List of dams and reservoirs in the United States

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The following is a partial list of dams and reservoirs in the United States. There are an estimated 75,000 dams in the United States, impounding 600,000 mi (970,000 km) of river or about 17% of rivers in the nation.^[1]

The nearly 8100 major dams in the United States in 2005. The National Inventory of Dams defines a major dam as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre feet (6,200,000 m³), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre feet (31,000,000 m³).^[2]

Alabama

For a more comprehensive list, see List of reservoirs and dams in Alabama.

Alaska

• Blue Lake (Alaska)
• Green Lake (Alaska)

Arizona

• Alamo Dam
• Bartlett Dam
• Coolidge Dam
• Davis Dam - Lake Mohave
• Gillespie Dam
• Glen Canyon Dam – Lake Powell
• Hoover Dam – Lake Mead
• Horse Mesa Dam
• Horseshoe Dam
• Imperial Dam
• Laguna Diversion Dam
• Lyman Dam
• Mission Tailings
• Morelos Dam
• Mormon Flat Dam
• New Cornelia Tailings, largest US dam by volume
• New Waddell Dam – Lake Pleasant
• Painted Rock Dam
• Palo Verde Diversion Dam
• Parker Dam - Lake Havasu
• Salt River Project - several dams
• Stewart Mountain Dam
• Theodore Roosevelt Dam – Salt River Project

Arkansas

For a more comprehensive list, see List of reservoirs and dams in Arkansas.

California

For a more comprehensive list, see List of reservoirs and dams in California.

Colorado

• Aurora Reservoir
• Barker Dam - Barker Reservoir
• Blue Mesa Dam – Blue Mesa Reservoir
• Chatfield Reservoir
• Cherry Creek Reservoir
• Dillon Reservoir
• Green Mountain Reservoir
• Gross Dam – Gross Reservoir
• Horsetooth Dam – Horsetooth Reservoir, built as part of the Colorado Big Thompson project
• McPhee Dam – McPhee Reservoir
• Morrow Point Dam – Morrow Point Reservoir
• Mount Elbert Forebay Dam
• Navajo Reservoir
• Quincy Reservoir, in Aurora
• Ridgway Dam – Ridgway Reservoir, built as part of the Dallas Creek Project
• Silver Jack Dam – Silver Jack Reservoir, part of the Bostwick Park Project
• Vallecito Reservoir
• Williams Fork Reservoir

Connecticut

• Candlewood Lake
• Leesville Dam – Salmon River
• Mansfield Hollow Dam – Mansfield Hollow Lake
• Saville Dam – Barkhamsted Reservoir
• Stevenson Dam – Lake Zoar, on the Housatonic River
• West Thompson Dam – Quinebaug River

Delaware

• Hoopes Reservoir, in Wilmington
• Newark Reservoir, in Newark

District of Columbia

• Dalecarlia Reservoir
• Georgetown Reservoir
• McMillan Reservoir

Florida

• C. W. Bill Young Regional Reservoir
• Franklin Lock and Dam
• Jim Woodruff Dam – Lake Seminole
• Lake Munson
• Lake Rousseau
• Port Mayaca Lock and Dam
• Rodman Dam – Rodman Reservoir
• Talquin Dam – Lake Talquin
• Moss Bluff Lock and Dam - Oklawaha River

Georgia

See also: List of dams and reservoirs of the Tennessee River

• Allatoona Dam – Lake Allatoona
• Bartlett's Ferry Dam – Lake Harding
• Blue Ridge Dam – Blue Ridge Reservoir; on the Toccoa River; finished in 1930; acquired by the TVA in 1939
• Buford Dam – Lake Lanier
• Carters Dam – Carter's Lake
• Chatuge Dam – Chatuge Reservoir; on the Hiwassee River; finished in 1942 by the TVA
• Clark Hill Dam (J. Strom Thurmond Dam) – Lake Strom Thurmond, also in South Carolina
• Goat Rock Dam – Goat Rock Lake
• Hartwell Dam – Lake Hartwell, also in South Carolina
• Hickory Log Creek dam – Hickory Log Creek Reservoir (under construction till Oct 2007)
• Jim Woodruff Dam – Lake Seminole; on Apalachicola River; built by USACE
• Kelly Barnes Dam – Toccoa Falls, failed in 1977 killing 39 people.
• Lake Blackshear Dam – Lake Blackshear
• Morgan Falls Dam – Bull Sluice Lake
• Nottely Dam – Nottely Reservoir; on the Nottely River; finished in 1942 by the TVA
• Oliver Dam – Lake Oliver
• Richard B. Russell Dam – Richard B. Russell Lake, also in South Carolina
• Sinclair Dam – Lake Sinclair
• Wallace Dam – Lake Oconee
• Walter F. George Lake – on the Chattahoochee River; built by USACE
• West Point Dam – West Point Lake

Hawaii

• Lake Wilson (Wahiawa Reservoir), Wahiawa
• Nu Uanu Reservoir
• Ka Loko Reservoir

Idaho

• Albeni Falls Dam
• American Falls Dam – American Falls Reservoir
• Anderson Ranch Dam, south fork Boise River
• Arrowrock Dam – the highest dam completed in any part of the world in 1915
• Blackfoot Reservoir
• Bliss Dam
• Brownlee Dam
• C. J. Strike Dam – C. J. Strike Reservoir
• Cabinet Gorge Dam
• Cascade Dam
• Deadwood Reservoir
• Dworshak Dam – third highest dam in the United States
• Hells Canyon Dam
• Island Park Dam – Island Park Reservoir
• Lucky Peak Dam – Lucky Peak Lake
• Minidoka Dam – Lake Walcott
• Paddock Valley Reservoir
• Oxbow Dam
• Palisades Dam – Palisades Reservoir
• Ririe Reservoir
• Swan Falls Dam
• Teton Dam – failed June 5, 1976.

Illinois

• Fordham Dam
• Kaskaskia Lock and Dam
• Lake Holiday Dam,^[3] Lake Holiday (Illinois)
• Lock and Dam#27
• McHenry Dam
• Melvin Price Locks and Dam, Alton

Indiana

• Geist Reservoir
• Lake Lemon
• Lake Monroe
• [[Cagles Mill Lake/Reservoir

Iowa

• Coralville Lake
• Dale Maffitt Reservoir
• Lake Redrock dam and reservoir
• Ottumwa Hydroelectric Dam
• Saylorville Lake and Dam

Kansas

For a more comprehensive list, see List of lakes, reservoirs, and dams in Kansas.

Kentucky

• Barkley Dam – Lake Barkley; on the Cumberland River; owner and operated by USACE
• Barren River Lake
• Buckhorn Lake
• Cave Run Lake
• Dale Hollow Dam – Dale Hollow Reservoir; on the Obey River; finished in 1943 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
• Dewey Lake
• Fishtrap Lake
• Grayson Lake
• Kentucky Dam – Kentucky Lake; on the Tennessee River; finished in 1944 by the TVA
• Laurel River Lake
• McAlpine Locks and Dam – Ohio River
• Paintsville Lake
• Wolf Creek Dam – Lake Cumberland; on the Cumberland River; built by USACE
• Yatesville Lake

Louisiana

• Bailey's Dam
• Toledo Bend Reservoir

Maine

• Sebago Lake

Maryland

• Bloede's Dam
• Conowingo Dam
• Deep Creek Lake
• Jennings Randolph Lake
• Lake Artemesia
• Liberty Reservoir
• Little Seneca Lake
• Loch Raven Reservoir
• Prettyboy Reservoir
• Rocky Gorge Reservoir
• Triadelphia Reservoir
• Youghiogheny River Lake
• St. Mary's Lake- St. Mary's River

Massachusetts

• Assawompset Pond Dam – Nemasket River
• Barre Falls Dam - Ware River
• Barstows Pond Dam – Cotley River
• Birch Hill Dam - Millers River
• Buffumville Dam – Little River
• Cleveland Pond Dam – Beaver Brook
• Conant Brook Dam - Conant Brook
• Dam 1 above Harodite factory – concrete and granite blocks – Three Mile River
• Dam 2 above Harodite factory – concrete – Three Mile River
• Dam at 60 Winnetuxet Road – Winnetuxet River
• Dam at Draka Factory – Three Mile River
• Dam at Furnace Street – Stump Brook
• Dam at Robbins Pond/Bog Reservoir Connection – Stump Brook
• Dam at Route 106 – Satucket River
• East Brimfield Dam - Quinebaug River
• Fall Brook Route 28 Dam – Fall Brook
• First Unnamed Dam – Segreganset River
• Forge Pond Dam – Assonet River
• Forge Pond Dam – Meadow Brook
• Great Quittacas Pond Dam – Nemasket River
• Happy Hollow Farm Dam – Fall Brook
• High Street Dam – Town River
• Hodges Village Dam – French River
• Hunts Pond Dam (Mill Street Dam) – Beaver Brook
• Johnson Pond Dam – Forge River
• Hewitt Pond Dam – Forge River
• King's Pond Dam – Pine Swamp Brook
• Knightville Dam – Westfield River
• Lake Rico Dam – Furnace Brook
• Littleville Dam - Middle Branch, Westfield River
• Monument Dam – Assonet River
• Morey's Bridge Dam – Mill River
• Muddy Cove Brook (Obstruction 1) – gate under railroad tracks just below Route 138 – Muddy Cove Brook
• Muddy Cove Brook (Obstruction 2) – dam on Zeneca Inc. Property – Muddy Cove Brook
• Muddy Cove Pond Dam – Muddy Cove Brook
• Mystic Dam – Upper Mystic Lake
• Oliver Mills Dam – Nemasket River
• Orchard Street Dam – Dam Lot Brook
• Outlet for Bleachery Reservoir (Eastern) – Rattlesnake Brook
• Outlet for Bleachery Reservoir (Western) – Rattlesnake Brook
• Plymouth Street Dam – Taunton River
• Richmond Pond Dam – Richmond Pond
• Segreganset River Dam – Segreganset River
• Stump Brook Dam – Stump Brook
• Taunton State Hospital Dam – Mill River
• Tisdale Dam – Assonet River
• Tracy Pond Dam – Forge River
• Tully Dam - Millers River
• Unnamed dam above Berkley Street – Tributary above Berkley Street in Taunton (MA)
• Unnamed dam at Raynham Department of Parks & Recreation Office – Forge River
• Wachusett Dam – Wachusett Reservoir
• War Memorial Park Dam – Town River
• Wareham Street Dam – Nemasket River
• West Brittania Dam – Mill River
• West Hill Dam - West River
• Westville Dam - Quinebaug River
• Whittenton Street Dam – Mill River
• Willow Avenue Dam – Meadow Brook
• Winnetuxet Road Dam – Winnetuxet River
• Winsor Dam – Quabbin Reservoir

Michigan

• Alcona Dam
• Big Quinnessec Dam
• Boardman Dam
• Cooke Hydro
• Croton Dam
• Foote Dam
• Hardy Dam
• Hemlock Falls Dam
• Ludington Pumped Storage Power Plant, a reservoir used to level electrical production by pumped storage hydroelectricity
• Michigamme Dam
• Mio Dam
• Peavy Falls
• Sabin Dam
• Sturgeon Dam
• Way Dam and Michigamme Reservoir

Minnesota

• Bemidji Dam
• Blanchard Dam
• Coon Rapids Dam
• Crosslake Dam
• Dayton Hollow Dam
• Ford Dam
• Hoot Lake Hydro
• Kingsford Dam
• Lake Zumbro Hydroelectric Generating Plant
• Little Falls Dam
• Meeker Island Lock and Dam
• Pisgah Dam
• Pokegama Dam, Grand Rapids
• Rapidan Dam
• St. Anthony Falls dams, Upper and Lower
• St. Cloud Dam
• Taplin Gorge Dam
• Wright (Central) Dam

Mississippi

See also: Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway

• Aberdeen Lock and Dam – Aberdeen Lake
• Jamie Whitten Lock and Dam
• John C. Stennis Lock and Dam – Columbus Lake
• Ross Barnett Reservoir and Spillway

Missouri

• Bagnell Dam – Lake of the Ozarks
• Bull Shoals Lake
• Clarence Cannon Dam – Mark Twain Lake
• McDaniel Lake Dam
• Harry S. Truman Dam and Reservoir
• Lake Taneycomo
• Lock and Dam#24, Clarksville
• Lock and Dam#25, Winfield
• Stockton Dam
• Table Rock Lake
• Pomme de Terre Lake

Montana

• Fatzinger Reservoir
• Fort Peck Dam
• Hungry Horse Dam
• Kerr Dam
• Libby Dam
• Noxon Rapids Dam
• Swift Dam
• Tiber Dam – Lake Elwell
• Yellowtail Dam – Bighorn Lake

Nebraska

• Gavins Point Dam (in Nebraska and South Dakota)
• Kingsley Dam

Nevada

• Davis Dam
• Hoover Dam — Lake Mead
• Lahontan Dam

New Hampshire

• Arlington Mill Reservoir
• Ayers Island Reservoir
• Bellamy Reservoir
• Blackwater Reservoir
• Deering Reservoir
• Frank D. Comerford Dam – Comerford Reservoir
• Franklin Falls Reservoir
• Franklin Pierce Lake
• Hopkinton-Everett Reservoir
• Jericho Lake
• Lake Francis
• MacDowell Reservoir
• McIndoes Reservoir
• Moore Reservoir
• Pontook Reservoir
• Surry Mountain Lake
• Weare Reservoir

New Jersey

• Lake Tappan
• Oradell Reservoir
• Round Valley Reservoir
• Wanaque Reservoir
• Woodcliff Lake Reservoir

New Mexico

• Abiquiu Lake
• Cochiti Dam
• Conchas Lake
• Elephant Butte Dike
• El Vado Lake
• Heron Lake
• Navajo Lake

New York

For a more comprehensive list, see List of reservoirs and dams in New York.

North Carolina

See also: List of dams and reservoirs of the Tennessee River

• Apalachia Dam – Apalachia Reservoir; on the Hiwassee River; finished in 1943 by the TVA
• Cheoah Dam, built in 1919 and owned by Alcoa
• Cowans Ford Dam and Lake Norman – Duke Power
• Falls Lake
• Fontana Dam – Fontana Reservoir; on the Little Tennessee River; finished in 1944 by the TVA
• High Rock Lake – on the Yadkin River; built in 1927 by USACE and operated today by Alcoa
• Hiwassee Dam – Hiwassee Reservoir; on the Hiwassee River; finished in 1940 by the TVA
• B. Everett Jordan Lake – on the Haw River; built by USACE
• Little River Reservoir – finished in 1987
• Lake Lure – Duke Power
• Lake Michie – finished in 1926, on the Flat River
• Mountain Island Dam and Mountain Island Lake – Duke Power
• Lake Nottely – on the Nottely River; built 1941–1942; operated by the TVA
• Randleman Lake Dam,^[4] completed in 2003
• Santeetlah Dam, built in 1928 and owned by Alcoa
• Lake Wylie – Duke Power

North Dakota

• Bald Hill Dam – Bald Hill Lake
• Bowman-Haley Dam – Bowman-Haley Reservoir
• Darling Dam – Lake Darling
• Dickinson Dam – Dickinson Reservoir
• Garrison Dam – Lake Sakakawea
• Heart Butte Dam – Lake Tschida
• Jamestown Dam – Jamestown Reservoir

Ohio

• Acton Lake
• Alum Creek Lake
• Atwood Lake
• Beach City Lake
• Bolivar Dam
• Caesar Creek Lake
• Charles Mill Lake
• Clarence J. Brown Reservoir
• Clearfork Reservoir
• Clendening Lake
• Cowan Lake
• Deer Creek Lake
• Delaware Lake
• Dillon Lake
• Dover Dam
• Englewood Dam
• Germantown Dam
• Grand Lake St. Marys – Reservoir for the now defunct Miami and Erie Canal
• Griggs Dam
• Hannibal Locks and Dam
• Hoover Dam
• Huffman Dam
• LaDue Reservoir
• Lake Glacier Dam
• Lake Milton
• Leesville Lake
• Lockington Dam
• Michael J. Kirwan Reservoir
• Mohawk Dam
• Mohicanville Dam
• North Branch of Kokosing River Lake
• O'Shaughnessy Dam
• Paint Creek Lake
• Piedmont Lake
• Pleasant Hill Lake
• Providence Dam
• Salt Fork Reservoir
• Senecaville Lake
• Tappan Lake
• Taylorsville Dam
• Tom Jenkins Dam
• William Harsha Lake
• Wills Creek Lake

Oklahoma

An extensive list and more information is available at List of lakes in Oklahoma

Oregon

A related but more extensive list is at List of lakes in Oregon

• Antelope Reservoir – near Jordan Valley
• Applegate Lake – Applegate River
• Blue River Reservoir – Blue River, a tributary of the McKenzie River
• Brownlee Dam – Snake River
• Bull Run Reservoir – Sandy River
• Chickahominy Reservoir – near Riley
• Cooper Creek Reservoir – Umpqua River
• Cougar Reservoir & Cougar Dam – McKenzie River
• Crane Prairie Reservoir – Deschutes River
• Detroit Lake & Detroit Dam – Breitenbush and Santiam rivers
• Dexter Lake Oregon aka Dexter Reservoir & Dexter Dam – Willamette River
• Devils Lake Oregon - D River
• Dorena Reservoir & Cottage Grove Dam – Willamette River
• Emigrant Reservoir aka Emigrant Lake & Emigrant Dam – Rogue River
• Fern Ridge Reservoir aka Fern Ridge Lake – Long Tom River
• Foster Reservoir & Foster Dam – South Santiam River
• Gatehouse, Portland City Reservoir No. 2
• Green Peter Reservoir – Middle Santiam River
• Hells Canyon Reservoir & Hells Canyon Dam – Snake River
• Henry Hagg Lake & Scoggins Dam – Tualatin River
• Hills Creek Reservoir & Hills Creek Dam – Middle Fork Willamette River
• John C. Boyle Dam - Klamath River
• Lake Billy Chinook & Round Butte Dam – Crooked, Deschutes, and Metolius rivers
• Lake Bonneville & Bonneville Dam – Columbia River
• Lake Celilo & The Dalles Dam – Columbia River
• Lake Umatilla & John Day Dam – Columbia River
• Lake Wallula & McNary Dam – Columbia River
• Lookout Point Lake – Middle Fork Willamette River
• Lost Creek Lake & William L. Jess Dam – Rogue River
• McGuire Reservoir – Nestucca River
• North Fork Reservoir – Clackamas River
• Owyhee Reservoir – Owyhee River
• Oxbow Dam – Snake River
• Phillips Reservoir – Powder River
• Prineville Reservoir & Bowman Dam aka Prineville Dam – Crooked River
• Silverton Reservoir – Silver Creek
• Thief Valley Reservoir – Powder River
• Warm Springs Reservoir – Malheur River
• Wickiup Reservoir – Deschutes River

Pennsylvania

For a more comprehensive list, see List of dams and reservoirs of the Susquehanna River.

• Allegheny River Lock and Dam One (historical; was near the H. J. Heinz Company, and made redundant by the Emsworth Locks and Dam on the Ohio River)
• Allegheny River Lock and Dam Two
• C. W. Bill Young Lock and Dam / Allegheny River Lock and Dam Three (redirect)
• Allegheny River Lock and Dam Four
• Allegheny River Lock and Dam Five
• Allegheny River Lock and Dam Six
• Allegheny River Lock and Dam Seven
• Allegheny River Lock and Dam Eight
• Allegheny River Lock and Dam Nine
• Allegheny River Pool Two
• Allegheny River Pool Three
• Allegheny River Pool Four
• Allegheny River Pool Five
• Allegheny River Pool Six
• Allegheny River Pool Seven
• Allegheny River Pool Eight
• Allegheny River Pool Nine
• Austin Dam
• Beaver Run Reservoir
• Curwensville Dam – Curwensville Lake
• Francis E. Walter Dam
• Howard Dam
• Huntsville Dam
• Keystone Lake (Armstrong County)
• Keystone Lake (Westmoreland County)
• Kinzua Dam – Allegheny Reservoir
• Koon Dam – Lake Koon
• Raystown Lake – Raystown Branch Juniata River
• South Fork Dam – which failed and caused the Johnstown Flood
• Springton Dam – Springton Reservoir
• Youghiogheny Dam – Youghiogheny River Lake

Rhode Island

• Scituate Reservoir

South Carolina

• Conestee Mill Dam – Conestee Lake
• Hartwell Dam – Lake Hartwell, also in the U.S state of Georgia.
• Clark Hill Dam (J. Strom Thurmond Dam) – Lake Strom Thurmond, also in the U.S state of Georgia.
• Monticello Reservoir Jenkinsville, South Carolina South Carolina
• Richard B. Russell Dam – Richard B. Russell Lake, also in the U.S state of Georgia.
• Saluda Dam – Lake Murray

South Dakota

• Angostura Dam – Angostura Reservoir
• Big Bend Dam – Lake Sharpe, Fort Thompson
• East Lake Vermillion
• Fort Randall Dam – Lake Francis Case, Pickstown
• Gavins Point Dam – Lewis and Clark Lake, Yankton (located in NE and SD)
• Lake Alvin
• Oahe Dam – Lake Oahe
• Orman Dam – Belle Fourche Reservoir
• Pactola Dam — Pactola Lake
• Shadehill Dam — Shadehill Reservoir
• Sheridan Dam — Sheridan Lake

Tennessee

See also: List of dams and reservoirs of the Tennessee River

• Boone Dam — Boone Lake; on the South Fork Holston River; finished in 1952 by the TVA
• Burgess Falls Dam on the Falling Water River; built by City of Cookeville for electric generation after the flood of 1928 destroyed a previous earthen dam
• Calderwood Dam; on the Little Tennessee River; built in 1930 and owned by Alcoa
• Cedar Dam — Cedar Reservoir; on Haley Creek, tribuary of the Beech River; finished in 1963 by the TVA
• Center Hill Dam — Center Hill Lake; on the Caney Fork; finished in 1948 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
• Cheatham Dam — Cheatham Lake; on the Cumberland River; finished in 1952 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
• Cherokee Dam — Cherokee Reservoir; on the Holston River; finished in 1941 by the TVA
• Chickamauga Dam — Chickamauga Lake; on the Tennessee River; built 1940 by the TVA
• Chilhowee Dam on the Little Tennessee River; built in 1957 and owned by Alcoa
• Cordell Hull Dam — Cordell Hull Lake; on the Cumberland River; finished in 1973 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
• Dale Hollow Dam — Dale Hollow Reservoir on the Obey River completed in 1943 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
• Dogwood Dam — Dogwood Reservoir; on Big Creek, tribuary of the Beech River; finished in 1965 by the TVA
• Douglas Dam — Douglas Lake; on the French Broad River; finished in 1943 by the TVA
• Elk River Dam — Woods Reservoir; on the Elk River; finished in 1952 by the Corps of Engineers, to provide cooling water for the U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center
• Fall Creek Falls Dam — Fall Creek Falls Reservoir; on Falls Creek; finished in 1970 by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
• Fort Loudoun Dam — Fort Loudoun Lake; on the Tennessee River; finished in 1943 by the TVA
• Fort Patrick Henry Dam — Fort Patrick Henry Lake; on the South Fork Holston River; finished in 1953 by the TVA
• Great Falls Dam — Great Falls Reservoir; on the Caney Fork; finished in 1916 by the Tennessee Electric Power Co.; acquired by the TVA in 1939
• Hales Bar Dam — on the Tennessee River, TVA dam mostly demolished in 1968, replaced by Nickajack Dam
• Herb Parsons Dam — Herb Parsons Lake on Mary's Creek
• J. Percy Priest Dam — Percy Priest Lake; on the Stones River; finished in 1968 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
• Lost Creek Dam — flood control dam with no permanent reservoir; on Lost Creek, tribuary of the Beech River; finished in 1963 by the TVA
• Melton Hill Dam — Melton Hill Lake; on the Clinch River; finished in 1963 by the TVA
• Nickajack Dam — Nickajack Lake; on the Tennessee River; finished in 1967 by the TVA
• Nolichucky Dam — Davy Crockett Lake; on the Nolichucky River; finished in 1913 by the Tennessee Eastern Electric Co.; acquired by the TVA in 1945; taken out of service in 1972
• Normandy Dam — Normandy Reservoir; on the Duck River; finished in 1976 by the TVA
• Norris Dam — Norris Lake; on the Clinch River; finished in 1936 by the TVA
• Ocoee Dam No. 1 — Parksville Reservoir; on the Ocoee River; finished in 1911 by the Eastern Tennessee Power Co.; acquired by the TVA in 1939
• Ocoee Dam No. 2 — Ocoee Reservoir No. 2; on the Ocoee River; finished in 1913 by the Eastern Tennessee Power Co.; acquired by the TVA in 1939
• Ocoee Dam No. 3 — Ocoee Reservoir No. 3; on the Ocoee River; finished in 1942 by the TVA
• Old Hickory Lock and Dam — Old Hickory Lake; on the Cumberland River; finished in 1957 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
• Pickwick Landing Dam — Pickwick Lake; on the Tennessee River; finished in 1938 by the TVA
• Pin Oak Dam — Pin Oak Reservoir; on Browns Creek, tribuary of the Beech River; finished in 1964 by the TVA
• Pine Dam — Pine Reservoir; on Piney Creek, tribuary of the Beech River; finished in 1964 by the TVA
• Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant — Racoon Mountain Reservoir; on McNabb Branch but discharges into the Tennessee River; finished in 1978 by the TVA
• Radnor Dam — Radnor Lake; on Otter Creek; built by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company in 1914, for watering steam locomotives and supplying water for shipped livestock
• Redbud Dam — Redbud Reservoir; on Dry Creek, tribuary of the Beech River; finished in 1965 by the TVA
• South Holston Dam — South Holston Lake; on the South Fork Holston River; finished in 1950 by the TVA
• Sycamore Dam — Sycamore Reservoir; on Dry Branch, tribuary of the Beech River; finished in 1965 by the TVA
• Tellico Dam — Tellico Lake; on the Little Tennessee River; finished in 1979 by the TVA
• Tims Ford Dam — Tims Ford Lake; on the Elk River; finished in 1970 by the TVA
• Watauga Dam — Watauga Lake; on the Watauga River; finished in 1948 by the TVA
• Watts Bar Dam — Watts Bar Lake; on the Tennessee River; finished in 1942 by the TVA
• Wilbur Dam — Wilbur Lake (tennessee); on the Watauga River; finished in 1912 by the Watauga Power Co.; acquired by the TVA in 1945

Texas

• Buchanan Dam
• Canyon Dam and Reservoir on the Guadalupe River, completed in 1964 as a cooperative project of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority
• De Cordova Bend Dam on the Brazos River forms Lake Granbury; completed by the Brazos River Authority in 1969
• Inks Dam
• Lake Pflugerville
• Lake Texoma
• Longhorn Dam
• Mansfield Dam
• Max Starcke Dam
• Medina Dam, built in 1912 in Mico, Texas, and is owned and operated by the Bandera-Medina-Atascosa Water Conservation District in Natalia, Texas.
• Morris Sheppard Dam on the Brazos River forms Possum Kingdom Lake; completed in 1941 with support from the Works Progress Administration; operated by the Brazos River Authority
• Sam Rayburn Dam on the Angelina River forms Sam Rayburn Reservoir; operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth district
• Sterling C. Robinson Dam on the Navasota River forms Lake Limestone; built by the Brazos River Authority in 1978
• Toledo Bend Dam on the Sabine River (between Texas and Louisiana) forms Toledo Bend Reservoir
• Tom Miller Dam
• Whitney Lake Dam on the Brazos River forms Lake Whitney; completed in 1951 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Wirtz Dam
• Wright Patman Dam on the Sulphur River, built in 1948, is one of the world's largest earthen dams at 18,500 feet (5,600 m) in length (approximately 3 ½ miles). It forms Wright Patman Lake.

Utah

• Causey Reservoir
• Cutler Reservoir
• Deer Creek Reservoir
• East Canyon Reservoir
• Echo Reservoir
• Enterprise Reservoir
• Flaming Gorge Dam - Flaming Gorge Reservoir
• Goshen Reservoir
• Grantsville Reservoir
• Gunlock Reservoir
• Hyrum Reservoir
• Jordanelle Reservoir
• Kolob Reservoir
• Koosharem Reservoir
• Lake Powell
• Little Dell Reservoir
• Lost Creek Reservoir
• Mantua Reservoir
• Minersville Reservoir
• Mountain Dell Dam, built between 1917 and 1925
• Otter Creek Reservoir
• Pineview Reservoir
• Porcupine Reservoir
• Quail Creek Reservoir
• Rockport Reservoir
• Sand Hollow Reservoir
• Sand Wash Reservoir
• Scofield Reservoir
• Settlement Canyon Reservoir
• Starvation Reservoir
• Strawberry Reservoir

Vermont

• Barre Reservoir – on the Jail Branch River, built by the Civilian Conservation Corps to prevent flooding, East Barre
• Frank D. Comerford Dam – Comerford Reservoir, on the Connecticut River
• Harriman Reservoir – on the Deerfield River in Woodford State Park near Bennington
• Moore Reservoir – on the Connecticut River
• Somerset Reservoir – on the Deerfield River in the Green Mountain National Forest in Wilmington
• Sunset Lake – on the Newfane River near Brattleboro
• Waterbury Dam – on the Little River, built by the Civilian Conservation Corps to help prevent flooding again, 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Waterbury
• Wrightsville Dam – on the Winooski River (North Branch), built by the Civilian Conservation Corps to prevent flooding in 1935, 3 miles (5 km) north of Montpelier

Virginia

• Beaver Creek Dam — flood control dam with no permanent reservoir; on Beaver Creek; finished in 1965 by the TVA
• Bosher's Dam (also called Bosher Dam) on the James River; first built in 1823^[5]
• Clear Creek Dam and Clear Creek Reservoir; on Clear Creek; finished in 1965 by the TVA
• Claytor Dam (hydroelectric) on the New River; home of Claytor Lake State Park; between Dublin and Radford
• John H. Kerr Dam and John H. Kerr Lake on the Roanoke River; built by USACE; reservoir covers parts of Virginia/North Carolina border
• Leesville Dam on the Roanoke River; operated by Appalachian Power as part of the Smith Mountain pumped storage project
• Little River Dam (hydroelectric) on the Little River; owned by the city of Radford
• Philpott Lake, near Roanoke
• Smith Mountain Dam (hydroelectric) and Smith Mountain Lake on the Roanoke River; operated by Appalachian Power (American Electric Power)
• Walker's Dam on the Chickahominy River; forms Chickahominy Lake; operated by Newport News Waterworks

Washington

See also: List of dams in the Columbia River watershed

• Blue Gulch Reservoir Dam
• Bonneville Dam – Lake Bonneville (between Washington and Oregon)
• Boundary Dam – Pend Oreille River
• Box Canyon Dam – Pend Oreille River
• Chief Joseph Dam – Rufus Woods Lake
• Culmback Dam – Spada Lake, Jackson Hydro Project
• Dry Falls Dam – Banks Lake
• Diablo Dam and Diablo Lake – Skagit River, Seattle City Light
• Elwha Dam – Lake Aldwell
• Glines Canyon Dam – Lake Mills
• Gorge Dam – Skagit River, Seattle City Light
• Grand Coulee Dam, largest hydroelectricity plant in US – Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake
• Howard A. Hanson Dam – Green River, Howard A. Hanson Reservoir
• Ice Harbor Lock and Dam, Lake Sacajawea, lower Snake River
• John Day Dam – Lake Umatilla (between Washington and Oregon)
• Lake Lawrence Dam – Lake Lawrence
• Little Goose Lock and Dam, Lake Bryan, lower Snake River
• Lower Granite Lock and Dam, Lower Granite Lake, lower Snake River
• Lower Monumental Lock and Dam, Lake Herbert G. West, lower Snake River
• McNary Dam – Lake Wallula (between Washington and Oregon)
• Merwin Dam – Lake Merwin
• Mossyrock Dam – Riffe Lake
• Priest Rapids Dam – Priest Rapids Lake
• Rock Island Dam – Rock Island Pool
• Rocky Reach Dam – Lake Entiat
• Ross Dam and Ross Lake – Skagit River, Seattle City Light
• Swift Dam – Swift Reservoir
• The Dalles Dam – Lake Celilo (between Washington and Oregon)
• Tieton Dam – Rimrock Lake
• Wanapum Dam – Lake Wanapum
• Wells Dam – Lake Pateros
• Wynoochee Dam - Lake Wynoochee
• Yale Dam – Yale Lake

West Virginia

Lakes

• Beech Fork Lake
• Bluestone Lake — On the New River; built by USACE
• Burnsville Lake — On the Little Kanawha River
• East Lynn Lake
• Jennings Randolph Lake — On the North Branch Potomac River, lake is in West Virginia and Maryland
• Kopperston Tailings
• R. D. Bailey Lake — On the Guyandotte River
• Stonewall Jackson Lake — On the West Fork River
• Summersville Lake — On the Gauley River, formed by Summersville Dam
• Sutton Lake — On the Elk River
• Tygart River Lake — On the Tygart Valley River

Locks and Dams

• Belleville Locks and Dam — On the Ohio River, dam is in West Virginia and Ohio
• Hannibal Locks and Dam — On the Ohio River, dam is in West Virginia and Ohio
• Hildebrand Lock and Dam — On the Monongahela River
• London Locks and Dam — On the Kanawha River
• Marmet Locks and Dam — On the Kanawha River
• Morgantown Lock and Dam — On the Monongahela River
• New Cumberland Locks and Dam — On the Ohio River, dam is in West Virginia and Ohio
• Opekiska Lock and Dam — On the Monongahela River
• Racine Locks and Dam — On the Ohio River, dam is in West Virginia and Ohio
• Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam — On the Ohio River, dam is in West Virginia and Ohio, formerly known as Gallipolis Locks and Dam
• Wells Lock and Dam — On the Little Kanawha River, lock is closed
• Willow Island Locks and Dam — On the Ohio River, dam is in West Virginia and Ohio
• Winfield Locks and Dam — On the Kanawha River

Wisconsin

• Alexander Dam Hydro
• Biron Dam Hydro
• Caldron Falls Hydro
• Castle Rock Hydro
• Chippewa Falls Hydro
• Cornell Hydro
• Dells Hydro — Dells Pond
• Grandfather Falls Hydro
• Grandmother Falls Hydro
• High Falls Reservoir
• Holcombe Hydro
• Jersey Hydro
• Jim Falls Hydro — Old Abe Lake
• Menomonee Hydro
• Kilbourn Dam Hydro
• Petenwell Hydro
• Potato Rapids Hydro
• Prairie du Sac Hydro
• Sandstone Rapids Hydro
• Stevens Point Hydro
• Wausau Hydro
• Wissota Hydro — Lake Wissota
• Wisconsin Dells Hydro
• Wisconsin Rapids Hydro

Wyoming

• Alcova Dam — Alcova Reservoir
• Boysen Dam — Boysen Reservoir
• Buffalo Bill Dam (formerly Shoshone Dam) — Buffalo Bill Reservoir
• Fontenelle Dam — Fontenelle Reservoir
• Glendo Dam — Glendo Reservoir
• Grassy Lake Dam — Grassy Lake Reservoir
• Guernsey Dam — Guernsey Reservoir
• Jackson Lake Dam — Jackson Lake
• Keyhole Dam — Keyhole Reservoir
• Kortes Dam — Kortes Reservoir
• Pathfinder Dam — Pathfinder Reservoir
• Seminoe Dam — Seminoe Reservoir
• Shoshone Dam

See also

• Drought
• Flood
• List of canals in the United States
• List of dams of the United States by height
• List of lakes in the United States
• List of dams and reservoirs
• List of rivers in the United States
• List of waterways
• Transvasement

References

1. ^ "Dams and salmon". http://www.pcffa.org/dams.htm. Retrieved February 11, 2008. 
2. ^ "Major Dams of the United States". National Atlas of the United States. USGS. September 17, 2009. http://www.nationalatlas.gov/mld/dams00x.html. Retrieved October 24, 2009. 
3. ^ "Lake Holiday Dam". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. 1996-05-07. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1691526. Retrieved March 28, 2009. 
4. ^ Randleman Dam
5. ^ http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/fishing/shad/boshers.html

External links

• Texas Major Reservoirs – an interactive Web page presenting information and data for all major Texas reservoirs, presented by the Texas Water Development Board