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

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- Total high-hazard dams: 24
- Number potentially dangerous: 1 (4.2%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 not rated

#47. Atchison County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 12
- Number potentially dangerous: 1 (8.3%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 in poor condition

#46. Linn County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 7
- Number potentially dangerous: 1 (14.3%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 not rated

#45. Leavenworth County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 6
- Number potentially dangerous: 1 (16.7%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 not rated

#44. Cowley County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 6
- Number potentially dangerous: 1 (16.7%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 condition withheld

#43. Marshall County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 6
- Number potentially dangerous: 1 (16.7%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 in poor condition

#42. Brown County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 6
- Number potentially dangerous: 1 (16.7%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 condition withheld

#41. Morris County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 12
- Number potentially dangerous: 2 (16.7%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 not rated
--- 1 condition withheld

#40. Douglas County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 38
- Number potentially dangerous: 9 (23.7%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 posing immediate threat
--- 2 in poor condition
--- 6 not rated

#39. Johnson County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 4
- Number potentially dangerous: 1 (25.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 not rated

#38. Lincoln County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 8
- Number potentially dangerous: 2 (25.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 not rated
--- 1 condition withheld

#37. Pottawatomie County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 7
- Number potentially dangerous: 2 (28.6%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 not rated
--- 1 condition withheld

#36. Greenwood County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 3
- Number potentially dangerous: 1 (33.3%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 in poor condition

#35. Jackson County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 3
- Number potentially dangerous: 1 (33.3%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 not rated

#34. Ness County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 3
- Number potentially dangerous: 1 (33.3%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 in poor condition

#33. Hodgeman County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 5
- Number potentially dangerous: 2 (40.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 posing immediate threat
--- 1 in poor condition

#32. Riley County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 5
- Number potentially dangerous: 2 (40.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 in poor condition
--- 1 condition withheld

#31. Miami County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 10
- Number potentially dangerous: 4 (40.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 3 not rated
--- 1 condition withheld

#30. Sedgwick County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 10
- Number potentially dangerous: 4 (40.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 2 not rated
--- 2 condition withheld

#29. Osage County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 15
- Number potentially dangerous: 6 (40.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 5 in poor condition
--- 1 not rated

#28. Wyandotte County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 16
- Number potentially dangerous: 7 (43.8%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 3 in poor condition
--- 4 not rated

#27. Shawnee County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 2
- Number potentially dangerous: 1 (50.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 in poor condition

#26. Franklin County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 2
- Number potentially dangerous: 1 (50.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 not rated

#25. Anderson County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 2
- Number potentially dangerous: 1 (50.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 condition withheld

#24. Ellsworth County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 13
- Number potentially dangerous: 7 (53.8%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 3 in poor condition
--- 3 not rated
--- 1 condition withheld

#23. Butler County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 5
- Number potentially dangerous: 3 (60.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 3 condition withheld

#22. Montgomery County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 5
- Number potentially dangerous: 3 (60.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 in poor condition
--- 1 not rated
--- 1 condition withheld

#21. Jefferson County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 5
- Number potentially dangerous: 3 (60.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 in poor condition
--- 2 not rated

#20. Chautauqua County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 3
- Number potentially dangerous: 2 (66.7%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 in poor condition
--- 1 condition withheld

#19. Geary County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 3
- Number potentially dangerous: 2 (66.7%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 2 condition withheld

#18. Rooks County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 4
- Number potentially dangerous: 3 (75.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 not rated
--- 2 condition withheld

#17. Coffey County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 4
- Number potentially dangerous: 3 (75.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 not rated
--- 2 condition withheld

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#5. Chase 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

#4. Osborne 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

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

#2. McPherson County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 4
- Number potentially dangerous: 4 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 4 in poor condition

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. Gray County
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