This is a list of dams in South Carolina that have been removed as physical impediments to free-flowing rivers or streams.
Dam[1] | Height | Year removed | Location | Watercourse | Watershed | Notes | |
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No Name Dam at State Road 11-58 | 1979 | Cowpens National Battlefield | Long Branch of Island Creek | Broad River | |||
Wrenn Farms Pond Dam | 2022 | Lancaster | Tributary to Catawba River | Catawba River | Recreation dam. | ||
Miller Trust Pond Dam | 1993 | Rock Hill | Tributary to Tools Fork | ||||
Old City Reservoir Dam | 1988 | Lancaster | Turkey Quarter Creek | ||||
Mandel Park Pond Dam (Green Lake Estates Dam) | 2017 | Richland County | Cedar Creek | Congaree River | Recreation dam. | ||
Sheetpile Dam | Lexington County | Conagree Creek | |||||
Congaree Creek Dam | 2019 | Cayce | Water supply dam owned by the Town of Cayce. | ||||
Shealy's Pond Dam | West Columbia | Savana Branch | Recreation dam. | ||||
Kirkley Pond Dam | 2001 | Jefferson | Little Sandy Creek | Lynches River | Recreation dam. | ||
I-95 Rest Area Lagoon Dam | 1999 | Tributary to Black Creek | Pee Dee River | ||||
Matthews Creek Dam | 2019 | Cleveland | Matthews Creek | Saluda River | Fishing and recreation dam owned by the Naturaland Trust. | ||
Old Saluda Reservoir Dam | Saluda | Red Bank Creek | Recreation dam. | ||||
Robert Thomason Pond Dam (Jay's Lake Dam) | Fountain Inn | Tributary to Stoddard Creek | Recreation dam. | ||||
Upper Northlake Dam | 2022 | Greenwood | Tributary to Rocky Creek | Agriculture and recreation dam. | |||
Estimated Dam 824 | Allendale County | Brier Branch | Savannah River | ||||
Pole Branch Dam | 1990 | North Augusta | Pole Branch River | ||||
Woodside Dam 1 | 2011 | Greenville | Twelve Mile River | Seneca River | |||
Woodside Dam 2 | 2011 | Greenville | |||||
Burrell's Place Dam | 2022 | Oconee County | Tributary to Pigpen Branch | Tugaloo River | |||
Burson Lake Dam | 2020 | Oconee County | Reedy Creek | Owned by the U.S. Forest Service. | |||
Carmet Pond Dam | 2020 | Spartanburg County | Tributary to South Tyger River | Tyger River |