Debris Control Dams

1,275 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Raewood Lake Dam St. Louis	High Hazard	30 ft	1960	Earth	Missouri
Rainbow Lake Dam Greene	High Hazard	42 ft	1974	Earth	Missouri
Randall Rc&D Ca-31a-Bh Bon Homme	Low Hazard	31 ft	1968	Earth	South Dakota
Red Bluff Dam Natrona	Low Hazard	—	1954	Gravity	Wyoming
Red Creek Dam Natrona	Low Hazard	—	1966	Gravity	Wyoming
Red Gulch Detention 1592 #5 Dam Carbon	Low Hazard	—	1960	Gravity	Wyoming
Red Hill Detention Dam No.1 Catron	Low Hazard	—	—	—	New Mexico
Red Lake Pulaski	Low Hazard	28 ft	1970	Earth	Missouri
Reelfootindian Creek #2 Obion	Significant Hazard	—	1981	Earth	Tennessee
Reelfootindian Creek #3 Obion	Significant Hazard	—	1981	Earth	Tennessee
Rendleman Lake Dam Stoddard	Low Hazard	20 ft	1976	Earth	Missouri
Reservoir 2 Napa	High Hazard	14 ft	—	Earth	California
Retention Pond B Kemper	Low Hazard	17 ft	2012	Earth	Mississippi
Richard Hill Gss #1 Garvin	Low Hazard	38 ft	1976	Earth	Oklahoma
Richard Lee & Clo Kiowa	Low Hazard	21 ft	—	Earth	Oklahoma
Richland Creek WS SCS Site 44 Dam Ellis	Low Hazard	31 ft	1961	Earth	Texas
Rio Puerco Det Dam 130 Sandoval	Low Hazard	—	1966	Gravity	New Mexico
Rio Puerco Det Dam 132 Sandoval	Low Hazard	—	1963	Gravity	New Mexico
River Coal Saw Branch No.2 Dam Perry	High Hazard	47 ft	1972	Earth	Kentucky
Rlf/Pawnee Mine/Slurry Impoundment 3 Dam Christian	Low Hazard	20 ft	1999	Earth	Illinois
Robertson Farms INC Dam Howard	Low Hazard	25 ft	1965	Earth	Missouri
Robertson Lake Dam Clark	Low Hazard	20 ft	1964	Earth	Missouri
Rock Creek Dam Fannin	High Hazard	28 ft	1937	Concrete	Georgia
Rodney Rice Dam Brown	Low Hazard	31 ft	—	Earth	Kansas
Roxboro East Ash Basin Dam Person	High Hazard	—	1964	Earth	North Carolina
Rsn Detention Dam 40 Sandoval	Low Hazard	—	1968	Gravity	New Mexico
Rsn Detention Dam 43 Sandoval	Low Hazard	—	1968	Gravity	New Mexico
Rubio Debris Basin Los Angeles	High Hazard	64 ft	1944	Earth	California
Sand Draw No. 1 Dam Natrona	Low Hazard	—	1961	Gravity	Wyoming
Sand Pit Dam City and Borough of Juneau	Low Hazard	33 ft	2016	Earth	Alaska
Sand Pit New Hope Church Dam Franklin	Low Hazard	—	1974	Earth	Alabama
Sand Run Dam Hocking	Significant Hazard	22 ft	1964	Earth	Ohio
San Sevaine Basin #5 San Bernardino	High Hazard	49 ft	2004	Earth	California
Santa Anita Debris Basin Los Angeles	Low Hazard	56 ft	1960	Earth	California
Santa Cruz Site 6 Dam Santa Fe	High Hazard	62 ft	1962	Earth	New Mexico
Santa Monica Debris Basin Santa Barbara	High Hazard	102 ft	1978	Earth	California
Sawpit Debris Basin Los Angeles	High Hazard	82 ft	1955	Earth	California
Schoolhouse Debris Basin Los Angeles	High Hazard	38 ft	1962	Earth	California
Schreiner Pond # 1 Tillman	Low Hazard	22 ft	—	—	Oklahoma
Schultz Lake Dam Knox	High Hazard	25 ft	1962	Earth	Missouri
Sedimentation Dam No 3 Woodson	Low Hazard	25 ft	—	Earth	Kansas
Sedimentation Dam No 4 Woodson	Low Hazard	38 ft	1991	Earth	Kansas
Sediment Basin No.3 Trigg	Low Hazard	16 ft	1998	Earth	Kentucky
Sediment Basin No.4 Trigg	Low Hazard	26 ft	1998	Earth	Kentucky
Sediment Basin No.5 Trigg	Low Hazard	30 ft	1998	Earth	Kentucky
Settling Basin Lincoln	Low Hazard	24 ft	1985	Earth	Wyoming
Sharpe Lake Dam Lewis	Low Hazard	19 ft	1970	Earth	Missouri
Sheep Camp Detention Dam Lyon	High Hazard	16 ft	—	Earth	Nevada
Sheep Canyon San Bernardino	Significant Hazard	35 ft	1941	Timber Crib	California
Shenandoah Detention Basin Dam Carson City	High Hazard	8 ft	—	Earth	Nevada