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

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- Total high-hazard dams: 8
- Number potentially dangerous: 1 (12.5%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 in poor condition

#8. Penobscot County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 12
- Number potentially dangerous: 2 (16.7%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 posing immediate threat
--- 1 in poor condition

#7. Aroostook County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 4
- Number potentially dangerous: 1 (25.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 in poor condition

#6. York County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 8
- Number potentially dangerous: 2 (25.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 2 in poor condition

#5. Oxford County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 7
- Number potentially dangerous: 2 (28.6%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 posing immediate threat
--- 1 in poor condition

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

#3. Washington County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 4
- Number potentially dangerous: 2 (50.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 2 posing immediate threat

#2. Androscoggin County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 3
- Number potentially dangerous: 2 (66.7%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 2 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. Knox County
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