List of dams and reservoirs in the United States: Difference between revisions

There are an estimated 75,000 dams in the United States, blocking 600,000 miles (960,000 km) of river or about 17% of rivers in the nation [1]. The following is a partial list of reservoirs and dams in the United States:

Alabama

See List of Alabama dams and reservoirs

Arizona

• Davis Dam
• Glen Canyon Dam — Lake Powell
• Hoover Dam — Lake Mead
• Imperial Dam
• Laguna Diversion Dam
• Mission Tailings
• Morelos Dam
• New Cornelia Tailings, largest US dam by volume
• New Waddell Dam
• Palo Verde Diversion Dam
• Parker Dam
• Several dams are part of the Salt River Project
• Stewart Mountain Dam
• Theodore Roosevelt Dam - Salt River Project

Arkansas

see List of Arkansas dams and reservoirs

California

see List of reservoirs and dams in California

Colorado

• Aurora Reservoir
• Blue Mesa Dam — Blue Mesa Reservoir
• Chatfield Reservoir
• Cherry Creek Reservoir
• Crystal Dam — Crystal Reservoir
• Horsetooth Dam — Horsetooth Reservoir, built as part of the Colorado Big Thompson project
• Morrow Point Dam — Morrow Point Reservoir
• Mount Elbert Forebay Dam
• Quincy Reservoir
• 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

Connecticut

• Saville Dam — Barkhamsted Reservoir
• Leesville Dam — Salmon River

District of Columbia

• Dalecarlia Reservoir

Florida

• Jim Woodruff Dam — Lake Seminole
• Talquin Dam — Lake Talquin

Georgia

• Allatoona Dam — Lake Allatoona
• Bartlett's Ferry Dam — Lake Harding
• Buford Dam — Lake Lanier
• Carters Dam — Carter's Lake
• Clark Hill Dam — Lake Strom Thurmond
• Goat Rock Dam — Goat Rock Lake
• Hartwell Dam — Lake Hartwell
• 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, Georgia failed 1977 killing 39 people.
• Lake Blackshear Dam — Lake Blackshear
• Morgan Falls Dam — Bull Sluice Lake
• Oliver Dam — Lake Oliver
• 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

Idaho

• Albeni Falls Dam, Pend Oreille River
• American Falls Dam, American Falls Reservoir, upper Snake
• Anderson Ranch Dam, south fork Boise River
• Arrow Rock Dam — the highest dam completed in any part of the world in 1915
• Blackfoot Reservoir
• Bliss Dam, middle Snake
• Brownlee Dam, middle Snake
• C. J. Strike Dam, C. J. Stirke Reservoir, middle Snake
• Cabinet Gorge Dam, Pend Oreille River
• Dworshak Dam — third highest dam in the United States
• Hells Canyon Dam, middle Snake
• Island Park Reservoir
• Lucky Peak Dam, Lucky Peak Reservoir, Boise River
• Oxbow Dam, middle Snake
• Palisades Dam, Palisades Reservoir, upper Snake
• Ririe Reservoir
• Teton Dam

Illinois

• McHenry Dam

Indiana

• Lake Lemon
• Lake Monroe

Iowa

• Coralville Reservoir
• Dan Maffitt Reservoir

Kansas

See Lakes, reservoirs, and dams in Kansas

Kentucky

• Lake Barkley
• Barren River Lake
• Buckhorn Lake
• Cave Run Lake
• Dewey Lake
• Fishtrap Lake
• Grayson Lake
• Kentucky Dam
• 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

• Toledo Bend Reservoir

Maine

• Sebago Lake

Maryland

• Bloede Dam
• Conowingo Dam
• Deep Creek Lake
• Jennings Randolph Lake
• Liberty Reservoir
• Loch Raven Reservoir
• Prettyboy Reservoir
• Rocky Gorge
• Triadelphia Reservoir; Brighton Dam
• Youghiogheny River Reservoir

Massachusetts

• Assawompset Pond Dam — Nemasket River
• Barstows Pond Dam — Cotley River
• Buffumville Hollow Dam — Little River
• Cleveland Pond Dam — Beaver 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
• 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
• 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
• Lake Rico Dam — Furnace Brook
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Whittenton Street Dam — Mill River
• Willow Avenue Dam — Meadow Brook
• Winnetuxet Road Dam — Winnetuxet River
• Winsor Dam — Quabbin Reservoir

Michigan

• Ludington Pumped Storage Power Plant, a reservoir used to level electrical production by pumped storage hydroelectricity

Minnesota

• Blanchard Dam
• Coon Rapids Dam
• Lake_Zumbro_Hydroelectric_Generating_Plant
• Little Falls Dam
• Meeker Island Lock and Dam
• Pokegama Dam, Grand Rapids
• Upper and lower St. Anthony Falls Dams
• Sartell Dam
• St. Cloud Dam
• Rapidan Dam

Mississippi

• 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
• Bull Shoals Lake
• Clarence Cannon Dam
• Harry S. Truman Dam and Reservoir
• Lake of the Ozarks
• Lake Taneycomo
• Stockton Dam
• Table Rock Lake

Montana

• Fort Peck Dam
• Hungry Horse Dam
• Kerr Dam
• Libby Dam

Nebraska

• Gavins Point Dam (located in NE and SD)

Nevada

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

New Hampshire

• Arlington Mill Reservoir
• Ayers Island Reservoir
• Bellamy Reservoir
• Blackwater Reservoir (New Hampshire)
• Comerford Reservoir
• Deering Reservoir
• Franklin Falls Reservoir
• Franklin Pierce Lake
• Hopkinton-Everett Reservoir
• Lake Francis
• MacDowell Reservoir
• McIndoes Reservoir
• Moore Reservoir
• Pontook Reservoir
• Surry Mountain Lake
• Weare Reservoir

New Jersey

• Lake Tappan
• Oradell Reservoir
• Wanaque Reservoir
• Woodcliff Lake Reservoir

New Mexico

• Cochiti Dam
• Elephant Butte Dike

New York

See List of reservoirs and dams in New York

North Carolina

• Cheoah Dam, built in 1919 and owned by Alcoa
• Cowan's Ford Dam and Lake Norman Duke Power Hydroelectric Lake
• Falls Lake
• Fontana Dam, finished in 1944 and owned by TVA
• Randleman Dam, completed in 2003
• High Rock Lake — On the Yadkin River; built in 1927 by USACE and operated today by Alcoa
• B. Everett Jordan Lake — On the Haw River; built by USACE
• Lake Lure Duke Power Hydroelectric Lake
• Mountain Island Dam and Mountain Island Lake Duke Power Hydroelectric Lake
• Lake Nottely — On the Nottely River; built 1941-1942; operated by the TVA
• Santeetlah Dam, built in 1928 and owned by Alcoa
• Lake Wylie Duke Power Hydroelectric Lake

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
• Hoover Dam
• Huffman 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

Oregon

• Bonneville Dam — Lake Bonneville (between OR and Washington)
• John Day Dam — Lake Umatilla (between OR and WA)
• McNary Dam — Lake Wallula (between OR and WA)
• The Dalles Dam — Lake Celilo (between OR and WA)

Pennsylvania

see List of dams and reservoirs of the Susquehanna River

• Austin Dam
• Curwensville Dam — Curwensville Lake
• Howard Dam
• Kinzua Dam — Allegheny Reservoir
• South Fork Dam — which failed and caused the Johnstown Flood
• Youghiogheny Dam — Youghiogheny River Lake

Rhode Island

• Scituate Reservoir

South Carolina

• Saluda Dam — Lake Murray

South Dakota

• Big Bend Dam — Sharpe Lake, Fort Thompson
• Fort Randall Dam — Lake Francis Case, Pickstown
• Gavins Point Dam — Lewis and Clark Lake, Yankton (located in NE and SD)
• Oahe Dam — Lake Oahe

Tennessee

• Calderwood Dam, built in 1930 and owned by Alcoa
• Center Hill Dam
• Chickamauga Dam — Chickamauga Lake; on the Tennessee River; built 1940 by the TVA
• Chilhowee Dam, built in 1957 and owned by Alcoa
• Dale Hollow Reservoir
• Douglas Dam — On the French Broad River; built by the TVA
• Fort Loudoun Dam, built in 1943 and owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority
• Hales's Bar Dam Tennessee Valley Authority dam mostly demolished in 1968.
• J. Percy Priest Dam
• Norris Dam
• Old Hickory Lock and Dam
• Pickwick Landing Dam — Pickwick Lake; on the Tennessee River; owned by TVA
• Tellico Dam — Tellico Reservoir; on the Little Tennessee River; finished in 1979 by the TVA
• Watauga Lake — built in 1948 by the TVA
• Watts Bar Dam, built in 1942 and owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority

Texas

• Buchanan Dam
• De Cordova Bend Dam on Lake Granbury and the Brazos River
• Inks Dam
• Lake Texoma
• Longhorn Dam
• Mansfield 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 Possum Kingdom Lake.
• Starcke Dam
• Tom Miller Dam
• Wirtz Dam
• Sam Rayburn Dam
• Wright Patman Dam, built in 1948, is one of the world's largest earthen dams at 18,500 feet in length (approximately 3 ½ miles).

Utah

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

Vermont

• Comerford Reservoir
• Moore Reservoir

Virginia

• John H. Kerr Lake — On the Roanoke River; built by USACE; reservoir covers parts of Virginia/North Carolina border
• Philpott Lake

Washington

• Blue Gulch Reservoir Dam
• Bonneville Dam – Lake Bonneville (between Washington and Oregon)
• Chief Joseph Dam – Rufus Woods Lake
• Culmback Dam – Spada Lake, Washington, Jackson Hydro Project
• Diablo Dam – 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
• Ice Harbor Lock and Dam, Lake Sacajawea, lower Snake River
• John Day Dam – Lake Umatilla (between Washington and Oregon)
• 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)
• Mossyrock Dam – Riffe Lake
• Priest Rapids Dam – Priest Rapids Lake
• Rock Island Dam (unnamed)
• 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)
• Wanapum Dam – Lake Wanapum
• Wells Dam – Lake Pateros
• Wynoochee Dam – Wynoochee Lake, on the southern side of the Olympic Peninsula

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
• R.D. Bailey Lake — On the Guyandotte River
• Kopperston Tailings
• 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
• 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

• Shoshone Dam
• Pathfinder Dam — Pathfinder Reservoir

See also

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