	Washington	58	High	Poor	1978
19	Glenwood Debris	Sevier	57	High	Fair	1956
20	Minersville - Big Wash Debris	Beaver	56	Significant	Not Rated	1967
21	South Ogden City Burch Creek Debris	Weber	56	High	Fair	1985
22	Kennecott Smelter Kessler Cnyn #11	Salt Lake	51	Significant	Not Rated	1980
23	Meadow Gulch #2	Sevier	50	Significant	Not Rated
24	Cottonwood Wash Detention Basin	Sevier	50	High	Satisfactory	1986
25	Big Wash Flood Control	Beaver	49	Significant	Not Rated	1961
26	Juniper Canyon Detention Basin 3	Salt Lake	49	High	Satisfactory	2020
27	Centerville - Barnard Creek (upper) Db	Davis	47	High	Satisfactory	2000
28	Cedar City - Fiddler Canyon Db #2	Iron	46	High	Satisfactory	2000
29	Centerville Canyon Debris Basin	Davis	45	High	Satisfactory	2011
30	Cedar City - Greens Lake No. 3	Iron	45	Significant	Not Rated	1958
31	Corn Creek	Millard	45	High	Fair	1985
32	Kennecott Barney Gold Operation	Salt Lake	45	Low	Not Rated	1988
33	Kennecott Smelter Kessler Cnyn #10	Salt Lake	45	Significant	Not Rated	1937
34	Cedar City - Greens Lake No. 2	Iron	44	Significant	Not Rated	1958
35	Suncrest-n Broadleaf Hollow Db	Salt Lake	44	Low	Not Rated
36	Dejarnatt	Box Elder	43	Significant	Not Rated	1967
37	Davis County -hooper Draw Db	Davis	42	High	Fair	1987
38	Utah County - Hobble Creek Debris Basin	Utah	42	High	Fair	1985
39	Dairy Canyon Detention Basin	Sevier	41	High	Fair	1987
40	Moab City - White Canyon Retention	Grand	40	High	Fair	1976
41	Cedar City Dry Canyon Db	Iron	40	High	Satisfactory	2000
42	Kennecott Barney Gold Operation	Salt Lake	40	Low	Not Rated	1988
43	Mchenry Canyon Db	Wasatch	39	Significant	Not Rated	1980
44	Provo City - Slate Canyon Db No. 2	Utah	38	High	Fair	1984
45	North Ogden City Coldwater Canyon	Weber	38	Significant	Not Rated	1983
46	Nephi City - Miller Canyon Debris	Juab	36	Significant	Not Rated	1963
47	Springville City Spring Creek D.b.	Utah	36	Significant	Not Rated	1988
48	Utah County - Santaquin Debris	Utah	36	High	Fair	1955
49	Ferron Debris Basin No. 5 (behunin)	Emery	35	Significant	Not Rated	1970
50	Salt Lake County - Sugarhouse	Salt Lake	35	High	Satisfactory	1984
51	Annabella East Detention Basin	Sevier	35	Significant	Not Rated	2017
52	Adobe Wash Sediment Basin	Emery	34	Significant	Not Rated	2017
53	Kennecott Barney Gold Operation	Salt Lake	34	Low	Not Rated
54	Suncrest Regional Storm Water Db	Utah	34	Low	Not Rated
55	South Ogden City Burch Creek (glasmann)	Weber	34	High	Satisfactory	1992
56	Moab City - Walker Canyon Db	Grand	33	High	Satisfactory	2004
57	Juab County - Bigelow Debris	Juab	33	Significant	Not Rated	1963
58	Pariette Flood Control	Uintah	33	Low	Not Rated	2003
59	Salt Lake County Wasatch Hollow	Salt Lake	32	Significant	Not Rated	1992
60	Salt Lake Co.-big Cottonwood (spencer`s)	Salt Lake	31	High	Fair	1984
61	Stucki Debris	Washington	31	High	Satisfactory	1974
62	Sand H Debris	Sevier	30	High	Fair	1971
63	Logan City - Dry Canyon	Cache	29	High	Satisfactory	2008
64	Ferron Debris Basin No. 3	Emery	29	Low	Not Rated	1972
65	Ferron Debris Basin No. 4 (eva Conever)	Emery	29	Significant	Not Rated	1970
66	Butler Valley	Kane	29	Low	Not Rated	1969
67	Salt Lake County School Pond (11th) 14	Salt Lake	29	Significant	Fair	1977
68	Lindon City Dry Canyon Debris Basin	Utah	29	High	Satisfactory	1987
69	North Utah County - Battle Creek	Utah	29	High	Satisfactory	1962
70	Tuacahn Wash Lower Detention Basin	Washington	29	High	Satisfactory	1919
71	Moab City - Tusher Canyon Detention	Grand	28	High	Fair	1969
72	Cedar City Stephens Canyon Db North	Iron	27	High	Satisfactory	2000
73	North Utah County - Grove Creek Db	Utah	27	High	Satisfactory	1964
74	Davis County - Farmington Pond	Davis	26	High	Satisfactory	1923
75	Sitla - Sienna Hills	Washington	26	Low	Not Rated
76	Davis County -shepard Creek Db	Davis	25	High	Fair	1935
77	Ekker, Dennis 81r2	Garfield	25	Low	Not Rated
78	Kennecott Barney Gold Operation	Salt Lake	25	Low	Not Rated	1988
79	Kennecott Mill Zone Iv Retention	Salt Lake	25	Low	Not Rated
80	Salt Lake County-rotary Glen Park	Salt Lake	25	High	Fair	1986
81	Barrick Mercur Gold Mines 87r89	Tooele	25	Low	Not Rated
82	Hildale Carling Street Db	Washington	25	Significant	Not Rated
83	Big Wash	Beaver	24	Low	Not Rated	1943
84	Box Elder County- Cook Canyon D.b.	Box Elder	24	Significant	Not Rated	1985
85	Nephi City - Salt Creek Debris	Juab	24	Significant	Not Rated	1984
86	Provo City - Rock Canyon Db	Utah	24	High	Fair	1930
87	Ferron Debris Basin No. 1	Emery	23	Low	Not Rated	1972
88	Salt Lake County Federal Heights (#1a)	Salt Lake	23	High	Fair	1978
89	Ensign Downs Db (aka Victory Road Db)	Salt Lake	23	High	Satisfactory	1991
90	Summit Creek No. 1	Utah	23	Low	Not Rated	1913
91	Utah County - Payson Canyon Debris Basin	Utah	23	Significant	Not Rated
92	Davis County -parrish Creek Db	Davis	22	High	Fair	1987
93	Davis County -holmes Creek Db	Davis	22	High	Fair	1984
94	Kanab City - Tom`s Canyon Flood Control	Kane	22	High	Satisfactory	2016
95	American Fork Debris Basin	Utah	22	Significant	Not Rated	1984
96	Woodland Hills Debris Basin	Utah	21	Significant	Not Rated
97	Alliance Consulting Engineers, Inc.	Weber	21	Significant	Not Rated
98	Emery City D.b North	Emery	20	Significant	Not Rated
99	Ferron Debris Basin No. 2	Emery	20	Low	Not Rated	1972
100	Mt. Pleasant - Pleasant Creek (upper)	Sanpete	20	Significant	Not Rated

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