List of dams in the United States
This list of dams in the USA shows a selection of the most important dams or reservoirs and artificial reservoirs in the USA. The number of dams in the USA is estimated at around 75,000. The 8092 largest are marked in the picture.
Note: The following table can be sorted by clicking in the column header cells.
| Surname | State | completion | Volume reservoir [million m³] |
Building height [m] |
dammed river | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Falls Reservoir | Idaho | 1978 | 2060 | 32 | Snake River | |
| Amistad dam | Texas / Mexico | 1969 | 10.4 | 88 | Rio Grande | along with Mexico |
| Arrowrock Dam | Idaho | 1915 | 371 | 110 | Boise River | highest dam in the world upon completion |
| Austin Dam, Texas | Texas | 1893 | ... | 20th | Colorado River (Texas) | Dam break in 1900 |
| Austin Dam | Pennsylvania | 1909 | 760 | 15th | Freeman Run | Dam break in 1911 |
| Bath County Pumped Storage Station | Virginia | 1985 | ... | 140 | Back Creek, Little Back Creek | largest pumped storage plant in the world |
| Bearwallow Dam | North Carolina | 1963 | 0.037 | 11 | ... | Dam break in 1976 |
| Blue Mesa Reservoir | Colorado | 1966 | 923 | 119 | Gunnison River | |
| Bonneville Dam | Oregon / Washington | 1937/43 | 662 | 60 | Columbia River | |
| Britton Estates Lake | Georgia | ... | ... | ... | Oconee River | |
| Brushy Fork dam | Missouri | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Buffalo Bill Dam (Shoshone) | Wyoming | 1910 | 522.9 | 107 | Shoshone River | highest dam in the world upon completion |
| Cabinet Gorge Dam | Idaho | 1953 | 131 | 34 | Clark Fork | |
| Calderwood Dam | Tennessee | 1930 | ... | 71 | Little Tennessee River | |
| Castaic pumped storage plant | California | 1973 | 401 | 100 | Castaic Creek | Dam and pumped storage plant |
| Chatfield Lake | Colorado | 1975 | 33 | 45 | South Platte River | |
| Cherry Creek Lake | Colorado | 1953 | ... | 31 | Cherry Creek | |
| Chief Joseph Dam (Rufus Woods Lake) | Washington | 1961 | 732 | 72 | Columbia River | |
| Cochiti dam | New Mexico | 1975 | 890 | 77 | Rio Grande | |
| Croton Dam | Michigan | 1907 | 27 | 12 | Muskegon River | |
| Cyprus Dam | Idaho | 1982 | 110 | 226 | Bruno Creek | Settling basin |
| Diablo Dam | Washington | 1930 | ... | 119 | Skagit River | highest dam in the world upon completion |
| Druid Lake Dam | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Dworshak Dam | Idaho | 1973 | 4259 | 219 | North Fork Clearwater River | |
| Eagle Nest Dam | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Flagstaff Lake | Maine | 1950 | 322 | approx. 15 | Dead River | |
| Flaming Gorge Reservoir | Utah | 1964 | 4670 | 153 | Green River (Wyoming) | |
| Fort Peck Lake | Montana | 1957 | approx. 23,000 | 76 | Missouri River | largest earth dam in the world based on building volume upon completion |
| Fort Randall (Lake Francis Case) | South Dakota | 1954 | 5700 | 50 | Missouri River | |
| Lake Gaston | North Carolina | 1963 | 555 | 32 | Roanoke River | |
| Gibson Dam | Montana | 1929 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Glen Canyon ( Lake Powell ) | Arizona | 1964 | 33,304 | 216 | Colorado River | largest reservoir in the USA by area |
| Grand Coulee Dam (Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake) | Washington | 1942 | 11,582 | 168 | Columbia River | largest hydropower plant in the USA |
| Harwoods Mill Reservoir | Virginia | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Hauser dam | Montana | 1907 | ? | 23 | Missouri River | Dam burst in 1908 |
| Hoover Dam ( Lake Mead ) | Arizona / Nevada | 1936 | 35,154 | 221 | Colorado River | largest reservoir in the USA by storage capacity; highest dam in the world upon completion |
| Hungry Horse Dam | Montana | 1953 | 4277 | 172 | Flathead River | |
| Iroquois reservoir | new York | 1958 | 29,959 | 20th | Saint Lawrence River | with Canada |
| John Day Dam (Lake Umatilla) | Oregon / Washington | 1968 | 617 | 64 | Columbia River | |
| John H. Kerr Reservoir | Virginia , North Carolina | 1953 | 1836 | 44 | Roanoke River , Dan River | |
| Kaloko Dam | Hawaii | ... | 1.2 | 12 | ... | Dam burst 2006 |
| Kensico Dam | new York | 1916 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Kinzua Dam | Pennsylvania | 1965 | ... | 55 | Allegheny River | |
| Lahontan Reservoir | Nevada | 1915 | 0.56 | 49 | Carson River | |
| Lake Buchanan | Texas | 1975 | 1220 | 44.3 | Colorado River (Texas) | |
| Lake Hamilton Dam | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Lake Havasu | Arizona / California | 1938 | 799 | 97.5 | Colorado River | |
| Lake Hodges Dam | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Lake Mohave | California | 1971 | ... | 61 | Colorado River | |
| Lake Oahe | South Dakota | 1966 | 28,776 | 75 | Missouri River | |
| Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell, Osage) | Missouri | 1931 | 2377 | 45 | Osage River | |
| Lake Sakakawea (Garrison) | North Dakota | 1953 | 27,920 | 62 | Missouri River | |
| Lake San Tana | Texas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Lower Crystal Springs | California | 1890 | 71.43 | 57 | San Mateo Creek | |
| Ludington Pumped Storage Power Plant | Michigan | 1973 | 100 | > 34 | Lake Michigan | |
| Lyman Lake | Arizona | 1915 | 38 | approx. 17 | Little Colorado River | |
| McPhee Reservoir | Colorado | 1985 | ... | ... | Dolores River | |
| Mill River Dam | Massachusetts | 1865 | 0.379 | 13 | Mill River | Dam burst in 1874 |
| Mossyrock Dam (Lake Riffe) | Washington | 1968 | 1603 | 185 | Cowlitz River | |
| Mountain Dell Dam | Utah | 1925 | 3.2 | 32 | ... | |
| Mulholland Dam | California | 1924 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Nepaug Dam | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| New Bullards Bar Dam | California | 1968 | 1184 | 197 | Yuba River | |
| New Cornelia Tailings | ... | 1973 | ... | ... | ... | Settling basin |
| New Croton | new York | 1906 | 71.9 | 91 | Croton River | highest dam in the world upon completion |
| New Don Pedro | California | 1971 | 2504 | 178 | Tuolumne River | |
| New Melones Dam | California | 1979 | 2960 | 191 | Stanislaus River | |
| O'Shaughnessy Dam | California | 1923 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Olive Bridge Dam | new York | 1916 | ... | 76 | ... | |
| Olive Grove Dam | California | 2003 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Oroville Dam | California | 1967 | 4364 | 235 | Feather River (Sacramento) | Highest dam in the USA, February 2017 Drainage channels damaged |
| Owyhee Dam | Oregon | 1932 | 1480 | 127 | Owyhee River | highest dam in the world upon completion |
| Patagonia Lake | Arizona | ... | 29.7 | ... | Sonoita Creek | |
| Pathfinder Dam | Wyoming | 1909 | 1253 | 65 | North Platte River | |
| Pedlar Dam | Virginia | 1904 | ... | 25.9 | Pedlar River | |
| Raccoon Mountain | Tennessee | 1978 | 70 | Tennessee River | ||
| Redridge Timber Crib Dam | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Rock Creek Park Lake | Virginia | ... | ... | ... | Powhite Creek | ... |
| Roosevelt Dam | Arizona | 1911 | 2039 | 109 | Salt River (Gila River) | on completion, the highest masonry dam and the largest artificial lake in the world |
| Ross dam | Washington | 1949 | 1770 | 165 | Skagit River | |
| Saguaro Lake | Arizona | 1930 | 138 | 63 | Salt River | |
| Saluda Dam | South carolina | 1930 | ... | 61 | Saluda River | |
| San Andreas Lake | California | 1875 | 23,469 | San Andreas Creek | ||
| San Carlos Lake | Arizona | 1930 | 1.122 | 76 | Gila River | |
| San Luis Reservoir (BF Sisk) | California | 1967 | 2520 | 116 | San Luis Creek | |
| Sheldon Reservoir | Texas | 1943 | 6.6 | 3 | Carpenter's Bayou | ... |
| Sherman Country Club Lake | Texas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| South Fork Dam (Johnstown) | Pennsylvania | 1853 | 20th | 22nd | Conemaugh River | Dam break in 1889 |
| St. Francis Dam | California | 1926 | 39 | 56 | San Francisquito Creek | Dam burst in 1928 |
| Salmon Creek Dam | Alaska | 1914 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Sam Rayburn Dam (McGee Bend Reservoir) | Texas | 1965 | 4931 | 37 | Angelina River | |
| Secession Lake Dam | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Seven Oaks | California | 1999 | 180 | 168 | Santa Ana River | |
| Shasta dam | California | 1945 | 5612 | 183 | Sacramento River | |
| Sweetwater Dam | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Swift Dam | Washington | 1958 | 932 | 126 | Lewis River | |
| Teton Dam | Idaho | 1975 | 355.6 | 93 | Teton River | Dam break in 1976 |
| The Dalles Dam | Oregon | 1957 | 410 | 79 | Columbia River | |
| Toledo Bend Reservoir | Texas / Louisiana | 1967 | 6291 | 29 | Sabine River | |
| Trinity Lake | California | 1963 | 3019.6 | 164 | Trinity River | |
| Truman Lake | Missouri | 1979 | 6398 | 38 | Osage River | |
| Tyler Dam | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Wachusett Dam | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Walnut Grove Dam | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Walters Dam | North Carolina | 1929 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Wigwam Dam | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Williamson Dam | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Wyoming Hereford Ranch Reservoir Number 1 | Wyoming | ... | ... | ... | Crow Creek | ... |
| Wyoming Hereford Ranch Reservoir Number 2 | Wyoming | ... | ... | ... | Crow Creek | ... |
| Winsor Dam | Massachusetts | 1930-39 | 1560 | ... | Swift River | ... |
| Yellowtail Dam | Montana | 1966 | 1761 | 160 | Bighorn River |
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