Flood Control Dams in West Virginia

West Virginia has 181 flood control dams, of which 177 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	R.d. Bailey Dam	Mingo	310	High	Not Available	1976
2	Tygart Dam	Taylor	234	High	Not Available	1938
3	Sutton Dam	Braxton	210	High	Not Available	1960
4	Bluestone Dam	Summers	165	High	Not Available	1947
5	South Fork No. 2 Dam	Hardy	123	High	Fair	1962
6	South Fork No. 1 Dam	Hardy	122	High	Fair	1963
7	South Fork No. 4 Dam	Hardy	116	High	Satisfactory	1965
8	South Fork No. 17	Pendleton	116	High	Satisfactory	1975
9	East Lynn Dam	Wayne	113	High	Not Available	1971
10	New Creek No. 14 Dam	Grant	111	High	Satisfactory	1964
11	South Fork No. 5 Dam	Hardy	105	High	Satisfactory	1965
12	South Fork No. 6	Pendleton	105	High	Fair	1963
13	N&s Mill Creek No. 3 Dam	Grant	103	High	Fair	1982
14	New Creek Dam No.16	Mineral	102	High	Satisfactory	1960
15	Summersville Dam - Dike 2	Nicholas	100	High	Not Available	1965
16	Patterson Creek No. 13 Dam	Grant	98	High	Fair	1967
17	South Fork No. 37	Pendleton	98	High	Satisfactory	1965
18	South Fork No. 9	Pendleton	98	High	Fair	1963
19	Wheeling Creek No. 7	Ohio	97	High	Satisfactory	1968
20	South Fork No.21	Pendleton	97	High	Satisfactory	1966
21	Stonewall Jackson Dam	Lewis	95	High	Not Available	1986
22	South Fork No.15	Pendleton	93	High	Satisfactory	1970
23	Patterson Creek No.15	Mineral	92	High	Satisfactory	1965
24	Patterson Creek No. 41 Dam	Grant	91	High	Fair	1969
25	Wheeling Creek No.23	Marshall	90	High	Fair	1978
26	Charles Fork #17	Roane	90	High	Satisfactory	1973
27	Burnsville Dam	Braxton	89	High	Not Available	1976
28	Lost River #4 Dam	Hardy	89	High	Satisfactory	1996
29	Mill Creek No.13	Jackson	89	High	Satisfactory	1986
30	South Fork No.11	Pendleton	88	High	Fair	1962
31	Lunice Creek No. 10	Grant	87	High	Satisfactory	1970
32	Howard Creek No. 12 Dam	Greenbrier	87	High	Satisfactory	1995
33	Pocatalico Structure No.28	Jackson	87	High	Satisfactory	1987
34	Patterson Creek No. 12 Dam	Grant	86	High	Fair	1969
35	North Fork Hughes River Site 21c Dam	Ritchie	86	High	Satisfactory	2002
36	Beech Fork Dam	Wayne	86	High	Not Available	1976
37	Wheeling Creek No.25	Marshall	85	High	Satisfactory	1978
38	Wheeling Creek #3	Marshall	85	High	Satisfactory	1995
39	Lunice Creek No. 11	Grant	84	High	Satisfactory	1968
40	Wheeling Creek No.18	Marshall	84	High	Satisfactory	1978
41	South Fork No. 19	Pendleton	84	High	Satisfactory	1982
42	Harmon Creek #1	Brooke	83	High	Satisfactory	1974
43	Lost River #10 Dam	Hardy	83	High	Satisfactory	2005
44	N&s Mill Creek No.4	Grant	82	High	Fair	1980
45	Patterson Creek No. 6 Dam	Grant	82	High	Satisfactory	1967
46	Patterson Creek No. 4 Dam	Grant	79	High	Fair	1966
47	Patterson Creek No.48	Mineral	79	High	Satisfactory	1974
48	Patterson Creek No.21	Mineral	78	High	Satisfactory	1984
49	South Fork No.18	Pendleton	78	High	Fair	1968
50	South Fork No.13	Pendleton	78	High	Satisfactory	1960
51	Salt Lick Creek No. 8 Dam	Braxton	77	High	Satisfactory	1965
52	Harmon Creek No. 3 Dam	Brooke	77	High	Satisfactory	1970
53	Lunice Creek No. 9	Grant	77	High	Satisfactory	1967
54	Harmon Creek No. 14 Dam	Brooke	76	High	Satisfactory	1968
55	New Creek No. 12 Dam	Grant	75	High	Satisfactory	1968
56	N & S Mill Creek Site No. 7	Grant	75	High	Fair	1993
57	Lost River #27 Dam	Hardy	75	High	Satisfactory	1998
58	Upper Mud River No.2a	Lincoln	75	High	Satisfactory	1992
59	Brush Creek No.15	Mercer	75	High	Satisfactory	1967
60	South Fork No.10	Pendleton	75	High	Fair	1960
61	Harmon Creek #13	Brooke	73	High	Satisfactory	1973
62	South Fork No.27	Pendleton	73	High	Satisfactory	1960
63	South Fork No.14	Pendleton	73	High	Satisfactory	1971
64	South Fork No.16	Pendleton	73	High	Fair	1961
65	Upper Grave No.1	Marshall	72	High	Satisfactory	1959
66	Patterson Creek No.14	Mineral	72	High	Fair	1965
67	Patterson Creek #50 Dam	Mineral	72	High	Satisfactory	1990
68	Harmon Creek No. 2 Dam	Brooke	71	High	Satisfactory	1973
69	Patterson Creek No.46	Mineral	71	High	Satisfactory	1965
70	Marlin Run No. 1	Pocahontas	71	High	Satisfactory	1961
71	Saltlick Creek No. 9 Dam	Braxton	69	High	Satisfactory	1967
72	Mill Creek #10 Dam	Jackson	68	High	Satisfactory	1997
73	Upper Buffalo No.16	Marion	68	High	Satisfactory	1981
74	New Creek Dam No.17	Mineral	68	High	Satisfactory	1960
75	Pocatalico No. 14	Roane	68	High	Satisfactory	1980
76	N&s Mill Creek No.16	Grant	67	High	Satisfactory	1984
77	Mill Creek No.8	Jackson	67	High	Satisfactory	1981
78	Elk-two Mile No.12	Kanawha	66	High	Satisfactory	1975
79	Elk Two Mile #14 Dam	Kanawha	66	High	Satisfactory	1996
80	South Fork No. 35	Pendleton	66	High	Fair	1968
81	Patterson Creek No.22	Mineral	65	Significant	Fair	1964
82	Harmon Creek No. 4 Dam	Brooke	64	High	Satisfactory	1970
83	Patterson Creek No.25	Mineral	64	High	Satisfactory	1975
84	Patterson Creek No.32	Mineral	63	High	Satisfactory	1983
85	South Fork No.12	Pendleton	63	High	Fair	1960
86	Upper Buffalo No.22 Dam	Marion	62	High	Satisfactory	1975
87	New Creek Dam No.10	Mineral	62	High	Satisfactory	1968
88	Patterson Creek No.20	Mineral	61	High	Satisfactory	1967
89	Salt Lick Creek No. 7 Dam	Braxton	60	High	Satisfactory	1966
90	South Fork No.32	Pendleton	60	High	Satisfactory	1962
91	South Fork No. 33	Pendleton	60	High	Satisfactory	1972
92	Patterson Creek # 2 Dam	Grant	59	High	Satisfactory	1972
93	Patterson Creek No.38	Mineral	59	High	Fair	1966
94	Polk Creek No.8	Lewis	58	High	Satisfactory	1963
95	Upper Buffalo No.2	Marion	58	High	Satisfactory	1970
96	New Creek Dam No.9	Mineral	58	High	Satisfactory	1963
97	Patterson Creek No. 3 Dam	Grant	57	High	Satisfactory	1972
98	Mill Creek #9 Dam	Jackson	57	High	Satisfactory	1991
99	Upper Buffalo No.39	Marion	57	High	Satisfactory	1969
100	Patterson Creek No.30	Mineral	57	High	Satisfactory	1988

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