# 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 600,000 mi (970,000 km) of river or about 17% of rivers in the nation.

## By state
### 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
* 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
* Leesville Dam – Salmon River
* Mansfield Hollow Dam – Mansfield Hollow Lake
* Saville Dam – Barkhamsted Reservoir
* Stevenson Dam – Lake Zoar, on the Housatonic River
* West Thompson Dam – Quinebaug River

### Georgia

* Allatoona Dam – Lake Allatoona
* Bartlett's Ferry Dam – Lake Harding
* 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
* Lake Delano
* Lake Dorene
* Clark Hill Dam (J. Strom Thurmond Dam) – Lake Strom Thurmond, also in South Carolina
* 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
* Lake Blackshear Dam – Lake Blackshear
* 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
* Sinclair Dam – Lake Sinclair
* Wallace Dam – Lake Oconee
* Walter F. George Lake – on the Chattahoochee River; built by USACE
* West Point Dam – West Point Lake

### Illinois

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

### Louisiana

* Bailey's Dam
* Sibley Lake Dam
* Toledo Bend Reservoir

### 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

### 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

### New Mexico

* Abiquiu Lake
* Bluewater Lake
* Cochiti Dam
* Conchas Lake
* Elephant Butte Dike
* El Vado Lake
* Galisteo Dam
* Heron Lake
* Jemez Canyon Dam
* Navajo Lake
* Santa Rosa Dam
* Two Rivers Dam
* Ute Dam

### 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

### 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
* Cottage Grove Lake – Coast Fork Willamette River
* Cougar Reservoir and Cougar Dam – South Fork McKenzie River
* Crane Prairie Reservoir – Deschutes River
* Detroit Lake and Detroit Dam – North Santiam River
* Dexter Reservoir and Dexter Dam – Middle Fork Willamette River
* Devils Lake – D River
* Dorena Reservoir - Row River
* Emigrant Lake – Emigrant Creek, a tributary of Bear Creek (Rogue River)
* Fern Ridge Reservoir – Long Tom River
* Foster Reservoir and Foster Dam – South Santiam River
* Gatehouse, Portland City Reservoir No. 2
* Green Peter Reservoir and Green Peter Dam– Middle Santiam River
* Hells Canyon Reservoir and Hells Canyon Dam – Snake River
* Henry Hagg Lake and Scoggins Dam – Scoggins Creek, a tributary of the Tualatin River
* Hills Creek Reservoir & Hills Creek Dam – Middle Fork Willamette River
* John C. Boyle Dam – Klamath River
* Lake Billy Chinook & Round Butte Dam – Crooked, Deschutes, and Metolius rivers
* Lake Bonneville & Bonneville Dam – Columbia River
* Lake Celilo & The Dalles Dam – Columbia River
* Lake Umatilla & John Day Dam – Columbia River
* Lake Wallula & McNary Dam – Columbia River
* Lookout Point Lake & Lookout Point Dam – Middle Fork Willamette River
* Lost Creek Lake & William L. Jess Dam – Rogue River
* McGuire Reservoir – Nestucca River
* McNulty Reservoir (Malheur County, Oregon)
* North Fork Reservoir – Clackamas River
* Owyhee Reservoir – Owyhee River
* Oxbow Dam – Snake River
* Pelton Dam – Deschutes River
* Phillips Lake – Powder River
* Prineville Reservoir & Bowman Dam a.k.a. Prineville Dam – Crooked River
* Silverton Reservoir – Silver Creek
* Thief Valley Reservoir – Powder River
* Upper McNulty Reservoir
* Warm Springs Reservoir – Malheur River
* Wickiup Reservoir – Deschutes River

### South Carolina

* Conestee Mill Dam – Conestee Lake
* Hartwell Dam – Lake Hartwell, also in the U.S. state of Georgia
* Clark Hill Dam (J. Strom Thurmond Dam) – Lake Strom Thurmond, also in the U.S. state of Georgia
* Jocassee Dam – Lake Jocassee
* Keowee Dam
* Monticello Reservoir – Jenkinsville, South Carolina
* Pinopolis Dam – Lake Moultrie
* Richard B. Russell Dam – Richard B. Russell Lake, also in the U.S. state of Georgia
* Saluda Dam – Lake Murray

### Tennessee

* Boone Dam — Boone Lake; on the South Fork Holston River; finished in 1952 by the TVA
* Burgess Falls Dam; on the Falling Water River; built by City of Cookeville for electric generation after the flood of 1928 destroyed a previous earthen dam
* Calderwood Dam; on the Little Tennessee River; built in 1930 and owned by Alcoa
* Cedar Dam — Cedar Reservoir; on Haley Creek, tributary of the Beech River; finished in 1963 by the TVA
* Center Hill Dam — Center Hill Lake; on the Caney Fork; finished in 1948 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
* Cheatham Dam — Cheatham Lake; on the Cumberland River; finished in 1952 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
* Cherokee Dam — Cherokee Lake; on the Holston River; finished in 1941 by the TVA
* Chickamauga Dam — Chickamauga Lake; on the Tennessee River; built 1940 by the TVA
* Chilhowee Dam; on the Little Tennessee River; built in 1957 and owned by Alcoa
* Cordell Hull Dam — Cordell Hull Lake; on the Cumberland River; finished in 1973 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
* Dale Hollow Dam — Dale Hollow Reservoir on the Obey River completed in 1943 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
* Dogwood Dam — Dogwood Reservoir; on Big Creek, tributary of the Beech River; finished in 1965 by the TVA
* Douglas Dam — Douglas Lake; on the French Broad River; finished in 1943 by the TVA
* Elk River Dam — Woods Reservoir; on the Elk River; finished in 1952 by the Corps of Engineers, to provide cooling water for the U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center
* Fall Creek Falls Dam — Fall Creek Falls Reservoir; on Falls Creek; finished in 1970 by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
* Fort Loudoun Dam — Fort Loudoun Lake; on the Tennessee River; finished in 1943 by the TVA
* Fort Patrick Henry Dam — Fort Patrick Henry Lake; on the South Fork Holston River; finished in 1953 by the TVA
* Great Falls Dam — Great Falls Reservoir; on the Caney Fork; finished in 1916 by the Tennessee Electric Power Co.; acquired by the TVA in 1939
* Hales Bar Dam; on the Tennessee River, TVA dam mostly demolished in 1968, replaced by Nickajack Dam
* Herb Parsons Dam — Herb Parsons Lake; on Mary's Creek
* J. Percy Priest Dam — Percy Priest Lake; on the Stones River; finished in 1968 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
* Lost Creek Dam; flood control dam with no permanent reservoir; on Lost Creek, tributary of the Beech River; finished in 1963 by the TVA
* Melton Hill Dam — Melton Hill Lake; on the Clinch River; finished in 1963 by the TVA
* Nickajack Dam — Nickajack Lake; on the Tennessee River; finished in 1967 by the TVA
* Nolichucky Dam — Davy Crockett Lake; on the Nolichucky River; finished in 1913 by the Tennessee Eastern Electric Co.; acquired by the TVA in 1945; taken out of service in 1972
* Normandy Dam — Normandy Reservoir; on the Duck River; finished in 1976 by the TVA
* Norris Dam — Norris Lake; on the Clinch River; finished in 1936 by the TVA
* Ocoee Dam No. 1 — Parksville Reservoir; on the Ocoee River; finished in 1911 by the Eastern Tennessee Power Co.; acquired by the TVA in 1939
* Ocoee Dam No. 2 — Ocoee Reservoir No. 2; on the Ocoee River; finished in 1913 by the Eastern Tennessee Power Co.; acquired by the TVA in 1939
* Ocoee Dam No. 3 — Ocoee Reservoir No. 3; on the Ocoee River; finished in 1942 by the TVA
* Old Hickory Lock and Dam — Old Hickory Lake; on the Cumberland River; finished in 1957 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
* Pickwick Landing Dam — Pickwick Lake; on the Tennessee River; finished in 1938 by the TVA
* Pin Oak Dam — Pin Oak Reservoir; on Browns Creek, tributary of the Beech River; finished in 1964 by the TVA
* Pine Dam — Pine Reservoir; on Piney Creek, tributary of the Beech River; finished in 1964 by the TVA
* Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant — Raccoon Mountain Reservoir; on McNabb Branch but discharges into the Tennessee River; finished in 1978 by the TVA
* Radnor Dam — Radnor Lake; on Otter Creek; built by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company in 1914, for watering steam locomotives and supplying water for shipped livestock
* Redbud Dam — Redbud Reservoir; on Dry Creek, tributary of the Beech River; finished in 1965 by the TVA
* South Holston Dam — South Holston Lake; on the South Fork Holston River; finished in 1950 by the TVA
* Sycamore Dam — Sycamore Reservoir; on Dry Branch, tributary of the Beech River; finished in 1965 by the TVA
* Tellico Dam — Tellico Lake; on the Little Tennessee River; finished in 1979 by the TVA
* Tims Ford Dam — Tims Ford Lake; on the Elk River; finished in 1970 by the TVA
* Watauga Dam — Watauga Lake; on the Watauga River; finished in 1948 by the TVA
* Watts Bar Dam — Watts Bar Lake; on the Tennessee River; finished in 1942 by the TVA
* Walterhill Dam — Walterhill Floodplain State Natural Area; on Stones River; finished in early 1900s.
* Wilbur Dam — Wilbur Lake (tennessee); on the Watauga River; finished in 1912 by the Watauga Power Co.; acquired by the TVA in 1945
* New Shoal Creek Dam; on Shoal Creek (Sycamore River), (Lawrence County, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee)

### Virginia

* Beaver Creek Dam – flood control dam with no permanent reservoir; on Beaver Creek; finished in 1965 by the TVA
* Bosher's Dam (also called Bosher Dam) – on the James River; first built in 1823
* Clear Creek Dam and Clear Creek Reservoir – on Clear Creek; finished in 1965 by the TVA
* Claytor Dam (hydroelectric) – on the New River; home of Claytor Lake State Park; between Dublin and Radford
* John H. Kerr Dam and John H. Kerr Lake – on the Roanoke River; built by USACE; reservoir covers parts of Virginia/North Carolina border
* Lake of The Woods Dam – near Fredericksburg
* Lake of the Woods Dam Number Two – near Fredericksburg
* Leesville Dam – on the Roanoke River; operated by Appalachian Power as part of the Smith Mountain pumped storage project
* Little River Dam (hydroelectric) – on the Little River; owned by the city of Radford
* Martinsville Dam – on the Smith River
* Martinsville Fish Dam – NRHP landmark on the Smith River
* Niagara Dam (hydroelectric) – on the Roanoke River near Vinton, Virginia; built in 1904
* Philpott Lake – near Roanoke
* Smith Mountain Dam (hydroelectric) and Smith Mountain Lake – on the Roanoke River; operated by Appalachian Power (American Electric Power)
* Walker's Dam – on the Chickahominy River; forms Chickahominy Lake; operated by Newport News Waterworks

### Washington

* Blue Gulch Reservoir Dam
* Bonneville Dam – Lake Bonneville (between Washington and Oregon)
* Boundary Dam – Pend Oreille River
* Box Canyon Dam – Pend Oreille River
* Casad Dam – Union River
* Chief Joseph Dam – Rufus Woods Lake
* Culmback Dam – Spada Lake, Jackson Hydro Project
* Dry Falls Dam – Banks Lake
* Diablo Dam and Diablo Lake – Skagit River, Seattle City Light
* Gorge Dam – Skagit River, Seattle City Light
* Grand Coulee Dam, largest hydroelectricity plant in the U.S. – Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake
* Howard A. Hanson Dam – Green River, Howard A. Hanson Reservoir
* Ice Harbor Lock and Dam, Lake Sacajawea, lower Snake River
* John Day Dam – Lake Umatilla (between Washington and Oregon)
* Lake Lawrence Dam – Lake Lawrence
* Little Goose Lock and Dam, Lake Bryan, lower Snake River
* Lower Granite Lock and Dam, Lower Granite Lake, lower Snake River
* Lower Monumental Lock and Dam, Lake Herbert G. West, lower Snake River
* Masonry Dam, Chester Morse Lake, Cedar River
* McNary Dam – Lake Wallula (between Washington and Oregon)
* Merwin Dam – Lake Merwin
* Mossyrock Dam – Riffe Lake
* Priest Rapids Dam – Priest Rapids Lake
* Rock Island Dam – Rock Island Pool
* Rocky Reach Dam – Lake Entiat
* Ross Dam and Ross Lake – Skagit River, Seattle City Light
* Roza Dam – Yakima River
* Swift Dam – Swift Reservoir
* The Dalles Dam – Lake Celilo (between Washington and Oregon)
* Tieton Dam – Rimrock Lake
* Wanapum Dam – Lake Wanapum
* Wells Dam – Lake Pateros
* Wynoochee Dam – Lake Wynoochee
* Yale Dam – Yale Lake

### Wyoming
## Other areas
### District of Columbia

* Dalecarlia Reservoir
* Georgetown Reservoir
* McMillan Reservoir