FLOOD10196

• County: Statewide
• Community: State of Colorado
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: National Dam Safety Program
• Date: 4/1/1986
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

Table 1
FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR DAMS(l)

Aaencv

Dams
OWned

U.S. Department of Agrioulture

Agricultural Research Service
Farmers Home Administration
Forest Service
Rural Electrification
Administration
Soil Conservation Service

o
o
400(2)

o
o

U.S. Department of the Amy

Corps at Engineers -
Civil Workil(4)

584

u.s. Department or Energy

28

U.S. Department of the Interior

Bureau at Indian Attairs
Bureau at Land Management
Bureau at Mines
Bureau at Reclamation
Fish and Wildlite Service
National Park Service
Office of Surface Mining

u.s. Department at Labor

Mine Safety and Health
Administration

301
760(5)
o
275
178
263
o

o

Federal Emergenoy Management Agency

o

Federal Energy Regulatory
cOJllDission

o

International Boundary and
water co_ission .

U.S. Section

2

NUclear Regulatory Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Total of Dame Reported

o

--ll

2,846

Dams
Reaulai:ed

Other
Dams

o
o
1,600(2)

o
o

o
77
o

o
25,000(2)

(3)

95

o

2

o
o
o
o
o
o
(3)

o
o
o
o
o
126
o

1,293

o
o

o

1,900(2)

o

o

o

34

o

--2

o
25,298

4,827

(1) Only dams reported by member a..neiss of Interagency Committee on Large Dams and havina: damming:
heights of 25 feet or more or planned impoundment eapacity of SO acre-feet or more are listed.

(2) Estimated.

(3) Agency report indicates 1IOm8 dams in this cl..1 but number not provided.

(4) Does not include dama on military installations or non-Federal dam projects that have received Federal
payments for inclusion of flood control Itarage.

(5) BLM haa not completed it. inventory of dams.

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