Debris Control Dams

1,275 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name Hazard Height Built Type State
Duffys Run Luzerne High Hazard 14 ft 1966 Gravity Pennsylvania
Duncan Lake Dam Franklin Low Hazard 30 ft 1956 Earth Missouri
Durgens Creek Watershed Dam 38 Lewis Low Hazard 23 ft 1969 Earth Missouri
Dusek Dam No 1 Milam Low Hazard 25 ft 1979 Earth Texas
Dynegy/Havana Sta/East Ash Pond Dam Mason High Hazard 36 ft Earth Illinois
Dynegy/Havana Station/Cell 1, Polishing P Mason High Hazard 26 ft 1993 Earth Illinois
Dynegy/Vermilion Station/Fly Ash Disposal Pond Dam Vermilion Low Hazard 40 ft 1991 Earth Illinois
Dynegy /Wood River West Ash Disposal Pond Dam Madison Low Hazard 32 ft 1995 Earth Illinois
Dysart Lake Dam Andrew High Hazard 25 ft 1960 Earth Missouri
Eagle Canyon Debris Basin Riverside High Hazard 60 ft 2015 Earth California
East Dam Daviess Low Hazard 28 ft 1962 Earth Missouri
Easterday Dam East Montgomery Low Hazard 25 ft 1952 Earth Missouri
Easterwood Lake Dam Johnson Low Hazard 27 ft 1977 Earth Missouri
East Hicks Canyon Retarding Basin Orange Low Hazard 49 ft 1997 Earth California
East Pond Dam Randolph High Hazard Earth North Carolina
Eaton Wash Debris Basin Los Angeles High Hazard 63 ft 1936 Earth California
Echo Lake El Dorado High Hazard 12 ft 1992 Roller-Compacted Concrete California
Edmunds Lake Dam Johnson High Hazard 25 ft 1976 Earth Missouri
Eftink Lake Dam Scott Low Hazard 25 ft 1971 Earth Missouri
Ek Addition No. 1 Dam Natrona Low Hazard 1966 Gravity Wyoming
Ek Diversion No. 1 Dam Natrona Low Hazard 1958 Gravity Wyoming
El Dorado Forebay El Dorado High Hazard 91 ft 1923 Earth California
Eldridge Lake Dam Johnson Low Hazard 25 ft 1975 Earth Missouri
Ellen O Reeds Dam Carter Low Hazard 26 ft Oklahoma
Elloybuf One Dam Warren Low Hazard 30 ft Earth Mississippi
Encino Det Dam 049 Sandoval Low Hazard 1964 Gravity New Mexico
Encino Det Dam 083 Sandoval Low Hazard 1966 Gravity New Mexico
Encino Detention Dam No. 40 Sandoval Low Hazard 1965 Gravity New Mexico
Engineer Lake Pulaski Low Hazard 25 ft Earth Missouri
Englert Lake Dam Livingston Low Hazard 26 ft 1969 Earth Missouri
Enlargement of The 29-35-4 Carbon Low Hazard 30 ft 1993 Earth Wyoming
Erosion Control Dam Osage Low Hazard 16 ft Earth Kansas
Estes Dam No 1 Jefferson Significant Hazard 23 ft 1963 Earth Kansas
Eugene Helmueller Group Pierce Low Hazard 36 ft 1963 Earth Wisconsin
Ew Martin Lake Dam Spartanburg Low Hazard 29 ft 1973 South Carolina
Fahrmeier Lake Dam Lafayette Low Hazard 20 ft Earth Missouri
Fairview Farms Lake Dam Jackson Low Hazard 32 ft 1946 Earth Missouri
Faries Park Dredge Disposal Dam Macon High Hazard 29 ft 1994 Earth Illinois
Farmers Creek WS SCS Debris Basin 102 Montague Low Hazard 34 ft 1973 Earth Texas
Farmers Creek WS SCS Debris Basin 104 Montague Low Hazard 29 ft 1973 Earth Texas
Farmers Creek WS SCS Debris Basin 105 Montague Low Hazard 17 ft 1973 Earth Texas
Farmers Creek WS SCS Debris Basin 108 Montague Low Hazard 28 ft 1973 Earth Texas
Farmers Creek WS SCS Debris Basin 110 Montague Low Hazard 43 ft 1974 Earth Texas
Farmers Creek WS SCS Debris Basin 112 Montague Low Hazard 19 ft 1975 Earth Texas
Farmers Creek WS SCS Debris Basin 115 Montague Low Hazard 61 ft 1976 Earth Texas
Farmers Creek WS SCS Debris Basin 116 Montague Low Hazard 36 ft 1975 Earth Texas
Farmers Creek WS SCS Debris Basin 117 Montague Low Hazard 41 ft 1975 Earth Texas
Farmers Creek WS SCS Debris Basin 118 Montague Low Hazard 44 ft 1975 Earth Texas
Farmers Creek WS SCS Debris Basin 119 Montague Low Hazard 41 ft 1975 Earth Texas
Farmers Creek WS SCS Debris Basin 120 Montague Low Hazard 51 ft 1975 Earth Texas