High Risk Dams in Virginia

Virginia has 52 high hazard dams with a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory. These are dams where failure would probably cause loss of human life and where recognized safety deficiencies have been identified.

Of the 433 high hazard dams in Virginia, 52 (12%) have concerning condition ratings — 44 rated poor and 8 rated unsatisfactory.

Dam	County	Height (ft)	Condition	Purpose	Year
Bath County P S Lower Reservoir - Lower Dam	Bath	170	Poor	Hydroelectric	1984
Lake Montclair Dam	Prince William	74	Poor	Recreation
Beaverdam Creek Dam	Bedford	68	Poor	Water Supply
Little Creek Dam	James City	67	Poor	Water Supply
Lunga Dam	Stafford	59	Poor	Recreation	1956
Breckinridge Dam	Stafford	58	Poor	Recreation	1940
Stoney Creek Reservoir Dam (bedford)	Bedford	54	Poor	Water Supply
Thompson Dam	Fauquier	52	Poor	Recreation
King William County Dam #7	King William	47	Poor
Fluvanna Ruritan Dam	Fluvanna	43	Poor	Recreation
Turner Pond Dam	Rockbridge	42	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1947
Dover Lake Dam	Goochland	41	Poor	Irrigation
Ruckers Lake Dam	Greene	40	Poor	Recreation
Lake Monroe Dam	King George	40	Unsatisfactory	Recreation
Lanier Dam	Martinsville	39	Poor	Recreation
Chisholm Dam Upper Farm	Albemarle	37	Poor	Water Supply
Diascund Creek Dam	New Kent	35	Poor	Water Supply
College Lake Dam	Lynchburg	35	Poor	Recreation
Middle Mint Spings Dam	Albemarle	35	Poor	Recreation
Natural Bridge Dam # 5	Rockbridge	35	Poor	Recreation
South River Dam #19	Augusta	35	Unsatisfactory	Flood Risk Reduction
Fries, Canal Embankment	Grayson	33	Poor	Hydroelectric	1902
Warrenton Dam	Fauquier	31	Poor	Water Supply
Lake Shenandoah Dam	Rockingham	31	Poor	Recreation
Lake Cohoon Dam	Suffolk	29	Poor	Water Supply
Mountain Valley Dam 4	Albemarle	28	Poor	Recreation
Lake Land'or Dam	Caroline	28	Poor	Recreation
Harwood's Mill Dam	York	27	Poor	Water Supply	1919
Westbury Lake Dam	Richmond City	27	Poor	Recreation
Upper Powhatan Dam	Powhatan	27	Poor	Recreation
Lake Arrowhead Dam	Stafford	26	Unsatisfactory	Recreation
Speights Run Dam	Suffolk	26	Poor	Water Supply
Hobby Hill Dam	Richmond City	25	Poor	Recreation
Lake Meade Dam	Suffolk	25	Poor	Water Supply
Lakeland Dam	Lynchburg	25	Poor	Recreation
Brunswick Lake Dam	Brunswick	25	Poor	Recreation
Gretna Dam	Pittsylvania	24	Poor	Water Supply
Killarney Dam	Goochland	24	Unsatisfactory	Recreation
Cherokee Dam	Richmond City	24	Poor	Recreation
Woodhaven Dam	New Kent	23	Poor	Recreation
Burke Dam	Gloucester	21	Poor	Recreation
Lake Heritage Dam	Caroline	20	Poor	Recreation
Buckingham County Dam #2	Buckingham	19	Unsatisfactory	Other
Lake Kilby Dam	Suffolk	19	Poor	Water Supply
Chester Club Dam	Chesterfield	18	Poor	Recreation
Willcox Dam	Petersburg	18	Poor	Recreation
Chandler's Mill Dam	Westmoreland	15	Unsatisfactory	Recreation
Smoots Pond	Caroline	14	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1949
Bowies Pond	Caroline	14	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1940
Godwins Millpond Dam	Suffolk	14	Poor	Water Supply
Lancaster County Dam #3	Lancaster	13	Poor
Corbin Mill Dam	King and Queen	13	Poor	Recreation

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