Flood Control Dams in Wyoming

Wyoming has 57 flood control dams, of which 15 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	Boysen Dam	Fremont	220	High	Not Available	1952
2	Glendo Dam	Platte	196	High	Not Available	1958
3	Keyhole Dam	Crook	168	High	Not Available	1952
4	Glendo Dike 3	Platte	94	High	Not Available	1959
5	Big Sandy Dam	Sweetwater	85	High	Not Available	1952
6	Jackson Lake Dam	Teton	84	High	Not Available	1911
7	Bull Lake Dam	Fremont	81	High	Not Available	1938
8	Glendo Dike 2	Platte	63	High	Not Available	1959
9	Detention Case Bier No. 1	Goshen	59	Low	Satisfactory	1958
10	B-2 Detention	Goshen	58	Low	Fair	1962
11	H-1 Detention	Goshen	57	Low	Fair	1962
12	Detention Pine Ridge No. 1	Goshen	56	Low	Satisfactory	1958
13	Outer Drive Flood Detention	Natrona	50	Low	Fair	1980
14	Glendo Dike 1	Platte	50	High	Not Available	1959
15	Jenson	Fremont	44	Low	Fair	1979
16	Dump Draw	Johnson	42	High	Satisfactory	2019
17	Cottonwood	Campbell	41	Significant	Fair	1994
18	Unit 3 Fgd Evaporation Pond 1	Lincoln	40	Low	Fair	1990
19	Stockpond	Campbell	39	Low	Fair	2007
20	#9-249-12 Frog Creek	Weston	39	Low	Not Rated	1954
21	Snyder Creek Det Dam X	Fremont	38	High	Unsatisfactory	2003
22	Barrel Floodwater Detention	Weston	36	Low	Fair	1973
23	Tank Farm	Laramie	35	Significant	Fair	1983
24	Hal No. 2	Platte	35	Low	Poor	1968
25	Ken No. 1	Platte	35	Low	Fair	1968
26	Arnold	Goshen	33	Low	Fair	1968
27	Enl. Eddie	Sheridan	33	Low	Fair	1953
28	Crazy Rabbit Reservoir	Washakie	32	Low	Unsatisfactory
29	Tisdale No. 3	Campbell	30	Low	Fair	1990
30	Rock	Fremont	30	Low	Fair	1978
31	A-3 Detention	Goshen	30	Low	Fair	1969
32	Puff	Johnson	30	Low	Poor	1976
33	G. W.	Laramie	30	Low	Fair	1969
34	Pump	Platte	30	Low	Fair	1968
35	H-2 Detention	Goshen	29	Low	Fair	1962
36	Hal	Platte	28	Low	Fair	1968
37	Jim	Campbell	27	Low	Fair	2006
38	Tommy Tucker Dam	Big Horn	26	Low	Not Rated
39	Larry's Last Chance	Big Horn	25	Low	Poor	1965
40	Shirley Basin Reservoir	Carbon	25	Low	Not Rated	1941
41	Chug Springs	Platte	25	Low	Fair	1967
42	Eastdale Creek Detention No.1	Natrona	24	Low	Fair	2008
43	Westside	Campbell	23	High	Fair	2012
44	Barnds Stock	Campbell	23	Low	Fair	1980
45	Duck Nest Reservoir	Campbell	22	Low	Fair	1998
46	Helen	Converse	22	Low	Fair	1966
47	Carey Detention	Laramie	22	High	Fair	1984
48	Big Sandy Dike	Sweetwater	22	High	Not Available	1952
49	Walker	Niobrara	21	Low	Fair	1972
50	F.c.r. Detention	Campbell	20	Low	Fair	1968
51	Eastdale Creek Detention No.2	Natrona	19	High	Fair	2008
52	Upper North Tisdale No. 1	Campbell	17	Low	Fair	1999
53	Pratt Park	Natrona	17	Low	Fair	1980
54	Basin No.2 Flood Detention Pond	Natrona	17	Significant	Fair	1993
55	Warren Afb, Bnsf Pond	Laramie	14	Low	Not Available	2008
56	City Shop Detention Pond	Goshen	11	Significant	Fair	2017
57	Henderson Drain Detention	Laramie	10	Low	Poor	1987

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