List of dams and reservoirs in Kentucky

Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Kentucky.

All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "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).^[1]

Dams and reservoirs in Kentucky[]

Kentucky Dam spillway

Lake Barkley Lock and Dam, impounding Lake Barkley

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Barkley Dam, Lake Barkley, United States Army Corps of Engineers
Barren River Lake Dam, Barren River Lake, USACE
Buckhorn Lake Dam, Buckhorn Lake, USACE
Cannelton Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (between Indiana and Kentucky)
Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (between Ohio and Kentucky)
Cave Run Lake Dam, Cave Run Lake, USACE
portions of the Dale Hollow Reservoir, dammed in Tennessee, USACE
Dewey Dam, Dewey Lake, USACE
Dix Dam, Herrington Lake, Kentucky Utilities
Fishtrap Dam, Fishtrap Lake, USACE
Grayson Dam, Grayson Lake, USACE
Green River Lake Dam, Green River Lake, USACE
, Ohio River, USACE (between Ohio and Kentucky)
John T. Myers Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (between Indiana and Kentucky)
Kentucky Dam, Kentucky Lake, Tennessee Valley Authority
Laurel River Dam, Laurel River Lake, USACE
Markland Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (between Indiana and Kentucky)
McAlpine Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (between Indiana and Kentucky)
, Ohio River, USACE (between Indiana and Kentucky)
Nolin Lake Dam, Nolin River Lake, USACE
Olmsted Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (under construction between Illinois and Kentucky)
Paintsville Dam, Paintsville Lake, USACE
Renfro Dam, Lake Linville, Commonwealth of Kentucky
Rough River Lake Dam, Rough River Lake, USACE
, Ohio River, USACE (between Illinois and Kentucky)
Taylorsville Lake Dam, Taylorsville Lake, USACE
Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland, USACE
Wood Creek Lake Dam, Wood Creek Lake, Commonwealth of Kentucky
Yatesville Dam, Yatesville Lake, USACE

References[]

^ "Major Dams of the United States". National Atlas of the United States. USGS. September 17, 2009. Archived from the original on August 14, 2009. Retrieved October 24, 2009.

[1] "Major Dams of the United States". National Atlas of the United States. USGS. September 17, 2009. Archived from the original on August 14, 2009. Retrieved October 24, 2009.

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