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Southwest Region

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Map of 114,009 inventoried dams and 797 road-related barriers likely to impact aquatic organisms in the Southwest region.

Includes 4 states with:

114,009 inventoried dams, including:

  • 193 that have been reconned for social feasibility of removal

890,903 or more potential road-related aquatic barriers, including:

  • 1,436 that have been assessed for impacts to aquatic organisms
    • 797 of these are likely to impact aquatic organisms
Explore how many dams or road-related barriers there are in a state, county, or watershed.
Identify and rank dams or road-related barriers that reconnect the most high-quality aquatic networks.

Statistics by state:

Inventoried damsReconned damsAssessed road-related barriers
Arizona2,9503451
New Mexico7,87010121
Oklahoma32,24519779
Texas70,94439585
Total114,0091931,436

2,356 inventoried dams and 137 assessed road-related barriers were not analyzed because they could not be correctly located on the aquatic network or were otherwise excluded from the analysis. You can optionally include these in your download.

Note: These statistics are based on inventoried dams and road-related barriers. Because the inventory is incomplete in many areas, areas with a high number of dams may simply represent areas that have a more complete inventory.


You can help!

You can help improve the inventory You can help improve the inventory by sharing data, assisting with field reconnaissance to evaluate the impact of aquatic barriers, or even by reporting issues with the inventory data in this tool.

Contact us to learn more about how you can help improve aquatic connectivity in the Southwest.