Debris Control Dams

1,275 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Miami Lake Sediment Control Dam Site 1 Monroe	Low Hazard	35 ft	1980	Earth	Iowa
Miami Lake Sediment Control Dam Site 2 Monroe	Low Hazard	33 ft	1980	Earth	Iowa
Miami Lake Sediment Control Dam Site 3 Monroe	Low Hazard	32 ft	1980	Earth	Iowa
Middle Creek Mpd No 1 Miami	High Hazard	53 ft	1984	Earth	Kansas
Middle Fork Obion #5 Henry	Significant Hazard	—	1973	Earth	Tennessee
Mill Creek 10 Richland	Low Hazard	36 ft	1965	Earth	Wisconsin
Mill Creek 13a Richland	Low Hazard	24 ft	1962	Earth	Wisconsin
Mill Creek 13b Richland	Significant Hazard	30 ft	1962	Earth	Wisconsin
Mill Creek 1b Richland	Low Hazard	33 ft	1962	Earth	Wisconsin
Mill Creek 22 Richland	High Hazard	25 ft	1961	Earth	Wisconsin
Mill Creek 3 Richland	Low Hazard	31 ft	1961	Earth	Wisconsin
Mill Creek 6 Richland	High Hazard	19 ft	1960	Earth	Wisconsin
Mill Creek 9a Richland	Significant Hazard	29 ft	1965	Earth	Wisconsin
Miller Barron	Low Hazard	39 ft	1972	Earth	Wisconsin
Millett Swale Navajo	High Hazard	24 ft	1958	Earth	Arizona
Mine No 84 - Pond 7 Washington	Significant Hazard	36 ft	1980	Earth	Pennsylvania
Minute Dam Sandoval	Low Hazard	—	1954	Gravity	New Mexico
Mlsna Vernon	High Hazard	35 ft	1956	Earth	Wisconsin
Monticello H-3r Pond Dam Titus	Low Hazard	22 ft	—	Earth	Texas
Moore Lake Dam Camden	Low Hazard	30 ft	1964	Earth	Missouri
Morgan Debris Basin Los Angeles	High Hazard	37 ft	1962	Earth	California
Morrison Rockwood Siltation Pond Dam Whiteside	Low Hazard	29 ft	1981	Earth	Illinois
Morse Lake Dam Clinton	Low Hazard	30 ft	1971	Earth	Missouri
Mosquito Dam McKinley	Low Hazard	—	1967	Gravity	New Mexico
Mountain Park Dam El Paso	High Hazard	63 ft	1974	Earth	Texas
Mount Airy City Lake Dam Surry	Low Hazard	—	1911	Earth	North Carolina
Mount St. Helens Sediment Retention Structure Cowlitz	High Hazard	186 ft	1988	Earth	Washington
Mpc Sedimentation Pond Simpson	Unknown	18 ft	—	Earth	Mississippi
Mpd No 4-16 Hodgeman	High Hazard	54 ft	—	Earth	Kansas
Mund Dam Dent	Low Hazard	20 ft	1954	Earth	Missouri
Nageezi Dam San Juan	Low Hazard	—	1954	Gravity	New Mexico
Niedner Lake Dam St. Charles	Low Hazard	25 ft	1967	Earth	Missouri
No. 4 Sweetwater	Low Hazard	25 ft	1973	Earth	Wyoming
No Name Grady	Low Hazard	29 ft	1978	Earth	Oklahoma
No Name Caddo	Low Hazard	25 ft	—	Earth	Oklahoma
No Name Grady	Low Hazard	29 ft	1976	Earth	Oklahoma
No Name Grady	Low Hazard	30 ft	1976	Earth	Oklahoma
Noralyn N-10 Polk	Low Hazard	40 ft	1961	Earth	Florida
Noralyn N-11c Polk	Low Hazard	40 ft	1965	Earth	Florida
Noralyn N-13 Polk	Low Hazard	40 ft	1969	Earth	Florida
Noralyn N-14 Polk	Low Hazard	40 ft	1974	Earth	Florida
Noralyn N-15 Polk	Low Hazard	40 ft	1974	Earth	Florida
Noralyn N-9 Polk	Low Hazard	40 ft	1961	Earth	Florida
North 40 Lake Dam Boone	Low Hazard	25 ft	1936	Earth	Missouri
North Buncombe Quarry Sb No. 7 Dam Buncombe	High Hazard	—	2006	Earth	North Carolina
North Fork Dam Placer	Significant Hazard	143 ft	1939	Arch	California
North (Sed. Stm Water) Trigg	Low Hazard	24 ft	1997	Earth	Kentucky
North Spanish Springs Flood Detention Facility Dam Washoe	High Hazard	20 ft	2007	Earth	Nevada
North Spanish Springs Flood Sediment Basin Dam Washoe	High Hazard	13 ft	2007	Earth	Nevada
Noyes Mill Aroostook	High Hazard	32 ft	1962	Earth	Maine