List of dams and reservoirs in the United States
The nearly 8100 major dams in the United States in 2006. 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).[1]
The following is a partial list of dams and reservoirs in the United States. There are an estimated 84,000 dams in the United States, impounding 600,000 mi (970,000 km) of river or about 17% of rivers in the nation.[2]
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By state[]
Alabama[]
Alaska[]
Arizona[]
Arkansas[]
California[]
Colorado[]
- Aurora Reservoir
- Barker Dam – Barker Reservoir
- Blue Mesa Dam – Blue Mesa Reservoir
- Chatfield Reservoir
- Cherry Creek Reservoir
- Dillon Reservoir
- Electra Lake
- Elkhead Reservoir
- Englewood Dam
- Green Mountain Reservoir
- Gross Dam – Gross Reservoir
- – Horsetooth Reservoir, built as part of the Colorado-Big Thompson project
- John Martin Reservoir
- McNulty Reservoir Dam
- McPhee Dam – McPhee Reservoir
- Morrow Point Dam – Morrow Point Reservoir
- Navajo Reservoir
- Olympus Dam in Estes Park, Colorado, built as part of the Colorado-Big Thompson project
- , in Aurora
- Ralston Dam
- 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
- Wolford Mountain Reservoir
Connecticut[]
- Beseck Lake Dam
- Candlewood Lake
- – Salmon River
- Mansfield Hollow Dam – Mansfield Hollow Lake
- Saville Dam – Barkhamsted Reservoir
- Stevenson Dam – Lake Zoar, on the Housatonic River
- – Quinebaug River
Delaware[]
Florida[]
Georgia[]
- 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 –
- Chatuge Dam – ; on the Hiwassee River; finished in 1942 by the TVA
- Lake Delano
- Lake Dorene
- Clark Hill Dam (J. Strom Thurmond Dam) – Lake Strom Thurmond, also in South Carolina
- – Goat Rock Lake
- Hartwell Dam – Lake Hartwell, also in South Carolina
- Hickory Log Creek Dam – Hickory Log Creek Reservoir (under construction until 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
- Morgan Falls Dam – Bull Sluice Lake
- Nottely Dam – ; on the Nottely River; finished in 1942 by the TVA
- – Lake Oliver
- Richard B. Russell Dam – Richard B. Russell Lake, also in South Carolina
- Sinclair Dam – Lake Sinclair
- – Lake Oconee
- Walter F. George Lake – on the Chattahoochee River; built by USACE
- – West Point Lake
Hawaii[]
Idaho[]
Illinois[]
- ,[3] Lake Holiday
- McHenry Dam
Indiana[]
Iowa[]
Kansas[]
Kentucky[]
Louisiana[]
- Bailey's Dam
- Sibley Lake Dam
- Toledo Bend Reservoir
Maine[]
Maryland[]
Massachusetts[]
- Ashley Reservoir – (Artificial)
- – Nemasket River
- – Shawsheen River
- Barre Falls Dam – Ware River
- – Cotley River
- – Millers River
- –
- –
- Conant Brook Dam – Conant Brook
- – concrete and granite blocks – Three Mile River
- – concrete – Three Mile River
- – Winnetuxet River
- – Three Mile River
- –
- –
- – Satucket River
- East Brimfield Dam – Quinebaug River
- –
- – Segreganset River
- – Assonet River
- –
- Framingham Reservoir No. 1 Dam and Gatehouse
- Framingham Reservoir No. 2 Dam and Gatehouse
- Framingham Reservoir No. 3 Dam and Gatehouse
- – Nemasket River
- Great Stone Dam – Merrimack River
- –
- – Town River
- Hodges Village Dam – French River
- Holyoke Dam – Connecticut River
- () –
- – Forge River
- – Forge River
- – Pine Swamp Brook
- Knightville Dam – Westfield River
- –
- – Middle Branch, Westfield River
- – Assonet River
- – Mill River
- – gate under railroad tracks just below Route 138 –
- – dam on Zeneca Inc. Property –
- –
- Mystic Dam – Upper Mystic Lake
- – Nemasket River
- –
- –
- –
- – Taunton River
- –
- – Segreganset River
- –
- – Swansea, Massachusetts
- – Mill River
- – Assonet River
- – Forge River
- – Millers River
- – Connecticut River
- – in Taunton (MA)
- – Forge River
- Wachusett Dam – Wachusett Reservoir
- – Town River
- – Nemasket River
- – Mill River
- West Hill Dam – West River
- Westville Dam – Quinebaug River
- Whittenton Street Dam – Mill River (removed)
- –
- – Winnetuxet River
- Winsor Dam – Quabbin Reservoir
- Wrights Complex Lower Dam – concrete and cut stone masonry – Quaboag River
Michigan[]
Minnesota[]
Mississippi[]
- Aberdeen Lock and Dam – Aberdeen Lake
- Jamie Whitten Lock and Dam
- John C. Stennis Lock and Dam – Columbus Lake
- Okatibbee Dam
- Ross Barnett Reservoir and Spillway
- Grenada Lake
Missouri[]
- Atkinson Lake
- Bean Lake
- Big Lake
- Blue Springs Lake
- Bull Shoals Lake (extends into Arkansas)
- Clearwater Lake
- Fellows Lake
- Lake of the Ozarks
- Lake Springfield
- Lake Taneycomo
- Longview Lake
- Mark Twain Lake
- McDaniel Lake
- Norfork Lake (extends into Arkansas)
- Pomme de Terre Lake
- Smithville Lake
- Stockton Lake
- Table Rock Lake (extends into Arkansas)
- Truman Reservoir (largest lake in Missouri)
- Vandalia Lake
- Wappapello Lake
Montana[]
Nebraska[]
Nevada[]
New Hampshire[]
New Jersey[]
New Mexico[]
- Abiquiu Lake
- Cochiti Dam
- Conchas Lake
- Elephant Butte Dike
- El Vado Lake
- Galisteo Dam
- Heron Lake
- Jemez Canyon Dam
- Navajo Lake
- Santa Rosa Dam
- Two Rivers Dam
- Ute Dam
New York[]
North Carolina[]
- Lake Adger - Green River (North Carolina); completed in 1925
- Apalachia Dam – ; on the Hiwassee River; finished in 1943 by the TVA
- �� Duke Power
- Cheoah Dam – built in 1919 and owned by Alcoa
- Cowans Ford Dam and Lake Norman – Duke Power
- Falls Lake – USACE
- Fontana Dam – ; on the Little Tennessee River; finished in 1944 by the TVA
- Gaston Dam – Lake Gaston; on the Roanoke River; built by the Virginia Electric Power Company (VEPCO)
- 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
- 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
- Rocky Mount Mills Dam - built in the early 1800s at a rocky outcrop for which the city is named; designed to accommodate the needs of the cotton mill
- Santeetlah Dam – built in 1928 and owned by Alcoa
- Tar River Reservoir - Owned by the City of Rocky Mount and used for the city's water supply
- - Lake Summit on the Green River (North Carolina); completed in 1920
North Dakota[]
Ohio[]
- Acton Lake
- Alum Creek Lake
- Atwood Lake
- Caesar Creek Lake
- Charles Mill Lake
- Choctaw Lake
- Clendening Lake
- Comet Lake
- Comet Lake Dam
- Cowan Lake
- Dillon Lake
- 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
- Leesville Lake
- Liggett Lake
- Lockington Dam
- Madison Lake
- Madison Lake Dam
- Mohawk Dam
- O'Shaughnessy Dam
- Pleasant Hill Lake
- Senecaville Lake
- Tappan Lake
- Taylorsville Dam
- Wills Creek Lake
Oklahoma[]
- Lake Altus-Lugert
- Lake of the Arbuckles
- Arcadia Lake
- Atoka Lake
- Bellcow Lake
- Birch Lake
- Lake Bixhoma
- Bluestem Lake
- Boomer Lake
- Broken Bow Lake
- Brushy Creek Reservoir
- Canton Lake
- Carl Albert Lake
- Carl Blackwell Lake
- Lake Carl Etling
- Claremore Lake
- Clayton Lake
- Clear Creek Lake
- Copan Lake
- Lake Dahlgren
- Lake Durant
- Lake Ellsworth
- Lake El Reno
- Lake Eucha
- Foss Reservoir
- Fort Cobb Reservoir
- Fort Gibson Lake
- Fort Supply Lake
- Fuqua Lake
- Greenleaf Lake
- Grand Lake O' the Cherokees
- Great Salt Plains Lake
- Heyburn Lake
- Lake Hudson (formerly named Markham Ferry Reservoir)
- Hulah Lake
- Lake Jean Neustadt
- Lake Jed Johnson
- Keystone Lake
- Konawa Reservoir
- Lake Lawtonka
- Lloyd Church Lake
- McGee Creek Reservoir
- Nanih Waiyah Lake
- Lake Murray
- Oklahoma Lake
- Okmulgee Lake
- Lake Overholser
- Ozzie Cobb Lake
- Pine Creek Lake
- Raymond Gary Lake
- Rock Creek Reservoir
- Skiatook Lake
- Sooner Lake
- Lake Spavinaw
- Sportsman Lake
- Lake Stanley Draper
- Tom Steed Reservoir
- Lake Thunderbird
- Waurika Lake
- Webbers Falls Reservoir
- Wes Watkins Reservoir
- Wewoka Lake
- Lake Wister
- Lake W. R. Holway
- Lake Yahola
Oregon[]
- Antelope Reservoir – Jack Creek, a tributary of Jordan Creek (Owyhee River tributary)
- Applegate Lake – Applegate River
- Blue River Reservoir – Blue River, a tributary of the McKenzie River
- Brownlee Dam – Snake River
- Bull Run Lake and Reservoirs 1 and 2 – Bull Run River
- Chickahominy Reservoir – Chickahominy Creek, a tributary of Silver Creek
- Cooper Creek Reservoir – Cooper Creek, an Umpqua River tributary
- Cottage Grove Lake – Coast Fork Willamette River
- Cougar Reservoir and Cougar Dam – South Fork McKenzie River
- Crane Prairie Reservoir – Deschutes River
- Detroit Lake and Detroit Dam – North Santiam River
- Dexter Reservoir and Dexter Dam – Middle Fork Willamette River
- Devils Lake – D River
- Dorena Reservoir - Row River
- Emigrant Lake – Emigrant Creek, a tributary of Bear Creek (Rogue River)
- Fern Ridge Reservoir – Long Tom River
- Foster Reservoir and Foster Dam – South Santiam River
- Gatehouse, Portland City Reservoir No. 2
- Green Peter Reservoir and Green Peter Dam– Middle Santiam River
- Hells Canyon Reservoir and Hells Canyon Dam – Snake River
- Henry Hagg Lake and Scoggins Dam – Scoggins Creek, a tributary of the 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
- McNulty Reservoir (Malheur County, Oregon)
- – Clackamas River
- Owyhee Reservoir – Owyhee River
- Oxbow Dam – Snake River
- Pelton Dam – Deschutes River
- Phillips Lake – Powder River
- Prineville Reservoir & Bowman Dam a.k.a. Prineville Dam – Crooked River
- Silverton Reservoir – Silver Creek
- Thief Valley Reservoir – Powder River
- Upper McNulty Reservoir
- Warm Springs Reservoir – Malheur River
- Wickiup Reservoir – Deschutes River
Pennsylvania[]
Rhode Island[]
South Carolina[]
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- 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
- Jocassee Dam – Lake Jocassee
- Keowee Dam
- Monticello Reservoir – Jenkinsville, South Carolina
- Pinopolis Dam – Lake Moultrie
- Richard B. Russell Dam – Richard B. Russell Lake, also in the U.S state of Georgia
- Saluda Dam – Lake Murray
South Dakota[]
Tennessee[]
- Boone Dam — Boone Lake; on the South Fork Holston River; finished in 1952 by the TVA
- ; 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
- — ; on Haley Creek, tributary 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 — ; on the Cumberland River; finished in 1952 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
- Cherokee Dam — Cherokee Lake; 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 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
- — ; on Big Creek, tributary 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
- — 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
- — ; 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 — ; 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 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
- ; flood control dam with no permanent reservoir; on Lost Creek, tributary 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 — ; 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 — ; on the Ocoee River; finished in 1911 by the Eastern Tennessee Power Co.; acquired by the TVA in 1939
- Ocoee Dam 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 — ; 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
- — ; on Browns Creek, tributary of the Beech River; finished in 1964 by the TVA
- — ; on Piney Creek, tributary of the Beech River; finished in 1964 by the TVA
- Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant — ; 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
- — ; on Dry Creek, tributary 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
- — ; on Dry Branch, tributary 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
- — ; on Stones River; finished in early 1900s.
- Wilbur Dam — ; on the Watauga River; finished in 1912 by the Watauga Power Co.; acquired by the TVA in 1945
- ; on Shoal Creek (Sycamore River), (Lawrence County, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee)
Texas[]
Utah[]
Vermont[]
Virginia[]
- – flood control dam with no permanent reservoir; on ; finished in 1965 by the TVA
- (also called Bosher Dam) – on the James River; first built in 1823[5]
- and – on ; 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
- Lake of The Woods Dam – near Fredericksburg
- – near Fredericksburg
- – on the Roanoke River; operated by Appalachian Power as part of the Smith Mountain pumped storage project
- (hydroelectric) – on the Little River; owned by the city of Radford
- Martinsville Dam – on the Smith River
- Martinsville Fish Dam – NRHP landmark on the Smith River
- (hydroelectric) – on the Roanoke River near Vinton, Virginia; built in 1904
- 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[]
- Blue Gulch Reservoir Dam
- Bonneville Dam – Lake Bonneville (between Washington and Oregon)
- Boundary Dam – Pend Oreille River
- Box Canyon Dam – Pend Oreille River
- Casad Dam – Union River
- Chief Joseph Dam – Rufus Woods Lake
- Culmback Dam – Spada Lake,
- 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 the U.S. – 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
- Little Goose Lock and Dam, , 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
- , Chester Morse Lake, Cedar 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
- Roza Dam – Yakima River
- 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 –
- Yale Dam – Yale Lake
West Virginia[]
Wisconsin[]
Wyoming[]
Other areas[]
District of Columbia[]
- Dalecarlia Reservoir
- Georgetown Reservoir
- McMillan Reservoir
Guam[]
Puerto Rico[]
See also[]
- Aqueduct (water supply)
- Drought
- Flood
- List of canals in the United States
- List of dams and reservoirs
- List of lakes of the United States
- List of rivers of the United States
- List of tallest dams in the United States
- List of United States Bureau of Reclamation dams
- List of waterways
External links[]
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.
- ^ "Infrastructure Report Card: Dams". Retrieved February 21, 2017.
- ^ "Lake Holiday Dam". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. May 7, 1996. Retrieved March 28, 2009.
- ^ "Randleman Dam". Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
- ^ "VDGIF > Fishing > Bosher's Dam". Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
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