List of dams and reservoirs in the United States explained

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 600000miles of river or about 17% of rivers in the nation.^[1]

By state

Illinois

Indiana

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in Indiana.

Iowa

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in Iowa.

Kansas

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in Kansas.

Kentucky

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in Kentucky.

Louisiana

Maine

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in Maine.

Maryland

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in Maryland.

Massachusetts

Ashley Reservoir – (Artificial)
Assawompset Pond Dam – Nemasket River
Ballardvale Dam – Shawsheen 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
Crescent Dam - Westfield River
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
Framingham Reservoir No. 1 Dam and Gatehouse
Framingham Reservoir No. 2 Dam and Gatehouse
Framingham Reservoir No. 3 Dam and Gatehouse
Great Quittacas Pond Dam – Nemasket River
Great Stone Dam – Merrimack River
Happy Hollow Farm Dam – Fall Brook
High Street Dam – Town River
Hodges Village Dam – French River
Holyoke Dam – Connecticut River
Hunts Pond Dam (Mill Street Dam) – Beaver Brook
Indian River Power Supply dam - Westfield River
Johnson Pond Dam – Forge River
Hewitt Pond Dam – Forge River
King's Pond Dam – Pine Swamp Brook
Knightville Dam – North Branch 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
Swansea Dam – Swansea, Massachusetts
Taunton State Hospital Dam – Mill River
Tisdale Dam – Assonet River
Tracy Pond Dam – Forge River
Tully Dam – Millers River
Turners Falls Dam – Connecticut 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
West Springfield Dam - Westfield River
Westville Dam – Quinebaug River
Whittenton Street Dam – Mill River (removed)
Willow Avenue Dam – Meadow Brook
Winnetuxet Road Dam – Winnetuxet River
Winsor Dam – Quabbin Reservoir
Woronoco Dam - Westfield River
Wrights Complex Lower Dam – concrete and cut stone masonry – Quaboag River

Michigan

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in Michigan.

Minnesota

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in Minnesota.

Mississippi

Missouri

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in Missouri.

Amarugia Lake
Atkinson Lake
Bean Lake
Big Lake
Bilby Ranch Lake
Binder Lake
Blind Pony Lake
Blue Springs Lake
Bull Shoals Lake (extends into Arkansas)
Bushwacker Lake
Cameron City Lakes
Che-Ru Lake
Clearwater Lake
Cooley Lake
Cottontail Lake
Fellows Lake
Flight Lake
Forest Lake
Halls Lake
Henry Sever Lake
Hunnewell Lake
Indian Creek Lake
Kendzora Lake
Lake Girardeau
Lake of the Ozarks
Lake Paho
Lake Springfield
Lake Taneycomo
Little Compton Lake
Little Dixie Lake
Little Prairie Community Lake
Longview Lake
Lower Taum Sauk Lake
Manito Lake
Maple Leaf Lake
Mark Twain Lake
McDaniel Lake
Miller Community Lake
Montrose Lake
Nodaway County Lake
Norfork Lake (extends into Arkansas)
Perry County Community Lake
Pomme de Terre Lake
Pony Express Lake
Ray County Community Lake
Rocky Fork Lake
Sears Community Lake
Shawnee Mac Lakes
Sims Valley Community Lake
Smithville Lake
Stockton Lake
Table Rock Lake (extends into Arkansas)
Thomas Hill Lake
Tri-City Lake
Truman Reservoir (largest lake in Missouri)
Upper Big Lake
Vandalia Lake
Wappapello Lake
Weatherby Lake
Williams Creek Lake

Montana

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in Montana.

Nebraska

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in Nebraska.

Nevada

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in Nevada.

New Hampshire

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in New Hampshire.

New Jersey

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in New Jersey.

New Mexico

New York

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in New York.

North Carolina

Lake Adger - Green River (North Carolina); completed in 1925
Apalachia Dam – Apalachia Reservoir; on the Hiwassee River; finished in 1943 by the TVA
Lake Blue Devil – Duke Power
Cheoah Dam – built in 1919 and owned by Alcoa
Cowans Ford Dam and Lake Norman – Duke Power
Falls Lake – USACE
Fontana Dam – Fontana Lake; 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 Louise – built in 1927
Lake Lure – Duke Power
Lake Michie – finished in 1926, on the Flat River
Mountain Island Dam and Mountain Island Lake – Duke Power
Randleman Lake Dam,^[3] 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
Tuxedo Dam - Lake Summit on the Green River (North Carolina); completed in 1920

North Dakota

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in North Dakota.

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in Pennsylvania.

Rhode Island

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in Rhode Island.

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
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

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in South Dakota.

Tennessee

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, 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 — Cheatham Lake; 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 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, 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
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, 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 — 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, tributary of the Beech River; finished in 1964 by the TVA
Pine Dam — Pine Reservoir; on Piney Creek, tributary of the Beech River; finished in 1964 by the TVA
Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant — Raccoon 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, 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
Sycamore Dam — Sycamore Reservoir; 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
Walterhill Dam — Walterhill Floodplain State Natural Area; on Stones River; finished in early 1900s.
Wilbur Dam — Wilbur Lake (tennessee); on the Watauga River; finished in 1912 by the Watauga Power Co.; acquired by the TVA in 1945
New Shoal Creek Dam

on Shoal Creek (Sycamore River), (Lawrence County, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee)

Texas

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in Texas.

Utah

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in Utah.

Vermont

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in Vermont.

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^[4]
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
Lake of The Woods Dam – near Fredericksburg
Lake of the Woods Dam Number Two – near Fredericksburg
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
Martinsville Dam – on the Smith River
Martinsville Fish Dam – NRHP landmark on the Smith River
Niagara Dam (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

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in 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, Jackson Hydro Project
Dry Falls Dam – Banks Lake
Diablo Dam and Diablo Lake – Skagit River, Seattle City Light
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 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
Masonry Dam, 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 – Lake Wynoochee
Yale Dam – Yale Lake

West Virginia

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in West Virginia.

Wisconsin

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in Wisconsin.

Wyoming

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in Wyoming and List of largest reservoirs of Wyoming.

Other areas

District of Columbia

Puerto Rico

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs in Puerto Rico.

External links

Interactive map of major dams in the United States

Notes and References

Web site: Infrastructure Report Card: Dams. January 17, 2017 . February 21, 2017.
retired. 1691526. Lake Holiday Dam. 1996-05-07. March 28, 2009.
Web site: Randleman Dam . Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority. January 21, 2012.
Web site: VDGIF > Fishing > Bosher's Dam . Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries . January 21, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120320101043/http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/fishing/shad/boshers.html . March 20, 2012 .

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