Dams in Berkshire County, Massachusetts

115Total Dams

43High Hazard

36Significant

Dam	Hazard	Condition	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
Farnham Reservoir Dam	High	Fair	105	Water Supply	1910
Clam Lake Dam	High	Fair	97	Flood Risk Reduction	1977
Upper Sackett Reservoir Dam	High	Satisfactory	76	Water Supply	1947
North Silver Lake Dam	High	Fair	76	Flood Risk Reduction
Cleveland Brook Reservoir Dam	High	Satisfactory	71	Water Supply	1949
Notch Reservoir Dam	High	Poor	64	Water Supply	1897
Schoolhouse Lake Dam	High	Satisfactory	63	Flood Risk Reduction	1986
Leahey (upper) Reservoir Dam And Dike	High	Satisfactory	57	Water Supply	1965
Eclipse Dam	High	Fair	52	Flood Risk Reduction	1890
Windsor Reservoir Dam	High	Satisfactory	51	Water Supply	1865
Sandwash Reservoir Dam	High	Poor	41	Water Supply	1936
Mount Williams Reservoir Dam & Dike	High	Poor	40	Water Supply	1914
Abbey Lake Dam	High	Satisfactory	40	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
October Mountain Lake Dam	High	Satisfactory	39	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Washington Mountain Lake Dam	High	Satisfactory	38	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
Egypt Reservoir Dam	High	Satisfactory	37	Water Supply	1894
Upper Root Reservoir Dam	High	Satisfactory	36	Water Supply	1960
Ashmere Lake Dam	High	Satisfactory	34	Recreation	1875
Lower Root Reservoir Dam	High	Satisfactory	34	Water Supply
Palmer Brook Dam	High	Satisfactory	34	Recreation	1968
Otis Reservoir Dam	High	Satisfactory	32	Recreation	1888
Williamstown Reservoir Dam	High	Satisfactory	32	Water Supply	1898
Thousand Acre Lake Dam	High	Fair	32	Flood Risk Reduction	1960
South Silver Dam	High	Satisfactory	31	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Belmont Reservoir Dam	High	Fair	29	Water Supply	1889
Goose Pond Dam	High	Satisfactory	28	Recreation	1840
Bel Air Dam	High	Unsatisfactory	27	Recreation
Plunkett Reservoir Dam	High	Fair	25	Recreation	1875
West Lake Dam	High	Satisfactory	25	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Buckley Dunton Lake Dam	High	Satisfactory	22	Recreation	1965
Ashley Lake Reservoir Dam	High	Satisfactory	22	Water Supply	1901
Lake Garfield Dam	High	Satisfactory	20	Recreation	1973
Windsor Lake Dam	High	Fair	20	Recreation	1883
Pontoosuc Lake Dam	High	Satisfactory	20	Recreation	1866
October Mountain Lake Dike	High	Satisfactory	20	Flood Risk Reduction	1985
Stockbridge Bowl Dam	High	Poor	19	Recreation	1880
Riiska Brook Dam	High	Poor	19	Recreation	1952
Onota Lake Dam	High	Satisfactory	18	Recreation	1865
Shaker Mill Pond Dam	High	Satisfactory	18	Recreation	1910
Lancelot Lake Dam	High	Satisfactory	16	Recreation	1967
Indian Lake Dam	High	Satisfactory	15	Recreation	1975
Laurel Lake Dam	High	Satisfactory	12	Other
Rood Hill Road Ponds Dam	High		9
Rising Paper Company Dam	Significant	Satisfactory	38
Smith Pond Dam	Significant	Satisfactory	32	Recreation	1961
Pecks Lower Pond Dam	Significant	Poor	31		1877
Bassett Brook Reservoir Dam	Significant	Fair	29	Water Supply	1967
Byron Weston Dam No. 1	Significant	Satisfactory	28	Recreation	1875
Cookson Pond Dam	Significant	Fair	26	Recreation	1959
Columbia Mill Dam	Significant	Poor	25	Water Supply	1901
Natural Bridge Dam	Significant	Satisfactory	25	Recreation
Willow Mill Dam	Significant	Satisfactory	24	Other	1872
York Lake Dam	Significant	Poor	23	Recreation	1934
Fisk Brook Dam	Significant	Unsatisfactory	22
Government Mill Dam	Significant	Satisfactory	22	Recreation	1901
Otis Woodlands Club Dam	Significant	Satisfactory	22	Recreation
Arnold Dam	Significant	Poor	21	Water Supply	1954
East Mountain Reservoir Dam	Significant	Satisfactory	20	Water Supply
Mill Pond Dam	Significant	Satisfactory	19	Recreation
Crystal Pond Dam	Significant	Fair	19	Recreation	1964
Woods Pond Dam	Significant	Satisfactory	18	Other	1989
Greenwater Pond Dam	Significant	Fair	18	Recreation	1944
Robin Hood Lake Dam	Significant	Satisfactory	17	Recreation	2013
Little Robin Hood Lake Dam	Significant	Satisfactory	17	Recreation	1960
Threemile Pond Dam	Significant	Fair	17	Recreation	1968
Long Pond Dam	Significant	Satisfactory	16	Water Supply
Plantain Pond Dam	Significant	Fair	15	Recreation	1947
Shaker Mill Pond Dam	Significant	Fair	15	Recreation
Cheshire Reservoir Dam	Significant	Fair	14	Recreation	1870
Richmond Pond Dam	Significant	Poor	14	Recreation
Mauserts Pond Dam	Significant	Fair	14	Recreation	1998
Hayden Pond Dam	Significant	Fair	13		1886
Fernwood Reservoir Dam	Significant	Fair	13	Recreation
Mill Pond Dam	Significant	Satisfactory	11	Water Supply	1917
Stevens Lake Dam	Significant	Fair	9	Recreation
Yokum Pond Dam	Significant	Poor	9	Recreation
Center Pond Dam	Significant	Satisfactory	9	Recreation
Greylock Greenhouse Dam	Significant	Fair	7	Recreation
Prospect Lake Dam	Significant	Poor	6	Recreation
Windemere Lake Dam	Low	Satisfactory	34	Recreation	1968
Glendale	Low	Satisfactory	30	Hydroelectric	1906
Deerfield No. 5 - Dunbar	Low	Satisfactory	29	Hydroelectric	1993
Sharkey Pond Dam	Low	Poor	25	Recreation
Niskayuna Pond Dam	Low	Fair	25
Upper Spectacle Pond Dam	Low	Fair	23	Recreation	1935
Barbieri Pond Dam	Low	Fair	20	Recreation	1968
Round Pond Dam	Low	Satisfactory	19	Recreation	1963
Camp Woodcrest Dam	Low	Poor	18	Recreation	1927
Gilder Pond Dam	Low	Poor	17	Recreation	1960
Steadman Pond Dam	Low	Poor	17	Recreation	1921
Pelton Reservoir Dam	Low	Fair	16	Recreation	1954
Felton Lake Dam	Low	Fair	15	Recreation	1937
Burnett Pond Dam	Low	Poor	15	Recreation	1930
Garnet Lake Dam	Low	Poor	14	Recreation	1964
Harnett Pond Dam	Low	Fair	14	Recreation	1909
Bog Pond Dam	Low	Fair	14	Recreation	1937
Benedict Pond Dam	Low	Satisfactory	13	Recreation	1934
Berle Pond Dam	Low		12	Recreation	1920
Higley Brook Dam	Low	Satisfactory	12	Recreation	1971
Liberman's Pond Dam	Low	Satisfactory	12	Fish and Wildlife Pond	1985
Atwater Pond Dam	Low	Fair	12	Recreation	1890
Rudd Pond Dam And Dike	Low	Satisfactory	12	Recreation	1920
Hayes Pond Dam	Low	Fair	11	Flood Risk Reduction	1840
Lower Spectacle Pond Dam	Low	Poor	11	Recreation
Coles Brook Pond Dam	Low	Fair	11	Recreation	1959
Gleason Pond Dam	Low	Poor	10	Recreation	1890
White Lily Pond Dam	Low	Fair	10	Recreation	1965
Watson Pond Dam	Low	Poor	10	Recreation
Echo Lake Dam	Low	Fair	10	Water Supply
Garrett Dam	Low	Fair	9	Recreation	1964
Berkshire Trout Pond	Low	Fair	9	Recreation	1946
Morley Swamp Dam	Low	Satisfactory	9	Recreation	1948
Stedman Marsh Dam	Low	Poor	8	Recreation
Wild Acres Pond No. 2 Dam	Low	Unsatisfactory	8	Fish and Wildlife Pond	1970
Bauer Pond Dam	Low	Satisfactory	7	Recreation