High Risk Dams in West Virginia

West Virginia has 41 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 375 high hazard dams in West Virginia, 41 (10%) have concerning condition ratings — 40 rated poor and 1 rated unsatisfactory.

Dam	County	Height (ft)	Condition	Purpose	Year
Upper Smith Dam	Wood	48	Poor	Recreation	1955
Laurel Creek Lake No.1	Mingo	47	Poor	Fish and Wildlife Pond	1960
Horse Creek Dam #1	Wyoming	46	Poor	Recreation	1956
Schellhas Dam	Ritchie	41	Poor	Other
B & O Dam	Preston	41	Poor	Recreation	1904
Tomlinson Run Dam	Hancock	38	Poor	Recreation	1936
New Bramwell Dam	Mercer	37	Poor	Recreation	1970
Warm Springs No. 7	Morgan	37	Poor	Flood Risk Reduction	1958
Bluewell Water Supply Dam No.1	Mercer	36	Poor	Water Supply	1966
Bluewell Water Supply Dam No.2	Mercer	36	Poor	Water Supply	1966
Huffman Dam	Mason	35	Poor	Recreation	2010
Bear Rocks Lake No.2	Ohio	35	Poor	Recreation	1948
Lake Sam Hill	Pocahontas	35	Poor	Recreation	1958
Methodist Church Camp Lake	Roane	34	Poor	Recreation	1963
Turkey Run Lake	Jackson	33	Poor	Recreation	1964
Deegan Lake	Harrison	31	Poor	Recreation	1950
Jackson Mill Dam	Lewis	31	Poor	Recreation	1960
Tennants Farm Pond	Wood	30	Poor	Recreation	1953
Hall's Farm Pond	Upshur	30	Poor	Recreation	1959
Salerno Dam	Harrison	30	Unsatisfactory	Recreation	1965
Burek Farm Pond	Brooke	28	Poor	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1988
Hazel Run Dam	Preston	28	Poor
Hatfield Lake Dam	Cabell	28	Poor	Recreation	1955
Forest Run No. 2 Dam	Monroe	27	Poor	Irrigation
Miletree Run Dam No. 1	Roane	26	Poor	Water Supply	1930
Lough Lake	Monongalia	25	Poor	Other	1950
Culloden Water Supply Dam	Cabell	25	Poor	Recreation	1963
Lynch Lake	Monongalia	25	Poor	Recreation	1947
Lake Of Eden	Cabell	25	Poor	Recreation	1971
Bear Rocks Lake No.1	Ohio	25	Poor	Recreation	1951
Lake Washington	Putnam	24	Poor	Other	1938
Coopers Rock Trout Pond	Monongalia	24	Poor	Recreation	1954
Cedar Branch Dam	Fayette	23	Poor	Recreation	1979
Bear Rocks Lake No.3	Ohio	23	Poor	Recreation	1948
Scott Lake	Randolph	19	Poor	Recreation	1949
Camp Caesar Dam	Webster	18	Poor	Recreation	1955
Mallard Lake Dam	Raleigh	16	Poor	Recreation
Cowen B&o Dam	Webster	14	Poor	Recreation
New Lumberport Dam	Harrison	13	Poor	Recreation	1981
Fairfax Pond	Preston	13	Poor	Recreation	1950
Forest Run No. 1 Dam	Monroe	12	Poor	Recreation

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