Dams in Sheridan County, Wyoming
113Total Dams
9High Hazard
1Significant
Dam Safety in Sheridan County, Wyoming
Sheridan County has 113 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 9 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 1 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 43 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.
The average dam in Sheridan County is 59 years old. The most common purpose is irrigation. The tallest dam is Big Goose Park (3rd Enl.) at 95 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Goose Park (3rd Enl.) | High | Fair | 95 | Irrigation | 1958 |
| Twin Lakes No. 1 | High | 91 | Water Supply | 1998 | |
| Windy Draw | High | Fair | 59 | Irrigation | 1965 |
| Wagner | High | Fair | 58 | Irrigation | 1973 |
| Bear Claw Love No. 1 | High | Fair | 53 | Irrigation | 1966 |
| Padlock No. 1 A Five Mile | High | Fair | 40 | Irrigation | 1961 |
| Sawmill | High | Fair | 38 | Irrigation | 1972 |
| Sibley | High | Not Rated | 35 | Recreation | 1938 |
| Dome Lake No. 1 | High | Fair | 30 | Irrigation | 1969 |
| Weston | Significant | Poor | 18 | Irrigation | 1913 |
| Verona | Low | Poor | 55 | Water Supply | 1908 |
| Padlock Wastewater Recovery | Low | Fair | 47 | Irrigation | 1985 |
| Kane 01-07-5781 | Low | Fair | 46 | Irrigation | 2007 |
| Reynolds No. 1 | Low | Fair | 46 | Irrigation | 1972 |
| Kiewit Stockade Creek No. 1 | Low | Poor | 45 | Irrigation | 1968 |
| Kiewit Herbs Creek No. 1 | Low | Fair | 44 | Irrigation | 1967 |
| Kiewit Acme Ditch No. 1 | Low | Fair | 42 | Irrigation | 1969 |
| Railroader | Low | Fair | 40 | Irrigation | 2005 |
| Mock Bass | Low | Poor | 40 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1966 |
| Horse Shoe | Low | Fair | 39 | Irrigation | 1983 |
| Enl. Spring | Low | Fair | 39 | Irrigation | 2005 |
| Menardi & White | Low | Fair | 37 | Irrigation | 1951 |
| Auzqui No. 1 | Low | Fair | 36 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1953 |
| Little Red No. 2 | Low | Poor | 36 | Irrigation | 1966 |
| Enl. Perry | Low | Fair | 36 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2007 |
| Allen | Low | Poor | 35 | Irrigation | 1955 |
| Hape | Low | Poor | 35 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1970 |
| Cedar Gulch | Low | Fair | 35 | Irrigation | 2005 |
| Kiewit No. 2 | Low | Fair | 34 | Irrigation | 1973 |
| Duncan | Low | Poor | 33 | Other | 1939 |
| Green Cabin | Low | Fair | 33 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 |
| Enl. Eddie | Low | Fair | 33 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1953 |
| Cedar Draw | Low | Fair | 33 | Irrigation | 2004 |
| Gorman No. 2 | Low | Fair | 33 | Water Supply | 1963 |
| 13-19-56-82 | Low | Fair | 33 | Irrigation | 2007 |
| 32-3182 | Low | Fair | 33 | Irrigation | 2003 |
| Little Red | Low | Poor | 32 | Irrigation | 1956 |
| Griffith Stock | Low | Fair | 32 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 |
| Kane 03-19-5781 | Low | Fair | 32 | Irrigation | 2008 |
| Cadiz Stock | Low | Fair | 32 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Double Wide | Low | Fair | 32 | Irrigation | 2004 |
| Municipal Golf Course | Low | Poor | 32 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1980 |
| T55nr76w29nwse | Low | Fair | 32 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Auzqui No. 2 | Low | Fair | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1953 |
| Coyote Den | Low | Fair | 31 | Irrigation | 1965 |
| Catwalk | Low | Fair | 31 | Irrigation | |
| Green Cabin No. 3 | Low | Fair | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 |
| Joe Creek | Low | Fair | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 |
| Warriner No. 2 | Low | Fair | 30 | Irrigation | 1941 |
| Reynolds No. 2 | Low | Fair | 30 | Irrigation | 1922 |
| Maxwell | Low | Poor | 30 | Irrigation | 1901 |
| Kiewit No. 1 | Low | Poor | 30 | Irrigation | 1964 |
| Turner & Swank | Low | Fair | 30 | Irrigation | 1911 |
| J & H Ranch No. 1 | Low | Poor | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 |
| Joe Draw Jr. | Low | Poor | 30 | Other | 2004 |
| Gill No. 5 Stock | Low | Poor | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |
| T55nr76w30nese | Low | Fair | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Meredith | Low | Fair | 29 | Irrigation | 1912 |
| Polo | Low | Fair | 29 | Irrigation | 1999 |
| Odegard 6-12-55-77 | Low | Fair | 29 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2010 |
| Dunning Senw S 32 | Low | Fair | 29 | Irrigation | 2013 |
| Currant | Low | Poor | 29 | Irrigation | 1987 |
| Bracket No. 3 | Low | Poor | 29 | Recreation | 1973 |
| Robinson | Low | Fair | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 |
| Rucki | Low | Poor | 28 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1976 |
| 4 X | Low | Fair | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 |
| Pence | Low | Poor | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| Fordyce Deer Creek | Low | Fair | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| Roberts Luman Draw | Low | Fair | 28 | Water Supply | 1964 |
| Ethel #3 | Low | Poor | 28 | Irrigation | 2008 |
| Belish | Low | Poor | 28 | Irrigation | 1952 |
| T55nr76w31sese | Low | Fair | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Kiewit Herbs Creek No. 2 | Low | Fair | 27 | Irrigation | 1967 |
| Treichler & Parsons | Low | Poor | 27 | Irrigation | 1895 |
| Puffball | Low | Fair | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 |
| Dunning Sese S 32 #2 | Low | Fair | 27 | Irrigation | 2013 |
| West Antelope 58-80-27-05 | Low | Fair | 27 | Irrigation | 2006 |
| Oil Well Stock | Low | Fair | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1969 |
| Busted Clutch | Low | Poor | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1966 |
| Roundup Draw Stock | Low | Poor | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1935 |
| Kemp Creek | Low | Fair | 26 | Irrigation | 2002 |
| Pilch 14-2 Pit | Low | Fair | 26 | Irrigation | 2003 |
| North Prong No. 1 | Low | Fair | 26 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2002 |
| Griffith | Low | Fair | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 |
| Lowe No. 1 | Low | Poor | 25 | Irrigation | 1954 |
| Ollie Stock | Low | Poor | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1963 |
| Snider No. 6 | Low | Poor | 25 | Irrigation | 1952 |
| Eisele-rice | Low | Fair | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1968 |
| Fletcher No. 1 | Low | Fair | 25 | Irrigation | 1981 |
| Widener | Low | Poor | 25 | Irrigation | 1997 |
| Roberts | Low | Poor | 25 | Irrigation | 1952 |
| Fordyce Tepee No. 1 | Low | 25 | Irrigation | 1964 | |
| Jerry Johns Reservoir No. 1 | Low | Poor | 25 | Irrigation | 1977 |
| Snider No. 1 Town Draw | Low | Fair | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 |
| T55nr76w19sesw | Low | Poor | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Dodd | Low | Poor | 23 | Irrigation | 1952 |
| Moncreiffe | Low | Fair | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 |
| Horsley Draw Stock | Low | Poor | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1939 |
| Huntington | Low | Poor | 22 | Irrigation | 1906 |
| Rate & Huson | Low | Poor | 22 | Irrigation | 1910 |
| Paul No. 3 | Low | Poor | 22 | Water Supply | 1952 |
| Taylor Nwsw 21-5783 | Low | Fair | 22 | Irrigation | 2002 |
| Antwerp | Low | Poor | 20 | Irrigation | 1902 |
| Wesley | Low | Poor | 20 | Irrigation | 1915 |
| Box Elder Draw Stock | Low | Poor | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1988 |
| Warriner No. 1 | Low | Poor | 19 | Irrigation | 1923 |
| Hutton 4-24-5684 | Low | Poor | 18 | Other | 2010 |
| Barker-hutton State 13-7-56-83 | Low | Fair | 17 | Irrigation | 2009 |
| Colorado Colony Ditch Co. No. 2 | Low | Poor | 16 | Irrigation | 1957 |
| Decker | Low | Fair | 14 | Irrigation | 1992 |
| Bauman #1 | Low | Fair | 13 | Other | 2000 |
| Dome Lake | Low | Fair | 8 | Irrigation | 1906 |
| Weir Pond | Low | Poor | 8 | Irrigation | 1969 |