Risky reservoirs: Arkansas counties where aging dams pose the greatest threat

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- Total high-hazard dams: 2
- Number potentially dangerous: 1 (50.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 not rated

#41. Hot Spring County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 6
- Number potentially dangerous: 5 (83.3%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 5 not rated

#40. Crawford County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 11
- Number potentially dangerous: 10 (90.9%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 8 not rated
--- 2 condition withheld

#39. Garland County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 1
- Number potentially dangerous: 1 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 not rated

#38. Union County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 1
- Number potentially dangerous: 1 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 not rated

#37. Hempstead County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 1
- Number potentially dangerous: 1 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 not rated

#36. Drew County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 1
- Number potentially dangerous: 1 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 not rated

#35. Lawrence County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 1
- Number potentially dangerous: 1 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 not rated

#34. Clay County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 1
- Number potentially dangerous: 1 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 condition withheld

#33. Pike County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 1
- Number potentially dangerous: 1 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 not rated

#32. Prairie County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 2
- Number potentially dangerous: 2 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 2 not rated

#31. White County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 2
- Number potentially dangerous: 2 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 2 not rated

#30. Miller County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 2
- Number potentially dangerous: 2 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 2 not rated

#29. Johnson County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 2
- Number potentially dangerous: 2 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 not rated
--- 1 condition withheld

#28. Little River County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 2
- Number potentially dangerous: 2 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 2 not rated

#27. Fulton County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 2
- Number potentially dangerous: 2 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 2 not rated

#26. Montgomery County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 3
- Number potentially dangerous: 3 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 2 not rated
--- 1 condition withheld

#25. Pope County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 3
- Number potentially dangerous: 3 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 not rated
--- 2 condition withheld

#24. Baxter County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 3
- Number potentially dangerous: 3 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 2 not rated
--- 1 condition withheld

#23. St. Francis County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 3
- Number potentially dangerous: 3 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 3 not rated

#22. Ouachita County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 3
- Number potentially dangerous: 3 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 3 not rated

#21. Conway County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 3
- Number potentially dangerous: 3 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 not rated
--- 2 condition withheld

#20. Howard County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 4
- Number potentially dangerous: 4 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 2 not rated
--- 2 condition withheld

#19. Carroll County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 4
- Number potentially dangerous: 4 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 not rated
--- 3 condition withheld

#18. Cleburne County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 4
- Number potentially dangerous: 4 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 4 not rated

#17. Cross County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 5
- Number potentially dangerous: 5 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 5 not rated

#16. Benton County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 5
- Number potentially dangerous: 5 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 5 not rated

#15. Washington County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 5
- Number potentially dangerous: 5 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 5 not rated

#14. Greene County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 5
- Number potentially dangerous: 5 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 2 not rated
--- 3 condition withheld

#13. Clark County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 5
- Number potentially dangerous: 5 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 5 condition withheld

#12. Sevier County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 5
- Number potentially dangerous: 5 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 5 not rated

#11. Scott County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 6
- Number potentially dangerous: 6 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 6 not rated

#10. Saline County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 6
- Number potentially dangerous: 6 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 in poor condition
--- 5 not rated

#9. Logan County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 6
- Number potentially dangerous: 6 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 5 not rated
--- 1 condition withheld

#8. Yell County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 6
- Number potentially dangerous: 6 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 6 not rated

#7. Polk County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 6
- Number potentially dangerous: 6 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 5 not rated
--- 1 condition withheld

#6. Perry County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 7
- Number potentially dangerous: 7 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 7 not rated

#5. Sebastian County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 11
- Number potentially dangerous: 11 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 11 not rated

#4. Poinsett County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 14
- Number potentially dangerous: 14 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 14 not rated

#3. Sharp County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 15
- Number potentially dangerous: 15 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 14 not rated
--- 1 condition withheld

#2. Craighead County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 19
- Number potentially dangerous: 19 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 in poor condition
--- 18 not rated

This story features data reporting by Paxtyn Merten, writing by Dom DiFurio, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 50 states.

#1. Pulaski County
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