Debris Control Dams
1,275 dams in the US serve this purpose.
| Dam Name | Hazard | Height | Built | Type | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kane Dam Washington | Low Hazard | 38 ft | — | — | Oklahoma |
| Karl Shank Dam Cayuga | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1980 | Earth | New York |
| Kcs Bridge A-65 Bates | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1974 | Other | Missouri |
| Ken Buchheit Dam Perry | Low Hazard | 26 ft | 2002 | Earth | Missouri |
| Kennith West Blaine | Low Hazard | 30 ft | 1972 | Earth | Oklahoma |
| Kenton Dam Gallia | Low Hazard | 26 ft | 1967 | Earth | Ohio |
| Kesterson Dam Johnson | High Hazard | 25 ft | 1949 | Earth | Missouri |
| Kiehnhoff Farms Doniphan | Low Hazard | 24 ft | 1961 | Earth | Kansas |
| Kimsey Gsd No 73 Brown | Low Hazard | 24 ft | — | Earth | Kansas |
| Kingsford K-2 Polk | Low Hazard | 52 ft | 1967 | Earth | Florida |
| Klein Dam Doniphan | Low Hazard | 50 ft | 1975 | Earth | Kansas |
| Klinkner Vernon | High Hazard | 32 ft | 1956 | Earth | Wisconsin |
| Klocke Lake Dam Lewis | High Hazard | 18 ft | 1969 | Earth | Missouri |
| Knights Creek 1 Dunn | High Hazard | 40 ft | 1970 | Earth | Wisconsin |
| Knights Creek 4 Dunn | Low Hazard | 29 ft | 1970 | Earth | Wisconsin |
| Knights Creek 5 Dunn | High Hazard | 34 ft | 1970 | Earth | Wisconsin |
| Knightstown Group Site Dam 004-12 Grundy | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1981 | Earth | Missouri |
| Knittel Lake Dam Callaway | Low Hazard | 34 ft | 1947 | Earth | Missouri |
| Krekeler Lake Dam Crawford | Low Hazard | 26 ft | 1963 | Earth | Missouri |
| Ku Ghent Sediment Pond Carroll | Low Hazard | 60 ft | 1994 | Earth | Kentucky |
| Kussman's Lake Dam Chariton | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1977 | Earth | Missouri |
| Kyle Lake Dam Benton | High Hazard | 30 ft | 1957 | Earth | Missouri |
| Laguna Diversion Imperial | Low Hazard | 43 ft | 1908 | Rockfill | Arizona |
| Lake Burlington Sediment Dam #2 Alamance | Low Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Lake Carroll Sedimentation Disposal Dam 5 Carroll | Low Hazard | 21 ft | 1992 | Earth | Illinois |
| Lake Carroll Sedimentation Pond 2 Dam Carroll | Low Hazard | 14 ft | 1988 | Earth | Illinois |
| Lake Carroll Sedimentation Pond 3 Dam Carroll | Low Hazard | 23 ft | 1989 | Earth | Illinois |
| Lake Concord Dam Clinton | Low Hazard | 31 ft | 1974 | Earth | Missouri |
| Lake Emory Dam Spartanburg | High Hazard | 21 ft | 1997 | — | South Carolina |
| Lake Galena Sed Pond 1 Dam Jo Daviess | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1989 | Earth | Illinois |
| Lake Herman Mip #1 Lake | Low Hazard | 18 ft | 1980 | Earth | South Dakota |
| Lake Herman Mip #2 Lake | Low Hazard | 21 ft | 1980 | Earth | South Dakota |
| Lake Herman Mip #3 Lake | Low Hazard | 29 ft | 1981 | Earth | South Dakota |
| Lake Lasalle Dam St. Louis | High Hazard | 20 ft | 1955 | Earth | Missouri |
| Lake La Verne Dam Andrew | High Hazard | 30 ft | 1956 | Earth | Missouri |
| Lake Marian (Woodridge Road) Frederick | Low Hazard | 50 ft | 1973 | Earth | Maryland |
| Lake Morris Erosion Control Site 8 Lucas | Low Hazard | 21 ft | 1972 | Earth | Iowa |
| Lake Panorama Dredge Containment - Cory Basin Guthrie | Significant Hazard | 22 ft | 2016 | Earth | Iowa |
| Lake Site No.3 Montgomery | Low Hazard | 29 ft | 1966 | Earth | Tennessee |
| Lake Sugema Silt Control Dam Van Buren | Low Hazard | 26 ft | 1992 | Earth | Iowa |
| Lake Sugema Silt Dam Site C Van Buren | Low Hazard | 23 ft | 1994 | Earth | Iowa |
| Lake Taylorville South Fork Sediment Basin Dam Christian | Low Hazard | 17 ft | 2003 | Earth | Illinois |
| Lamar County - Graves Rcod Dam Lamar | Low Hazard | 24 ft | 1992 | Earth | Texas |
| Lamoille Road Detention Dam Elko | High Hazard | 33 ft | — | Earth | Nevada |
| Lamping Dam Monroe | Significant Hazard | 27 ft | 1967 | Earth | Ohio |
| Larry Lee Lake Marshall | Low Hazard | 29 ft | 1977 | Earth | Oklahoma |
| Las Uvas Detention Dam #5 Doña Ana | Low Hazard | — | 1958 | Gravity | New Mexico |
| Las Uvas Detention Dam #6 Doña Ana | Low Hazard | — | 1963 | Gravity | New Mexico |
| La Tuna Debris Basin Los Angeles | High Hazard | 47 ft | 1960 | Earth | California |
| Layton Det Dam No.4 Catron | Low Hazard | — | — | — | New Mexico |