Debris Control Dams

1,275 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Shull Lake North Cove Dam Carroll	Low Hazard	15 ft	1970	Earth	Missouri
Sierra Madre Los Angeles	High Hazard	69 ft	1928	Arch	California
Sierra Madre Villa Los Angeles	High Hazard	50 ft	1958	Earth	California
Silica Dam Hanover	Unknown	28 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Simmons Upper Reservoir Providence	High Hazard	16 ft	1865	Masonry	Rhode Island
Site 51 Wabaunsee	Low Hazard	38 ft	2003	Earth	Kansas
Site 9-29 Nemaha	Low Hazard	27 ft	2003	Earth	Kansas
Site B Dredge Disposal Pond Dam Randolph	Low Hazard	12 ft	1992	Earth	Illinois
Six & Fifty Detention Dam Mesa	Low Hazard	—	1957	Gravity	Colorado
Skipton Lake Dam Clinton	Low Hazard	28 ft	1965	Earth	Missouri
Skokie Lagoons Dredge Disposal Dam Cook	Low Hazard	16 ft	1990	Earth	Illinois
Slosh Dam Franklin	Low Hazard	—	1920	Earth	Alabama
Small Canyon San Bernardino	High Hazard	68 ft	1957	Earth	California
Smith Bros Gss #1 Garvin	Low Hazard	20 ft	1977	Earth	Oklahoma
Soap Retenton Dam Mesa	Low Hazard	—	1960	Gravity	Colorado
Southern Il Power Fly Ash Disp Pond B-3 Dam Williamson	Low Hazard	36 ft	1986	Earth	Illinois
Southern Il Power South Fly Ash Pond Dam Williamson	Low Hazard	29 ft	1989	Earth	Illinois
South Fork Dam Natrona	Low Hazard	—	1964	Gravity	Wyoming
South Nelson 1 Buffalo	Low Hazard	40 ft	1966	Earth	Wisconsin
South (Sed. Stm Water) Trigg	Low Hazard	24 ft	1997	Earth	Kentucky
Sp-1b Kemper	Low Hazard	12 ft	2012	Earth	Mississippi
Sp-2a Pond Dam Kemper	Low Hazard	9 ft	—	Earth	Mississippi
Sp-2b Dam Kemper	Low Hazard	7 ft	2017	Earth	Mississippi
Sp-3v Pond Dam Kemper	Low Hazard	9 ft	—	Earth	Mississippi
Spires Broadmoor North Debris Dam El Paso	High Hazard	33 ft	2005	Earth	Colorado
Spires Broadmoor South Debris Dam El Paso	High Hazard	27 ft	2005	Earth	Colorado
Spring Creek Debris Shasta	High Hazard	196 ft	1964	Earth	California
Springfield Coal/Industry/Incline Pond 12 Dams McDonough	Low Hazard	34 ft	1997	Earth	Illinois
Springfield Coal/Industry/Pond 22 Dam McDonough	Low Hazard	25 ft	1997	Earth	Illinois
Springfield Coal/Industry/Pond 26 Dam Schuyler	Low Hazard	33 ft	2000	Earth	Illinois
Springfield Coal/Industry/Pond 27 Dam Schuyler	Low Hazard	31 ft	2000	Earth	Illinois
Springfield Coal/Industry/Pond 29 Dam Schuyler	Low Hazard	30 ft	—	Earth	Illinois
Springfield Coal/Industry/Pond 30 Dam Schuyler	Low Hazard	36 ft	—	Earth	Illinois
Springfield Coal/Industry/Pond 31 Dam McDonough	Low Hazard	34 ft	—	Earth	Illinois
Springfield Coal/Industry/Pond 33 Dam McDonough	Low Hazard	30 ft	—	Earth	Illinois
Stallings Bros Dam Cape Girardeau	High Hazard	30 ft	1967	Earth	Missouri
Stanley Mcjunkin Dam Pickens	High Hazard	37 ft	1992	—	South Carolina
Starvation Draw Detention Dam #3 Luna	Low Hazard	—	1958	Gravity	New Mexico
Starvation Draw Detention Dam #4 Luna	Low Hazard	—	1956	Gravity	New Mexico
Starvation Draw Detention Dam #5 Luna	Low Hazard	—	1956	Gravity	New Mexico
State Line Detention Dam Greenlee	Low Hazard	—	1952	Gravity	Arizona
Steinhoff Lake Dam Grundy	Low Hazard	25 ft	1970	Earth	Missouri
Stevenson Ranch Los Angeles	High Hazard	54 ft	2004	Earth	California
Stewart Canyon Debris Basin Ventura	High Hazard	34 ft	1963	Earth	California
Stober Dam Davis	Low Hazard	22 ft	2000	Earth	Iowa
Stoneham Lake Dam Grimes	Low Hazard	24 ft	1955	Earth	Texas
Stony Brook #14 (Honey Lake) Dam Mercer	High Hazard	18 ft	1964	Earth	New Jersey
Stough Debris Basin Los Angeles	High Hazard	46 ft	1961	Earth	California
St. Thomas More Silt Dam Guthrie	Low Hazard	35 ft	1995	Earth	Iowa
Studer Sequatchie	Low Hazard	—	1976	Earth	Tennessee