Dams in Pennington County, South Dakota
118Total Dams
12High Hazard
0Significant
| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deerfield Dam | High | Not Available | 171 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1947 |
| Sheridan Lake | High | Not Rated | 134 | Recreation | 1939 |
| Pactola Dike 1 | High | Not Available | 115 | 1956 | |
| Horsethief Lake | High | Not Rated | 65 | Recreation | 1940 |
| Red Dale Gulch | High | Fair | 42 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1959 |
| Deerfield Park | High | Fair | 36 | Recreation | 1981 |
| Mitchell Lake | High | Not Rated | 31 | Recreation | 1936 |
| Canyon Lake Dam | High | Fair | 31 | Irrigation | 1976 |
| Kjerstad No.1 | High | Fair | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Major Lake | High | Not Rated | 18 | Recreation | 1939 |
| Kjerstad Dam No.3 | High | Fair | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1943 |
| Kjerstad Dam No. 2 | High | Poor | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1941 |
| Boy Scouts Of America | Low | 44 | Recreation | 1975 | |
| New Wall Lake | Low | 40 | Recreation | 1947 | |
| Gordon Babcock | Low | 37 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 | |
| Bill Trask | Low | 32 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1964 | |
| Veryl Schroeder 2 | Low | 32 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1967 | |
| Wicksville | Low | 31 | Recreation | 1935 | |
| Roy Shull No.1 | Low | 31 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 | |
| Owanka | Low | 28 | Recreation | 1935 | |
| Sd Noname 180 | Low | 28 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1937 | |
| Bruce Dam | Low | 28 | Recreation | 1937 | |
| Sd Noname 179 | Low | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 | |
| Walt Hoffman No.1 | Low | 27 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 | |
| Selvin Johnson | Low | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1935 | |
| Sd Noname 174 | Low | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 | |
| Farmingdale (nid) | Low | Not Rated | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1936 |
| Shyne 1 | Low | 25 | Recreation | 1953 | |
| Kirk Cordes | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| Peno Grazing Association | Low | 25 | Irrigation | 1952 | |
| Sd Noname 173 | Low | 25 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 | |
| Pierce Dam | Low | 24 | Recreation | 1935 | |
| Lavon Shearer | Low | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1937 | |
| Kirk Cordes | Low | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1953 | |
| Missile 249 (nid) | Low | Not Rated | 24 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1936 |
| Kirk Cordes | Low | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1943 | |
| Jerry Willuweit | Low | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1937 | |
| Larsen Lyman 1 | Low | 23 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 | |
| Sd Noname 20 | Low | 23 | Irrigation | 1963 | |
| Harold Severson | Low | 22 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1936 | |
| Julian Cheney | Low | 22 | Irrigation | 1950 | |
| William Huether | Low | 22 | Water Supply | 1958 | |
| Pace Dam | Low | 22 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2002 | |
| New Underwood | Low | 22 | Recreation | 1946 | |
| Bloom | Low | 21 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2001 | |
| Percy Dam | Low | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 | |
| Sd Noname 105 | Low | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 | |
| Sd Noname 11 | Low | 21 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1938 | |
| Lurz | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 | |
| Hoffman Dam | Low | 20 | Recreation | 1940 | |
| Dannie Oconnell | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Lewis Dam | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1961 | |
| Pikes Pond | Low | 20 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1987 | |
| Sd Noname 100 | Low | 20 | Irrigation | 1965 | |
| Konrad Kjerstad | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 | |
| Tennyson Dam | Low | 20 | Recreation | 1937 | |
| Kirk Cordes | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1945 | |
| Sd Noname 138 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 | |
| Virgil Horton 2 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1937 | |
| Sieler Dam | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 | |
| Larsen Lyman 2 | Low | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1959 | |
| South Whitewater 251 (nid) | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1936 |
| Elmer Olsen | Low | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1940 | |
| Ward Dam | Low | 19 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1990 | |
| Johnson | Low | 19 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1956 | |
| Sd Noname 110 | Low | 19 | Irrigation | 1953 | |
| Marsh Dam | Low | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1981 | |
| Sd Noname 10 | Low | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 | |
| Sd Noname 102 | Low | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1938 | |
| David Kitterman | Low | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 | |
| Bud Bloom | Low | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1936 | |
| Veryl Schroeder 1 | Low | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 | |
| Peterson Dam | Low | 18 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 2000 | |
| Ed Frien Dam | Low | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 | |
| Virgil Horton 4 | Low | 18 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1952 | |
| Quinn Dam | Low | 17 | Recreation | 1937 | |
| Sd Noname 12 | Low | 17 | Water Supply | 1952 | |
| Lavon Shearer | Low | 17 | Other | 1935 | |
| Milton Trask | Low | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1962 | |
| Theodore Kjerstad | Low | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1951 | |
| Sd Noname 36 | Low | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 | |
| Sd Noname 116 | Low | 17 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 | |
| Glen Lakner | Low | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1947 | |
| Erwin Eisenbraun | Low | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 | |
| Sd Noname 18 | Low | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 | |
| Joe Papousek | Low | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| Hank Ranch Dam | Low | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1943 | |
| Sd Noname 173 | Low | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 | |
| Donald Kelly Dam | Low | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 | |
| Quinn Twp Dam | Low | 16 | Recreation | 1935 | |
| Thistle Dam | Low | Not Available | 15 | ||
| Baysinger Dam | Low | Not Available | 15 | ||
| Frank Anderson | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 | |
| Sd Noname 108 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1935 | |
| Sd Noname 117 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1954 | |
| James Kjerstad | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| Crown Dam | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| George Knapp Dam | Low | 15 | Irrigation | 1955 | |
| Virgil Horton 1 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1916 | |
| Sd Noname 13 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1957 | |
| Sd Noname 126 | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1947 | |
| Fortune Dam | Low | 15 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1974 | |
| Sd Noname 111 | Low | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1949 | |
| Sage Creek 344 | Low | 14 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1937 | |
| Canata East 302 | Low | 14 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1938 | |
| Tony Krebs | Low | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1958 | |
| Old Town Dam | Low | 14 | Water Supply | 1941 | |
| New Underwood Land Partners Dam | Low | 14 | Recreation | 1986 | |
| Black Gap Pond | Low | 14 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1938 | |
| Geigle Dam | Low | 13 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1965 | |
| Sd Noname 178 | Low | 13 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1936 | |
| Sd Noname 128 | Low | 13 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 | |
| Sd Noname 115 | Low | 13 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 | |
| Sd Noname 16 | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1948 | |
| Boydston Dam | Low | 12 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 2017 | |
| Whitewater North Site #1 | Low | 11 | Debris Control | 2000 | |
| Sd Noname 22 | Low | 10 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1955 | |
| Sd Noname 124 | Low | 9 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1950 |