List of dams and reservoirs in the United States

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 of river or about 17% of rivers in the nation.

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 Dam – 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 Mount Elbert Forebay Dam Navajo Reservoir Ridges Basin Dam – Nighthorse Reservoir, built as part of the Animas-La Plata Water Project Olympus Dam in Estes Park, Colorado, built as part of the Colorado-Big Thompson project Quincy Reservoir, 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 Trinidad Dam Vallecito Reservoir Williams Fork Reservoir Wolford Mountain Reservoir

Connecticut

Beseck Lake Dam Candlewood Lake Lake Chamberlain Leesville Dam – Salmon River Maltby Lakes Mansfield Hollow Dam – Mansfield Hollow Lake Occum Dam Saville Dam – Barkhamsted Reservoir Samuel P. Senior Dam Shepaug Dam - Lake Lillinonah Stevenson Dam – Lake Zoar, on the Housatonic River West Thompson Dam – Quinebaug River

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Allatoona Dam – Lake Allatoona Bartlett's Ferry Dam – Lake Harding Lake Blackshear Dam – Lake Blackshear 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 – Carter's Lake Chatuge Dam – Chatuge Reservoir; on the Hiwassee River; finished in 1942 by the TVA Clark Hill Dam (J. Strom Thurmond Dam) – Lake Strom Thurmond, also in South Carolina Lake Delano Lake Dorene Goat Rock Dam – 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 Morgan Falls Dam – Bull Sluice Lake Nottely Dam – Nottely Reservoir; on the Nottely River; finished in 1942 by the TVA Oliver Dam – Lake Oliver Richard B. Russell Dam – Richard B. Russell Lake, also in South Carolina Richland Creek Reservoir Sinclair Dam – Lake Sinclair Lake Toccoa Wallace Dam – Lake Oconee Walter F. George Lake – on the Chattahoochee River; built by USACE West Point Dam – West Point Lake

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Fordham Dam Kaskaskia Lock and Dam Lake Holiday Dam, Lake Holiday Chain of Rocks Lock McHenry Dam Melvin Price Locks and Dam, Alton

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Bailey's Dam Sibley Lake Dam Toledo Bend Reservoir

Maine

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

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

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

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

Abiquiu Lake Bluewater Lake Cochiti Dam Conchas Lake Elephant Butte Dike El Vado Reservoir 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 – 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, 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

Ohio

Acton Lake Alum Creek Lake Atwood Lake Beach City Lake Bolivar Dam Caesar Creek Lake Charles Mill Lake Choctaw Lake Clarence J. Brown Reservoir Clearfork Reservoir Clendening Lake Comet Lake Comet Lake Dam Cowan Lake Deer Creek Lake Delaware Dam Dillon Lake Dover Dam 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 Lake Glacier Dam Lake Milton Leesville Lake Liggett Lake Liggett Lake Dam Lockington Dam Madison Lake Madison Lake 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

Oklahoma

Altus City Reservoir Lake Altus-Lugert American Horse Lake Lake of the Arbuckles Arcadia Lake Ardmore City Lake Atoka Lake Bellcow Lake Birch Lake Lake Bixhoma Black Kettle Lake Bluestem Lake Boomer Lake Broken Bow Lake Brushy Creek Reservoir Lake Burtschi Canton Lake Carl Albert Lake Carl Blackwell Lake Lake Carl Etling Lake Carlton Carter Lake Cedar Lake Chandler Lake Lake Checotah Lake Chickasha Chouteau Lock and Dam Claremore Lake Clayton Lake Clear Creek Lake Cleveland City Lake Clinton Lake Coalgate City Lake Comanche Lake Copan Lake Cordell Reservoir Crowder Lake Cushing Municipal Lake Lake Dahlgren Dripping Springs Lake 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 Guthrie Lake Heyburn Lake Lake Hudson (formerly named Markham Ferry Reservoir) Hulah Lake Lake Jean Neustadt Lake Jed Johnson Keystone Lake Konawa Reservoir Lake Lawtonka Liberty Lake Lloyd Church Lake McGee Creek Reservoir Nanih Waiya Lake Lake McMurtry Mountain Lake Lake Murray Oklahoma Lake Okmulgee Lake Lake Overholser Ozzie Cobb Lake Pine Creek Lake Pauls Valley Lake Lake R.C. Longmire Raymond Gary Lake Rock Creek Reservoir Shawnee Twin Lakes Skiatook Lake Sooner Lake Lake Spavinaw Sportsman Lake Lake Stanley Draper Tom Steed Reservoir Lake Talequah Lake Thunderbird Waurika Lake Lake Wayne Wallace W.D. Mayo Lock and Dam 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