Tallest Dams in Utah

Utah has 834 dams with recorded heights. The tallest is Flaming Gorge Dam at 502 feet. Taller dams impound more water and carry greater potential energy, which is why height is a key factor in hazard classification and inspection requirements.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Type	Purpose	Hazard	Year
1	Flaming Gorge Dam	Daggett	502	Concrete	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1964
2	Jordanelle Dam	Wasatch	391	Earth	Water Supply	High	1993
3	Upper Stillwater Dam	Duchesne	292	Concrete	Irrigation	High	1987
4	Soldier Creek Dam	Wasatch	272	Earth	Irrigation	High	1974
5	Barrick Mercur Reservation Cnyn Tailings	Tooele	270	Earth	Tailings	Low	1984
6	East Canyon Dam	Morgan	260	Concrete	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1966
7	Lost Creek Dam	Morgan	248	Earth	Irrigation	High	1966
8	Deer Creek Dam	Wasatch	240	Earth	Irrigation	High	1941
9	Simplot Phosphates Tailings Dam	Uintah	230	Earth		Significant	1973
10	Pacificorp - Electric Lake	Emery	229	Earth	Water Supply	High	1974
11	Little Dell	Salt Lake	224	Earth	Water Supply	High	1993
12	Causey Dam	Weber	218	Earth	Irrigation	High	1966
13	Starvation Dam	Duchesne	210	Earth	Irrigation	High	1970
14	Quail Creek	Washington	209	Earth	Irrigation	High	1984
15	Joes Valley	Emery	192	Earth	Irrigation	High	1966
16	Porcupine	Cache	181	Earth	Irrigation	High	1962
17	Currant Creek Dam	Wasatch	177	Earth	Fish and Wildlife Pond	High	1975
18	Wanship Dam	Summit	175	Earth	Irrigation	High	1957
19	Steinaker Dam	Uintah	162	Earth	Irrigation	High	1961
20	Echo Dam	Summit	161	Earth	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1931
21	Red Fleet Dam	Uintah	161	Earth	Fish and Wildlife Pond	High	1980
22	Kennecott Smelter Tailings Pond	Salt Lake	154	Earth	Tailings	Significant
23	Stateline Dam	Summit	143	Earth	Irrigation	High	1979
24	Big Sand Wash Dam	Duchesne	142	Earth	Irrigation	High	1968
25	Recapture Creek	San Juan	142	Earth	Irrigation	High	1984
26	Davis County -barton Creek Db	Davis	140	Earth	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1984
27	Ash Creek	Washington	138	Rockfill	Irrigation	High	1960
28	Pineview Dam	Weber	137	Rockfill	Irrigation	High	1937
29	Lloyd`s Lake (monticello)	San Juan	133	Earth	Irrigation	High	1984
30	Red Butte Dam	Salt Lake	128	Earth	Water Supply	High	1930
31	Salt Lake County Chandler Drive (#13)	Salt Lake	128	Earth	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1977
32	Cutler	Box Elder	126	Concrete	Irrigation	High	1927
33	Scofield Dam	Carbon	125	Earth	Irrigation	High	1946
34	Settlement Canyon	Tooele	118	Earth	Irrigation	High	1966
35	Gunlock	Washington	117	Earth	Irrigation	High	1970
36	Hyrum Dam	Cache	116	Earth	Irrigation	High	1935
37	Millsite	Emery	115	Earth	Irrigation	High	1971
38	Mill Meadow	Wayne	115	Earth	Irrigation	High	1954
39	Long Park (daggett)	Daggett	112	Earth	Irrigation	High	1980
40	Red Creek (duchesne)	Duchesne	107	Earth	Irrigation	High	1960
41	Three Creeks (beaver)	Beaver	105	Earth	Irrigation	High	1949
42	Davis County -stone Creek Db	Davis	105	Earth	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1984
43	Mountain Dell	Salt Lake	105	Buttress	Water Supply	High	1916
44	Newton Dam	Cache	104	Earth	Irrigation	High	1946
45	Davis County - Millcreek Db #3	Davis	104	Earth	Flood Risk Reduction	Significant	1983
46	Woodruff Creek	Rich	103	Earth	Irrigation	High	1970
47	Moon Lake Dam	Duchesne	101	Earth	Irrigation	High	1938
48	Birch Creek No. 2	Rich	101	Earth	Irrigation	High	1951
49	Whitney	Summit	101	Earth	Irrigation	High	1966
50	Blanding City No. 4	San Juan	100	Earth	Water Supply	High	1965

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