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

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- Total high-hazard dams: 11
- Number potentially dangerous: 9 (81.8%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 posing immediate threat
--- 8 not rated

#50. Buchanan County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 22
- Number potentially dangerous: 18 (81.8%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 posing immediate threat
--- 17 not rated

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

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

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

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

#45. Sullivan County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 20
- Number potentially dangerous: 17 (85.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 17 not rated

#44. Johnson County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 27
- Number potentially dangerous: 23 (85.2%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 23 not rated

#43. Cass County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 7
- Number potentially dangerous: 6 (85.7%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 6 not rated

#42. Miller County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 14
- Number potentially dangerous: 12 (85.7%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 12 not rated

#41. Dent County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 8
- Number potentially dangerous: 7 (87.5%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 7 not rated

#40. Linn County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 25
- Number potentially dangerous: 22 (88.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 2 posing immediate threat
--- 20 not rated

#39. Crawford County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 17
- Number potentially dangerous: 15 (88.2%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 15 not rated

#38. Livingston County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 9
- Number potentially dangerous: 8 (88.9%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 8 not rated

#37. Andrew County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 10
- Number potentially dangerous: 9 (90.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 9 not rated

#36. Webster County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 12
- Number potentially dangerous: 11 (91.7%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 11 not rated

#35. Osage County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 13
- Number potentially dangerous: 12 (92.3%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 12 not rated

#34. Randolph County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 14
- Number potentially dangerous: 13 (92.9%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 11 not rated
--- 2 condition withheld

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#23. Cooper 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

#22. Cedar 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#12. Ozark County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 6
- Number potentially dangerous: 6 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 1 posing immediate threat
--- 5 not rated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#2. Stoddard County
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- Total high-hazard dams: 22
- Number potentially dangerous: 22 (100.0%)
- Potentially dangerous dams include:
--- 22 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. Audrain County
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