Dams in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

50Total Dams

32High Hazard

7Significant

Dam	Hazard	Condition	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
Watres	High	Satisfactory	135	Water Supply	1925
Nesbitt	High	Satisfactory	101	Water Supply	1903
Lackawanna	High	Fair	69	Recreation	1971
Brownell Reservoir	High	Fair	67	Water Supply	1908
Elmhurst	High	Satisfactory	64	Water Supply	1889
Lake Scranton	High	Satisfactory	60	Water Supply	1898
Williams Bridge Reservoir	High	Fair	54	Water Supply	1893
Dunmore No 1	High	Fair	47	Water Supply	1877
Curtis	High	Poor	45	Water Supply	1887
Dunmore No 7 Reservoir	High	Poor	45	Water Supply	1872
Laurel Run	High	Fair	44	Recreation	1894
Griffin	High	Poor	40	Water Supply	1888
No 5	High	Poor	35	Grade Stabilization	1888
Belmont	High	Poor	33	Water Supply	1903
Spring Brook Intake	High	Fair	33	Water Supply	1894
Summit Lake Reservoir	High	Fair	30	Water Supply	1875
Carbondale No 4	High	Poor	28	Water Supply	1892
Aylesworth Creek Dam - Mayfield Dike	High	Not Available	28	Flood Risk Reduction	1970
Glenwood Lake	High	Satisfactory	27	Recreation	1930
Maple Lake	High	Fair	23	Water Supply	1893
Compton	High	Fair	19	Recreation	1957
Rocky Glen	High	Poor	19	Recreation	1903
Fords Lake	High	Fair	17	Recreation	1995
Duck Pond	High	Fair	17	Recreation	1937
Briggs Street Detention	High	Poor	16	Flood Risk Reduction
Glenburn Pond	High	Unsatisfactory	16	Recreation	1854
Marshwood	High	Fair	14	Water Supply	1927
Eagle Lake	High	Satisfactory	12	Recreation	1895
Interlaken	High	Satisfactory	10	Recreation	1928
Lake Natalie	High	Satisfactory	10	Recreation	1900
Elmcrest	High	Fair	9	Recreation	1955
Big Bass Lake	High	Satisfactory	8	Recreation	1957
Olyphant No 2	Significant	Fair	55	Recreation	1888
Olyphant No 3	Significant	Fair	38	Recreation	1898
Oakford Glen	Significant	Satisfactory	22	Recreation
Trostle Pond	Significant	Fair	15	Recreation
Spangenberg Lake	Significant	Fair	15	Recreation	1949
Myers	Significant	Fair	12	Recreation	1938
Moosic Lakes	Significant	Poor	12	Recreation
Sediment Basin No 4	Low	Satisfactory	21	Other	1989
Stark	Low	Satisfactory	20	Recreation	1850
Sediment Basin No 3	Low	Satisfactory	20	Other
Dunmore No 3	Low	Fair	14	Water Supply	1845
Basin No 2	Low	Fair	13	Flood Risk Reduction	1992
Needle	Low	Poor	11	Recreation	1974
Baylors Lake	Low	Poor	9	Recreation	1946
Sickler Pond	Low	Fair	9	Recreation	1910
Kizer Pond (pica Pond)	Low	Satisfactory	9	Recreation	1845
Giovannini	Low	Poor	8	Recreation	1955
Coleman	Low	Poor	7	Recreation	1924