Debris Control Dams

1,275 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
102 River Tributaries Dam # 22 Nodaway	Low Hazard	37 ft	1964	Earth	Missouri
102 Riv Trib Wtrshd Strctr Lt-36 Nodaway	High Hazard	30 ft	1975	Earth	Missouri
111 Wabaunsee	Low Hazard	39 ft	—	Earth	Kansas
12-8 Brown	Significant Hazard	38 ft	2004	Earth	Kansas
15-27 Brown	High Hazard	25 ft	2003	Earth	Kansas
#154 Wabaunsee	Low Hazard	34 ft	2006	Earth	Kansas
162 Wabaunsee	Low Hazard	45 ft	2006	Earth	Kansas
2731 Rio Puerco Detention Dam No. 65 Sandoval	Low Hazard	—	—	Gravity	New Mexico
28-10b Nemaha	Low Hazard	28 ft	2005	Earth	Kansas
Abbott Wash Detention Basin Dam Clark	High Hazard	27 ft	2008	Earth	Nevada
Agua Chinon Orange	High Hazard	41 ft	1998	Earth	California
Ahquabi Dredge Spoil Containment Dam 1a Warren	Low Hazard	39 ft	1995	Earth	Iowa
Ahquabi Dredge Spoil Containment Dam 2a Warren	Low Hazard	36 ft	1995	Earth	Iowa
Ahquabi Dredge Spoil Containment Dam 5a Warren	Low Hazard	19 ft	1995	Earth	Iowa
Alamos Detention Dam Sandoval	Low Hazard	—	1956	Gravity	New Mexico
Alexander Lake Dam Crawford	Low Hazard	25 ft	1956	Earth	Missouri
Alkali Dam Natrona	Low Hazard	—	1967	Gravity	Wyoming
Allen Dam Mercer	Low Hazard	25 ft	—	Earth	Missouri
Allison 1 Cat Dam Sheridan	Low Hazard	24 ft	1983	Earth	Nebraska
Allison 2 Cat Dam Sheridan	Low Hazard	17 ft	1983	Earth	Nebraska
Alma Mill 1 Buffalo	Low Hazard	34 ft	1963	Earth	Wisconsin
Alma Mill 2 Buffalo	Low Hazard	35 ft	1963	Earth	Wisconsin
Alma Mill 3 Buffalo	Low Hazard	34 ft	1963	Earth	Wisconsin
Alma Mill 4 Buffalo	Low Hazard	32 ft	1963	Earth	Wisconsin
Alma Mill 5 Buffalo	Low Hazard	33 ft	1963	Earth	Wisconsin
Alma Mill 6 Buffalo	Low Hazard	28 ft	1963	Earth	Wisconsin
Althiser Lake Dam Callaway	High Hazard	25 ft	1967	Earth	Missouri
Amax Coal Co. Dam Vigo	Low Hazard	21 ft	—	Earth	Indiana
Anchor Lake Dam Coryell	Low Hazard	23 ft	1969	Earth	Texas
Anderson Lake Dam Carroll	Low Hazard	25 ft	1976	Earth	Missouri
Angle Detention Dam Park	Low Hazard	—	—	Gravity	Wyoming
Antelope Canyon Detention Dam Hidalgo	Low Hazard	—	1951	—	New Mexico
Antelope Dam Natrona	Low Hazard	—	1956	Gravity	Wyoming
Antelope Detention Dam Mohave	Low Hazard	—	1965	Gravity	Arizona
Antelope Valley Detention Dam Mohave	Low Hazard	—	1963	Gravity	Arizona
Apache Station Ash/Scrubber Wdf Cochise	High Hazard	30 ft	1995	Earth	Arizona
Ararat Rock Products Dam Surry	Low Hazard	—	—	Earth	North Carolina
Arundell Barranca Ventura	High Hazard	57 ft	1996	Earth	California
Ash Disposal Pond Dam Etowah	Low Hazard	—	1960	Earth	Alabama
Asheville North Stormwater Pond Dam Buncombe	High Hazard	—	—	Earth	North Carolina
Asheville South Stormwater Pond Dam Buncombe	High Hazard	—	—	Earth	North Carolina
Atkinson Pond Dam Chester	High Hazard	10 ft	1978	—	South Carolina
Avis Dam Athens	Low Hazard	27 ft	1997	Earth	Ohio
B-4 Bourbon	Low Hazard	31 ft	2014	Earth	Kansas
Bad Axe 16 Vernon	Low Hazard	44 ft	1965	Earth	Wisconsin
Bad Axe 17 Vernon	Low Hazard	42 ft	1965	Earth	Wisconsin
Bad Axe 2 Vernon	Low Hazard	31 ft	1964	Earth	Wisconsin
Bad Axe 24 Vernon	Low Hazard	40 ft	1963	Earth	Wisconsin
Bad Axe 34 Vernon	Low Hazard	40 ft	1965	Earth	Wisconsin
Badger Detention Dam Cibola	Low Hazard	—	1961	Gravity	New Mexico