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Ohio Dam Safety Organization

Best Maintained Dam Award

This award honors those dams in Ohio that have been judged to be the best cared for in their ownership category. To be eligible for this award a dam must be at least five years old (or that it has been at least five years since the dam was rehabilitated) and must be in compliance with all of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources dam safety regulations.

Awards Presented in November 2024

Coming Soon (Ohio County, Ohio) owned by <<>> is hereby awarded the Ohio Dam Safety Organization's Best Maintained Dam Award for the <<Industrial Dam>> category.
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Coming Soon (Ohio County, Ohio) owned by <<>> is hereby awarded the Ohio Dam Safety Organization's Best Maintained Dam Award for the <<Industrial Dam>> category.
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Coming Soon (Ohio County, Ohio) owned by <<>> is hereby awarded the Ohio Dam Safety Organization's Best Maintained Dam Award for the <<Industrial Dam>> category.
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Awards previously presented include the following:

YEAR  CATEGORY  FACILITY NAME  OWNERS / ORGANIZATION
2021 Local Public Dam Wauseon Upground Reservoir #2 Dam  City of Wauseon

Private Dam Sellers Lake Dam Sellers Family
2020 Industrial Dam Eramet Waste Retention Dam Eramet 

Local Public Dam St. Henry WWT Lagoon Village of St. Henry 

Private Dam Goodrich Lake Dam Victor and Eva Goodrich
2019 Private Dam Pierce-Ruhland Pond Dam
  Local Public Dam Lake Brunswick
2018 Local Public Dam Four Mile Creek Dam Preble County Commissioners
  Private Dam Lake Arrowhead Dam Randy Swetnam
2017 Local Public Dam Delphos Reservoir Dam City of Delphos
  Private Dam Moe Pond Dam Colonel Thomas Moe
2016 Property Owner Association Sunrise Lake Dam Sunrise Landing Community
  Private Dam Zupan Lake Dam Joe Zupan
2015 Private Dam Brookside Country Club Lake Dam Brookside Country Club
  Local Public Dam Yellow Creek Upground Reservoir Village of Leipsic
2014 Private Dam Silver Creek Dam Battelle Memorial Institute
  Local Public Dam Coldwater Wastewater Treatment Dam Village of Coldwater
2013 Local Public Dam Munroe Falls Lake Dam
Summit County, Ohio
Metro Parks, Serving Summit County
  Conservancy District Rush Creek Structure No. 5-A
Fairfield County, Ohio
Rush Creek Conservancy District
  Property Owner Association Sunrise Lake Dam
Warren County, Ohio
Sunrise Lake Board
2012 Local Public (Co-Recipient) O'Shaughnessy Dam
Delaware County, Ohio
Columbus Division of Water and Power
  Local Public (Co-Recipient) Silver Creek Metro Park Dam Summit Metro Parks, Serving Summit County
  Private Hammerhead Lake Dam
Warren County
Kenneth Weiss
2011 Local Public Letha House Lake Dam
Medina County
Medina County Park District
  Private Gross Lake Dam
Wayne County
Donald Grossniklaus
2010 Local Public Bear Town Lake Dam
Geauga County
Geauga Park District
  Private Green Lake Dam
Pickaway County
Mr. Kent Green
  State Caldwell Lake Dam
Ross County
ODNR Division of Parks and Recreation
2009 Local Public Findlay Upground Reservoirs No. 1 & 2
Hancock County
City of Findlay Ohio
2008 Industrial Lake Evans Dam
Mahoning County
Aqua Ohio
2007 Private Camp Francis Asbury Lake Dam
Gallia County
Shawnee Valley District
United Methodist Church
2006 Private Mead Foremen’s Club Pond Dam
Ross County
Countrytyme ALC
  Property Owners Association Choctaw Lake Dam
Madison County
Choctaw Lake Property Owners Association
  State Stonelick Lake Dam
Clermont County
ODNR Division of Parks and Recreation
2005 Conservancy District Taylorsville Dam
Montgomery County
Miami Conservancy District
  Local Public East Cold Run Salem Reservoir Dam
Columbiana County
City of Salem Ohio
  Private Lake Stroman Dam
Champaign County
Jake and Terry Conley
2004 Conservancy District Hunters Run Structure No. 8
Fairfield County
Hunters Run Conservancy District
  Industrial Lincoln Heights Upground Reservoir
Hamilton County
Southwestern Ohio Water Company
  Private Jack Towne Dam
Guernsey County
Mr. and Mrs. Jim and Gail Cowan
  State Jackson Lake Dam
Jackson County
ODNR Division of Parks and Recreation
2003 None Awarded    
2002 Local Public Silver Creek Metro Park Dam Summit Metro Parks
  Private Luczek Dam Dr. Stephen Luczek
  Property Owners Association Lake Waynoka Dam Lake Waynoka Property Owners Association
  Conservancy District Germantown Dam Miami Conservancy District
2001 Industrial USEC Dam X-230K U.S. Enrichment Corporation
  Private Middletown Sportsmen's Club Dam Middletown Sportsmen Club
  Industrial Lake Lorelei Dam Lake Lorelei Property Owners Association
2000 Industrial Lake Dorothy Dam Summit County PPG Industries
  Private Pine Tree Lake Dam
Wayne County
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dush
  State Harrison Lake Dam
Fulton County
ODNR Division of Parks and Recreation
1999 Industrial Lake Dorothy Dam PPG Industries
  State Essington Dam at Perry State Forest ODNR Division of Forestry
1998 Conservancy District Hunter Run Structure #1 Hunter Run Conservancy District
  Industrial Lime Sludge Lagoon Dam X611-B U.S. Enrichment Corporation
  Local Public Findlay Upground Reservoir #1 City of Findlay Water Treatment Plant
  Property Owners Association Lake-In-the-Woods Dam Lake-In-the-Woods Association
  State Stewart Lake Dam
Great Seal/Scioto Trail State Park
ODNR Division of Parks