List of tallest dams in the United States
Highest dams

List of tallest dams in the United States

Section Title: Highest dams
Table Section Text: None

Name	State(s)	Height	Type	River	Coordinates	Built

ft	m

Oroville Dam	CA	770.5	234.8	Embankment	Feather River	39°32′20″N 121°29′08″W / 39.53889°N 121.48556°W	1968

Hoover Dam	AZ NV	726	221	Arch-gravity dam	Colorado River	36°00′56″N 114°44′16″W / 36.01556°N 114.73778°W	1936

Dworshak Dam	ID	717	219	Concrete gravity	N.F. Clearwater River	46°30′54″N 116°17′49″W / 46.51500°N 116.29694°W	1973

Glen Canyon Dam	AZ	710	220	Concrete arch	Colorado River	36°56′15″N 111°29′04″W / 36.93750°N 111.48444°W	1966

New Bullards Bar Dam	CA	645	197	Concrete arch	N. Yuba River	39°23′36″N 121°08′35″W / 39.39333°N 121.14306°W	1969

New Melones Dam	CA	625	191	Embankment	Stanislaus River	37°56′50″N 120°31′41″W / 37.94722°N 120.52806°W	1979

Mossyrock Dam	WA	606	185	Concrete arch	Cowlitz River	46°32′04″N 122°25′34″W / 46.53444°N 122.42611°W	1968

Shasta Dam	CA	602	183	Concrete gravity	Sacramento River	40°43′07″N 122°25′08″W / 40.71861°N 122.41889°W	1945

New Don Pedro Dam	CA	585	178	Embankment	Tuolumne River	37°41′58″N 120°25′15″W / 37.69944°N 120.42083°W	1971

Hungry Horse Dam	MT	564	172	Concrete arch	S.F. Flathead River	48°20′30″N 114°00′51″W / 48.34167°N 114.01417°W	1953

Grand Coulee Dam	WA	550	170	Concrete gravity	Columbia River	47°57′21″N 118°58′54″W / 47.95583°N 118.98167°W	1942

Seven Oaks Dam	CA	550	170	Embankment	Santa Ana River	34°08′45″N 117°03′45″W / 34.14583°N 117.06250°W	2000

Ross Dam	WA	540	160	Concrete arch	Skagit River	48°43′54″N 121°04′02″W / 48.73167°N 121.06722°W	1949

Trinity Dam	CA	538	164	Embankment	Trinity River	40°48′04″N 122°45′48″W / 40.80111°N 122.76333°W	1962

Yellowtail Dam	MT	525	160	Concrete arch	Bighorn River	45°18′24″N 107°57′29″W / 45.30667°N 107.95806°W	1967

Cougar Dam	OR	519	158	Embankment	S.F. McKenzie River	44°07′44″N 122°14′25″W / 44.12889°N 122.24028°W	1964

Swift Dam	WA	512	156	Embankment	Lewis River	46°04′47″N 122°11′52″W / 46.07972°N 122.19778°W	1958

Flaming Gorge Dam	UT	502	153	Concrete arch	Green River	40°54′52″N 109°25′17″W / 40.91444°N 109.42139°W	1964

New Exchequer Dam	CA	490	150	Concrete-faced rockfill	Merced River	37°35′10″N 120°16′10″W / 37.58611°N 120.26944°W	1967

Fontana Dam	NC	480	150	Concrete gravity	Little Tennessee River	35°27′08″N 83°48′17″W / 35.45222°N 83.80472°W	1944

Morrow Point Dam	CO	468	143	Concrete arch	Gunnison River	36°27′07″N 107°32′17″W / 36.45194°N 107.53806°W	1968

Detroit Dam	OR	463	141	Concrete gravity	North Santiam River	44°43′15″N 122°14′59″W / 44.72083°N 122.24972°W	1953

Bath County Pumped Storage Station Upper Dam	VA	460	140	Embankment	Little Back Creek	38°13′32″N 79°49′27″W / 38.22556°N 79.82417°W	1984

Anderson Ranch Dam	ID	456	139	Embankment	S.F. Boise River	43°21′27″N 115°26′55″W / 43.35750°N 115.44861°W	1950

Union Valley Dam	CA	453	138	Embankment	Silver Creek	38°51′55″N 120°26′30″W / 38.86528°N 120.44167°W	1963

Carters Dam	GA	445	136	Embankment	Coosawattee River	44°20′6″N 71°52′32″W / 44.33500°N 71.87556°W	1977

New Waddell Dam	AZ	440	130	Embankment	Agua Fria River	33°50′49″N 112°15′58″W / 33.84694°N 112.26611°W	1994

Pine Flat Dam	CA	440	130	Concrete gravity	Kings River	36°49′56″N 119°19′34″W / 36.83222°N 119.32611°W	1954

Round Butte Dam	OR	440	130	Embankment	Deschutes River	44°36′11″N 121°16′40″W / 44.60306°N 121.27778°W	1964

Mud Mountain Dam	WA	432	132	Embankment	White River	47°08′24″N 121°55′55″W / 47.14000°N 121.93194°W	1948

O'Shaughnessy Dam	CA	430	130	Concrete arch	Tuolumne River	37°56′51″N 119°47′17″W / 37.94750°N 119.78806°W	1923 (1938)

Libby Dam	MT	422	129	Concrete gravity	Kootenai River	48°24′42″N 115°18′34″W / 48.41167°N 115.30944°W	1975

Brownlee Dam	ID OR	420	130	Embankment	Snake River	44°50′10″N 116°54′00″W / 44.83611°N 116.90000°W	1958

Owyhee Dam	OR	417	127	Concrete arch	Owyhee River	43°38′31″N 117°14′33″W / 43.64194°N 117.24250°W	1932

Mammoth Pool Dam	CA	411	125	Embankment	San Joaquin River	37°19′23″N 119°18′58″W / 37.32306°N 119.31611°W	1959

Hell Hole Dam	CA	410	120	Embankment	Rubicon River	39°03′26″N 120°24′32″W / 39.05722°N 120.40889°W	1966

Navajo Dam	NM	402	123	Embankment	San Juan River	36°48′01″N 107°36′45″W / 36.80028°N 107.61250°W	1962

Blue Mesa Dam	CO	390	120	Embankment	Gunnison River	38°27′02″N 107°20′06″W / 38.45056°N 107.33500°W	1966

Summersville Dam	WV	390	120	Rockfill	Gauley River	38°13′18″N 80°53′23″W / 38.22167°N 80.88972°W	1966

Diablo Dam	WA	389	119	Concrete arch	Skagit River	48°42′51″N 121°07′52″W / 48.71417°N 121.13111°W	1930

Pyramid Dam	CA	386	118	Embankment	Piru Creek	34°38′39″N 118°45′50″W / 34.64417°N 118.76389°W	1970

Jocassee Dam	SC	385	117	Embankment	Keowee River	34°57′35″N 82°55′02″W / 34.95972°N 82.91722°W	1973

Pacoima Dam	CA	365	111	Variable radius arch	Pacoima Creek	34°20′05″N 118°23′47″W / 34.33472°N 118.39639°W	1929

Theodore Roosevelt Dam	AZ	357	109	Concrete arch	Salt River	33°40′18″N 111°09′40″W / 33.67167°N 111.16111°W	1911 (1996)

Arrowrock Dam	ID	350	110	Concrete arch	Boise River	43°35′44″N 115°55′20″W / 43.59556°N 115.92222°W	1915

Buffalo Bill Dam	WY	350	110	Concrete arch	Shoshone River	44°30′06″N 109°11′03″W / 44.50167°N 109.18417°W	1910

Jordanelle Dam	UT	345	105	Embankment	Provo River	40°35′52″N 111°25′26″W / 40.59778°N 111.42389°W	1992

Pardee Dam	CA	345	105	Gravity	Mokelumne River	38°15′27″N 120°51′01″W / 38.25750°N 120.85028°W	1929

William L. Jess Dam	OR	345	105	Embankment	Rogue River	42°40′17″N 122°40′30″W / 42.67139°N 122.67500°W	1976

Abiquiu Dam	NM	340	100	Embankment	Rio Chama	36°14′17″N 106°25′33″W / 36.23806°N 106.42583°W	1963 (1986)

Boundary Dam	WA	340	100	Concrete arch-gravity	Pend Oreille River	48°59′14″N 117°20′51″W / 48.98722°N 117.34750°W	1967

Castaic Dam	CA	340	100	Embankment	Castaic Creek	34°31′09″N 118°36′25″W / 34.51917°N 118.60694°W	1973

Folsom Dam	CA	340	100	Concrete gravity, embankment	American River	38°42′28″N 121°09′23″W / 38.70778°N 121.15639°W	1956

Lucky Peak Dam	ID	340	100	Embankment	Boise River	43°31′42″N 116°03′11″W / 43.52833°N 116.05306°W	1955

San Vicente Dam	CA	337	103	Roller-Compacted Concrete	Off-stream	32°54′44″N 116°55′28″W / 32.91222°N 116.92444°W	1943 (2014)

Ridgway Dam	CO	333	101	Embankment	Uncompahgre River	38°14′15″N 107°45′33″W / 38.23750°N 107.75917°W	1987

Salt Springs Dam	CA	332	101	Rock-fill	North Fork Mokelumne River	38°29′54″N 120°12′58″W / 38.49833°N 120.21611°W	1931

Alder Dam	WA	330	100	Concrete arch	Nisqually River	46°48′05″N 122°18′37″W / 46.80139°N 122.31028°W	1945

Hells Canyon Dam	ID OR	330	100	Concrete gravity	Snake River	45°14′41″N 116°41′54″W / 45.24472°N 116.69833°W	1967

Green Peter Dam	OR	327	100	Concrete gravity	M. Santiam River	44°27′07″N 122°32′49″W / 44.45194°N 122.54694°W	1967

Crystal Dam	CO	323	98	Concrete arch	Gunnison River	38°30′38″N 107°37′31″W / 38.51056°N 107.62528°W	1976

Yale Dam	WA	323	98	Embankment	Lewis River	45°57′51″N 122°19′57″W / 45.96417°N 122.33250°W	1953

Parker Dam	AZ CA	320	98	Concrete arch	Colorado River	34°17′47″N 114°08′21″W / 34.29639°N 114.13917°W	1938

Tieton Dam	WA	319	97	Embankment	Tieton River	46°39′23″N 121°07′46″W / 46.65639°N 121.12944°W	1925

Warm Springs Dam	CA	319	97	Rolled-earth embankment	Dry Creek	38°43′06″N 123°00′46″W / 38.71833°N 123.01278°W	1982

Friant Dam	CA	319	97	Concrete gravity	San Joaquin River	37°00′02″N 119°42′19″W / 37.00056°N 119.70528°W	1942

Olivenhain Dam	CA	318	97	Concrete gravity	off-stream	33°04′13″N 117°08′17″W / 33.07028°N 117.13806°W	2003

Watauga Dam	TN	318	97	Rockfill	Watauga River	36°19′25″N 82°07′22″W / 36.32361°N 82.12278°W	1948

Donnells Dam	CA	317	97	Concrete arch	Middle Fork Stanislaus River	38°19′50″N 119°57′38″W / 38.33056°N 119.96056°W	1958

Cherry Valley Dam	CA	315	96	Earth and rock	Cherry Creek	37°58′34″N 119°54′33″W / 37.97611°N 119.90917°W	1956

Courtright Dam	CA	315	96	Rock-fill	Helms Creek	37°04′44″N 118°58′12″W / 37.07889°N 118.97000°W	1958

San Gabriel Dam	CA	315	96	Embankment	San Gabriel River	34°12′20″N 117°52′33″W / 34.20556°N 117.87583°W	1939

Merwin Dam	WA	313	95	Concrete arch	Lewis River	45°57′24″N 122°33′18″W / 45.95667°N 122.55500°W	1931

Upper Stillwater Dam	UT	310	94	Concrete gravity	Rock Creek	40°33′35″N 110°41′59″W / 40.55972°N 110.69972°W	1987

Bartlett Dam	AZ	309	94	Multiple arch buttress	Verde River	33°49′05″N 111°37′54″W / 33.81806°N 111.63167°W	1939

Green Mountain Dam	CO	309	94	Embankment	Blue River	39°52′39″N 106°19′49″W / 39.87750°N 106.33028°W	1942

Horse Mesa Dam	AZ	305	93	Concrete arch	Salt River	33°35′27″N 111°20′38″W / 33.59083°N 111.34389°W	1927

San Luis Dam	CA	305	93	Embankment	San Luis Creek	37°03′33″N 121°04′29″W / 37.05917°N 121.07472°W	1967

Teton Dam	ID	305	93	Embankment	Teton River	43°54′35″N 111°32′31″W / 43.90972°N 111.54194°W	1976

Monticello Dam	CA	304	93	Concrete arch	Putah Creek	38°30′47″N 122°06′15″W / 38.51306°N 122.10417°W	1957

Elephant Butte Dam	NM	301	92	Concrete gravity	Rio Grande	33°09′14″N 107°11′32″W / 33.15389°N 107.19222°W	1916

Gorge Dam	WA	300	91	Concrete gravity	Skagit River	48°41′52″N 121°12′30″W / 48.69778°N 121.20833°W	1924

Smith Lake Dam	AL	300	91	Embankment	Sipsey Fork	33°56′31″N 87°06′21″W / 33.94194°N 87.10583°W	1961

Sentence(s)

The tallest is Oroville Dam in California, United States, a 770.5-foot (234.8 m) embankment dam completed in 1968.
The tallest is Oroville Dam in California, a 770.5-foot (234.8 m) embankment dam completed in 1968.
The tallest dam in the United States is Oroville Dam in California, a 770.5-foot (234.8 m) embankment dam completed in 1968.

final_sentence: The tallest is Oroville Dam in California, United States, a 770.5-foot (234.8 m) embankment dam completed in 1968.
final_sentence: The tallest is Oroville Dam in California, a 770.5-foot (234.8 m) embankment dam completed in 1968.
final_sentence: The tallest dam in the United States is Oroville Dam in California, a 770.5-foot (234.8 m) embankment dam completed in 1968.