List of dams and reservoirs in West Virginia explained
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in West Virginia.
All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50feet tall with a storage capacity of at least 5000acre.ft, or of any height with a storage capacity of 25000acre.ft.[1]
Dams and reservoirs in West Virginia
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- Beech Fork Dam, Beech Fork Lake, United States Army Corps of Engineers
- Belleville Locks and Dam, on the Ohio River, USACE (on the Ohio border)
- Bluestone Dam, Bluestone Lake, USACE
- Brushy Fork Coal Impoundment
- Burnsville Dam, Burnsville Lake, USACE
- Cumberland Dam, unnamed reservoir on the Potomac River, privately owned (on Maryland border)
- East Lynn Dam, East Lynn Lake, USACE
- Hannibal Locks and Dam, on the Ohio River, USACE (on the Ohio border)
- Hildebrand Lock and Dam, on the Monongahela River, USACE
- Jennings Randolph Dam, Jennings Randolph Lake, USACE (on the Maryland border)
- Little Beaver Dam, Little Beaver Lake, West Virginia Division of Commerce
- London Locks and Dam, on the Kanawha River, USACE
- Marmet Locks and Dam, on the Kanawha River, USACE
- Morgantown Lock and Dam, on the Monongahela River, USACE
- New Cumberland Locks and Dam, on the Ohio River, USACE (on the Ohio border)
- Opekiska Lock and Dam, on the Monongahela River, USACE
- Pike Island Locks and Dam, on the Ohio River, USACE (on the Ohio border)
- Power Plant and Dam No. 4, unnamed reservoir on the Potomac River, privately owned (on Maryland border)
- Power Plant and Dam No. 5, unnamed reservoir on the Potomac River, privately owned (on Maryland border)
- R. D. Bailey Dam, R. D. Bailey Lake, USACE
- Racine Locks and Dam, on the Ohio River, USACE (on the Ohio border)
- Robert C. Byrd Lock and Dam, on the Ohio River, USACE (on the Ohio border)
- Stonewall Jackson Dam, Stonewall Jackson Lake, USACE
- Summersville Dam, Summersville Lake, USACE
- Sutton Dam, Sutton Lake, USACE
- Tygart River Reservoir Dam, Tygart River Reservoir, USACE
- Wells Lock and Dam, on the Little Kanawha River, USACE (closed)
- Willow Island Locks and Dam, on the Ohio River, USACE (on the Ohio border)
- Winfield Locks and Dam, on the Kanawha River, USACE
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Major Dams of the United States. National Atlas of the United States. USGS. September 17, 2009. October 24, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090814080910/http://nationalatlas.gov/mld/dams00x.html. August 14, 2009. dead.
