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There are roughly 90,000 significant dams in the U.S. At least 4,000 are in poor or unsatisfactory condition and could kill people.
The vast majority of dams are safe, and even when one does fail, deaths are rare.
Climate change may be making the problem worse in some parts of the country.
The Nemaha Natural Resources District covers eight counties and raises about $4 million a year from a small property tax.
With that money it must maintain about 380 structures, including the Wilson Creek Dam 9-C, a roughly 840-foot-long ( 255-meter-long ) earthen structure built in the 1960s for flood control.
States have limited power to pressure owners to fix problems.
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