List of reservoirs and dams in the United States

The following is a partial list of reservoirs and dams in the United States:

Alabama

• Guntersville Dam
• Wheeler Dam
• Wilson Dam

Arizona

• Glen Canyon Dam — Lake Powell
• Mission Tailings
• New Cornelia Tailings , largest US dam by volume
• Theodore Roosevelt Dam

California

see Reservoirs and dams in California

Colorado

• Mount Elbert Forebay Dam
• Vallecito Reservoir
• Horsetooth Dam — Horsetooth Reservoir , built as part of the Colorado Big Thompson project

Georgia

• Clark's Hill Dam — Lake Strom Thurmond

Idaho

• American Falls Reservoir
• Arrow Rock Dam — the highest dam completed in any part of the world in 1915
• Blackfoot Reservoir
• Dworshak Dam — third highest dam in the United States
• Island Park Reservoir
• Palisades Reservoir
• Ririe Reservoir

Kansas

See Lakes, reservoirs, and dams in Kansas

Maryland

• Liberty Reservoir
• Prettyboy Reservoir
• Loch Raven Reservoir
• Conowingo Reservoir
• Deep Creek Lake
• Youghiogheny River Reservoir
• Jennings Randolph Lake
• Triadelphia Reservoir ; Brighton Dam
• Rocky Gorge

Massachusetts

• Winsor Dam — Quabbin Reservoir
• Wachusett Dam — Wachusett Reservoir

Michigan

• Ludington Pumped Storage Power Plant, a reservoir used to level electrical production by pumped storage hydroelectricity

Minnesota

• Upper and lower St. Anthony Falls Dams

Montana

• Fort Peck Dam
• Hungry Horse Dam

Nevada

• Hoover Dam — Lake Mead

New Jersey

• Lake Tappan
• Oradell Reservoir
• Wanaque Reservoir
• Woodcliff Lake

New Mexico

• Cochiti Dam
• Elephant Butte Dam

New York

• Mount Morris Dam, on the Genesee River
• DeForest Lake
• Marcy Dam , on Marcy Brook , Adirondacks high peak region, south of North Elba, New York

North Carolina

• Cheoah Dam , built in 1919 and owned by Alcoa
• Santeetlah Dam , built in 1928 and owned by Alcoa

North Dakota

• Garrison Dam — Lake Sakakawea

Ohio

• Acton Lake
• Caesar Creek Lake
• Clarence J. Brown Reservoir
• Cowan Lake
• Englewood Dam
• Germantown Dam
• Grand Lake St. Marys — Reservoir for the now defunct Miami and Erie Canal
• Huffman Dam
• Lockington Dam
• Taylorsville Dam
• William Harsha Lake

Oregon

• Bonneville Dam — Lake Bonneville (between OR and Washington)
• John Day Dam — Lake Umatilla (between OR and WA)
• McNary Dam — Lake Wallula (between OR and WA)
• The Dalles Dam — Lake Celilo (between OR and WA)

South Dakota

• Big Bend Dam — Sharpe Lake, Fort Thompson
• Fort Randall Dam — Lake Francis Case, Pickstown
• Gavins Point Dam — Lewis and Clark Lake, Yankton
• Oahe Dam — Lake Oahe

Tennessee

• Calderwood Dam , built in 1930 and owned by Alcoa
• Chilhowee Dam , built in 1957 and owned by Alcoa

Texas

• Buchanan Dam
• Inks Dam
• Longhorn Dam
• Mansfield Dam
• Medina Dam, built in 1912 in Mico, Texas, and is owned and operated by the Bandera-Medina-Atascosa Water Conservation District in Natalia, Texas.
• Starcke Dam
• Tom Miller Dam
• Wirtz Dam

Utah

• Mountain Dell Dam, built between 1917 and 1925

Washington

• Bonneville Dam — Lake Bonneville (between Washington and Oregon)
• Chief Joseph Dam — Rufus Woods Lake
• Elwha Dam — Lake Aldwell
• Glines Canyon Dam — Lake Mills
• Grand Coulee Dam, largest hydroelectricity plant in US — Franklin Delano Roosevelt Lake
• John Day Dam — Lake Umatilla (between WA and OR)
• McNary Dam — Lake Wallula (between WA and OR)
• Mossyrock Dam — Riffe Lake
• Priest Rapids Dam — Priest Rapids Lake
• Rock Island Dam (unnamed)
• Rocky Reach Dam — Lake Entiat
• Swift Dam — Swift Reservoir
• The Dalles Dam — Lake Celilo (between WA and OR)
• Wanapum Dam — Lake Wanapum
• Wells Dam — Lake Pateros

West Virginia

• Kopperston Tailings

Wyoming

• Shoshone Dam

See also

• List of reservoirs and dams
• List of waterways
• List of rivers in the United States
• List of canals in the United States