# List of dam removals in Alabama

This is a list of dams in Alabama that have been removed as physical impediments to free-flowing rivers or streams.

## Completed removals

| Dam | Height | Year removed | Location | Watercourse | Watershed | Notes |
| Unnamed dam | | 2007 | Hanceville 34°03′20″N 86°45′21″W﻿ / ﻿34.0555°N 86.7558°W﻿ / 34.0555; -86.7558 | Mud Creek | Black Warrior River | Dam was illegally constructed by Hanceville Water and Sewer to capture raw sewage leaking from a wastewater treatment plant. |
| Old Shadow Lake Dam | 6 ft (1.8 m) | 2013 | Pinson 33°40′58″N 86°38′47″W﻿ / ﻿33.6828°N 86.6464°W﻿ / 33.6828; -86.6464﻿ (Old Shadow Lake Dam) | Turkey Creek | Black Warrior River | Dam built for swimming. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service partnered with the Freshwater Land Trust to remove the dam, which had blocked passage of the endangered vermilion darter. |
| Marvel Slab Dam | 6 ft (1.8 m) | 2004 | Montevallo 33°09′56″N 87°01′46″W﻿ / ﻿33.1656°N 87.0294°W﻿ / 33.1656; -87.0294﻿ (Marvel Slab Dam) | Cahaba River | Cahaba River | Dam consisted of 46 culverts under a bridge that allowed coal and logging trucks and coal mining equipment to cross the river. |
| Shades Branch Steel Ford | | 2011 | West Blocton 33°13′16″N 87°01′46″W﻿ / ﻿33.221°N 87.0295°W﻿ / 33.221; -87.0295﻿ (Shades Branch Steel Ford) | Shades Branch | Cahaba River | |
| Goodwins Mill Dam | 15 ft (4.6 m) | 2013 | St. Clair County 33°49′11″N 86°23′08″W﻿ / ﻿33.8197°N 86.3855°W﻿ / 33.8197; -86.3855﻿ (Goodwins Mill Dam) | Big Canoe Creek | Coosa River | Grist mill dam. |
| Unnamed dam | | 2022 | Etowah County 34°00′21″N 86°04′08″W﻿ / ﻿34.0059°N 86.0688°W﻿ / 34.0059; -86.0688 | Big Wills Creek | Coosa River | |
| Eagle & Phenix Dam | 17 ft (5.2 m) | 2012 | Phenix City 32°28′11″N 84°59′51″W﻿ / ﻿32.4698°N 84.9976°W﻿ / 32.4698; -84.9976﻿ (Eagle & Phenix Dam) | Chattahoochee River | Chattahoochee River | Dam powered the defunct Eagle and Phenix textile mill. National Inventory of Dams ID GA05180. |
| City Mills Dam | 10 ft (3.0 m) | 2013 | Phenix City 32°28′48″N 84°59′40″W﻿ / ﻿32.4801°N 84.9944°W﻿ / 32.4801; -84.9944﻿ (City Mills Dam) | Chattahoochee River | Chattahoochee River | Hydropower dam. |
| Unnamed dam | | 2010 | Seale 32°21′50″N 85°07′18″W﻿ / ﻿32.364°N 85.1216°W﻿ / 32.364; -85.1216 | Uchee Creek | Chattahoochee River | |
| Howle and Turner Dam | 16 ft (4.9 m) | 2019 | Cleburne County 33°33′07″N 85°36′43″W﻿ / ﻿33.552°N 85.612°W﻿ / 33.552; -85.612﻿ (Howle and Turner Dam) | Tallapoosa River | Tallapoosa River | Dam built for a grist mill and cotton gin, owned by Heflin Waterworks and Sewer Board/Tyson Corp. |
| Livingston Dam | | 2019 | Livingston 32°35′19″N 88°11′51″W﻿ / ﻿32.5885°N 88.1975°W﻿ / 32.5885; -88.1975﻿ (Livingston Dam) | Sucarnoochee River | Tombigbee River | Water supply dam abandoned by 1994. |
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## Planned and proposed removals

| Dam | Expected year | Location | Watercourse | Watershed | Notes |
| Langdale Dam | | Chambers County 32°48′56″N 85°09′55″W﻿ / ﻿32.8156°N 85.1653°W﻿ / 32.8156; -85.1653﻿ (Langdale Dam) | Chatahoochee River | Chatahoochee River | In 2018, Georgia Power filed to decommission and remove the outdated hydroelectric dams. |
| Riverview Dam | | Chambers County 32°47′34″N 85°08′35″W﻿ / ﻿32.7928°N 85.1431°W﻿ / 32.7928; -85.1431﻿ (Riverview Dam) | Chatahoochee River | Chatahoochee River | In 2018, Georgia Power filed to decommission and remove the outdated hydroelectric dams. |
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