Dams in Chester County, Pennsylvania

43Total Dams

17High Hazard

20Significant

Dam	Hazard	Condition	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
Marsh Creek Reservoir (pa-437)	High	Fair	90	Recreation	1973
Hibernia (pa-436f)	High	Fair	65	Flood Risk Reduction	1994
Barneston (pa 432)	High	Fair	43	Flood Risk Reduction	1983
Rock Run	High	Fair	42	Water Supply	1917
Pickering Creek	High	Fair	36	Water Supply	1928
Beaver Creek (pa-433)	High	Satisfactory	36	Flood Risk Reduction	1975
Township Line (airport Road)	High	Fair	34	Recreation	1935
Lake Somerset	High	Fair	32	Recreation	1969
R G Struble Lake (pa-431)	High	Satisfactory	31	Flood Risk Reduction	1971
Walker Farm Lagoon	High	Satisfactory	26	Other	2002
Wharton Boulevard Stormwater	High	Fair	21	Flood Risk Reduction	1999
Milltown	High	Fair	20	Water Supply	1924
Welkinweir	High	Fair	16	Recreation	1937
Herr Foods Storage Lagoon	High	Satisfactory	15	Other	1996
Wayne Glen	High	Not Rated	14	Flood Risk Reduction
Lincoln Avenue Detention Basin	High	Satisfactory	13	Flood Risk Reduction	2007
Leopard Lake	High	Fair	11	Recreation
Osborne Lagoon	Significant	Satisfactory	50	Other	2012
Wastewater Treatment	Significant	Fair	45	Other	1985
Chester Co. Prison Storage Lagoon	Significant	Satisfactory	34	Other
Green Valley Farms	Significant	Fair	23	Recreation	1963
Timber	Significant	Satisfactory	19	Flood Risk Reduction	1986
Washburn Lake	Significant	Fair	18	Recreation	1955
Linpro Detention Basin	Significant	Fair	18	Flood Risk Reduction	1987
Malvern Preparatory Lower	Significant	Satisfactory	15	Recreation	1923
Westtown	Significant	Fair	14	Recreation	1912
Savery Mill	Significant	Fair	14	Recreation	1960
Hershey Mill	Significant	Fair	14	Recreation	1748
Crossing No 5	Significant	Fair	13	Flood Risk Reduction	2005
Crossing No 3	Significant	Fair	13	Flood Risk Reduction
Whitford Ridge Detention Basin	Significant	Fair	13	Flood Risk Reduction	1992
Somerset Lakes Basin No 2	Significant	Fair	12	Flood Risk Reduction	1991
West Whiteland Business Park	Significant	Poor	12	Flood Risk Reduction
Brook Crossing Detention	Significant	Fair	11	Flood Risk Reduction
Pond View Farm	Significant	Poor	10	Recreation	1960
Devon Detention	Significant	Fair	8	Flood Risk Reduction	1986
Thomas Meeting Detention Basin	Significant	Fair	5	Flood Risk Reduction	1990
Hankin	Low	Fair	100	Flood Risk Reduction	1989
Pond No 1	Low	Fair	71	Tailings	1970
Pond No 2	Low	Poor	36	Tailings
Cold Springs Park	Low	Poor	30	Recreation
Pond No 3	Low	Fair	28	Tailings
Pine Grove	Low	Not Rated	10	Recreation	1919