Debris Control Dams

1,275 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Willow Creek Watershed Dam B-22 Ray	Low Hazard	33 ft	1971	Earth	Missouri
Willow Lake Johnson	High Hazard	28 ft	1960	Earth	Kansas
Willow Lake Dam Harrison	Low Hazard	31 ft	1976	Earth	Iowa
Wilson Debris Basin Los Angeles	High Hazard	50 ft	1961	Earth	California
Wilson Lake Dam Callaway	Low Hazard	26 ft	1977	Earth	Missouri
Winchester North Effluent Retention Dam Clark	Low Hazard	66 ft	1991	Earth	Kentucky
Winterle Road Dam Rutherford	High Hazard	—	—	Earth	North Carolina
Woodbury Lake Dam Buchanan	Low Hazard	32 ft	1970	Earth	Missouri
W W Bridgman Marshall	Low Hazard	26 ft	1976	Earth	Oklahoma
Wyo. Refining Containment Pond Weston	Low Hazard	28 ft	1980	Earth	Wyoming
Yarnell Debris Basin Los Angeles	Low Hazard	42 ft	1963	Earth	California
Yellowsmoke Watershed Site D-1 Crawford	Low Hazard	24 ft	1989	Earth	Iowa
Yellowsmoke Watershed Site D-2 Crawford	Low Hazard	25 ft	1989	Earth	Iowa
York Creek WS SCS Site 10 Dam Guadalupe	High Hazard	40 ft	1963	Earth	Texas
York Creek WS SCS Site 11 Dam Guadalupe	Significant Hazard	35 ft	1962	Earth	Texas
York Creek WS SCS Site 12 Dam Guadalupe	High Hazard	46 ft	1963	Earth	Texas
York Creek WS SCS Site 13 Dam Guadalupe	High Hazard	34 ft	1964	Earth	Texas
York Creek WS SCS Site 14 Dam Guadalupe	High Hazard	25 ft	1963	Earth	Texas
York Creek WS SCS Site 15 Dam Guadalupe	Low Hazard	36 ft	1960	Earth	Texas
York Creek WS SCS Site 16 Dam Guadalupe	Low Hazard	36 ft	1960	Earth	Texas
York Creek WS SCS Site 4 Dam Guadalupe	High Hazard	38 ft	1965	Earth	Texas
York Creek WS SCS Site 6 Dam Guadalupe	Significant Hazard	31 ft	1962	Earth	Texas
York Creek WS SCS Site 7 Dam Guadalupe	High Hazard	38 ft	1962	Earth	Texas
York Creek WS SCS Site 9 Dam Guadalupe	Low Hazard	28 ft	1964	Earth	Texas
Youssi Gsd No 10 Brown	Low Hazard	23 ft	—	Earth	Kansas