Dams in Cherokee County, South Carolina

48Total Dams

12High Hazard

6Significant

Dam	Hazard	Condition	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
Lake Whelchel	High	Fair	73	Recreation	1964
Thicketty Creek Wcd 25	High	Fair	73	Flood Risk Reduction	1973
Ninety Nine Islands	High	Satisfactory	72	Hydroelectric	1909
Thicketty Creek Wcd 19	High	Fair	55	Flood Risk Reduction	1971
Thicketty Creek Wcd 20	High	Fair	54	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Thicketty Creek Wcd 26	High	Fair	52	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Thicketty Creek Wcd 18	High	Fair	45	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Thicketty Creek Wcd 16b	High	Fair	41	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
Country Club Pond Dam	High	Fair	40	Recreation	1955
Lake Cherokee Dam	High	Fair	40	Recreation	1971
Sunny Slope Farms	High	Fair	29	Irrigation	1974
Sunny Slope Farms Dam	High	Fair	22	Irrigation	1988
Theiler Lake Dam	Significant	Poor	47	Recreation	1971
Gaston Shoals Middle	Significant	Satisfactory	45	Hydroelectric	1917
Hammett Lake Dam	Significant	Fair	36	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Old Childers Pond Dam	Significant	Fair	32	Recreation	1964
Jakob Amann Pond Dam	Significant	Fair	27	Recreation	1971
Cherokee Falls	Significant	Satisfactory	20	Hydroelectric	1826
Lee Nuclear Dam 1	Low	Fair	79	Other
Lee Nuclear Dam 4	Low	Fair	65	Other
Una S Johnson Dam	Low	Poor	47	Recreation	1958
Una Johnson Dam	Low	Poor	42	Recreation	1952
Timkin Company Dam	Low	Fair	42	Other	1960
Lee Nuclear Dam 2	Low	Fair	34	Other
Cash Farms Dam	Low	Poor	34	Irrigation	1978
Mattox Pond Dam	Low	Fair	34	Recreation	1967
Harold Campbell Dam	Low	Poor	32	Fish and Wildlife Pond	1995
Carolina Orchard Dam 2	Low	Poor	32	Irrigation	1970
Fred Richards Dam	Low	Poor	31	Flood Risk Reduction	1996
D C Hughey Dam	Low	Poor	30	Recreation	1965
Shrine Club Lake Dam	Low	Unsatisfactory	30	Recreation	1977
Carolina Orchard Dam 3	Low	Poor	29	Irrigation	1986
W Cash Pond Dam	Low	Poor	29	Recreation	1973
Lee Nuclear Dam 3	Low	Poor	27	Other
Jerry Phillips Dam	Low	Fair	27	Recreation	1973
Randolph Trucking Dam	Low	Poor	26	Recreation
Larry Earls Dam	Low	Poor	26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1993
Larry Sossaman Dam 2	Low	Poor	26	Recreation	1959
Conley Clarke Dam	Low	Fair	25	Recreation	1989
Frank Sossaman Dam	Low	Poor	25	Recreation	1963
Larry Sossaman Dam 1	Low	Unsatisfactory	25	Recreation	1950
Brumbach Pond Dam	Low	Poor	23	Recreation	1963
Mercedes Blanton Dam	Low	Poor	23	Recreation	1955
Cherokee Golf Pond 2	Low	Poor	22	Recreation	1960
Cherokee Golf Pond 1	Low	Fair	22	Irrigation	1960
Cash Farms Dam	Low	Poor	18	Irrigation	1900
Sunny Hill Farms Dam	Undetermined	Unsatisfactory	35	Flood Risk Reduction
Medler Pond Dam	Undetermined	Unsatisfactory	18	Recreation