page_title: List of dams and reservoirs in Kentucky
section_title: Dams and reservoirs in Kentucky
hierarchical_section_title: List of dams and reservoirs in Kentucky / Dams and reservoirs in Kentucky
caption_attribution_description: English: Lake Barkley Lock and Dam, impounding Lake Barkley on the Cumberland River near Grand Rivers, Kentucky, USA. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed and operates the lake and dam. View is upriver to the south.
context_page_description: Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Kentucky.
  All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre feet, or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre feet.
context_section_description: Barkley Dam, Lake Barkley, United States Army Corps of Engineers
  Barren River Lake Dam, Barren River Lake, USACE
  Buckhorn Lake Dam, Buckhorn Lake, USACE
  Cannelton Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (between Indiana and Kentucky)
  Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (between Ohio and Kentucky)
  Cave Run Lake Dam, Cave Run Lake, USACE
  portions of the Dale Hollow Reservoir, dammed in Tennessee, USACE
  Dewey Dam, Dewey Lake, USACE
  Dix Dam, Herrington Lake, Kentucky Utilities
  Fishtrap Dam, Fishtrap Lake, USACE
  Grayson Dam, Grayson Lake, USACE
  Green River Lake Dam, Green River Lake, USACE
  Greenup Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (between Ohio and Kentucky)
  John T. Myers Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (between Indiana and Kentucky)
  Kentucky Dam, Kentucky Lake, Tennessee Valley Authority
  Laurel River Dam, Laurel River Lake, USACE
  Markland Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (between Indiana and Kentucky)
  McAlpine Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (between Indiana and Kentucky)
  Newburgh Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (between Indiana and Kentucky)
  Nolin Lake Dam, Nolin River Lake, USACE
  Olmsted Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (under construction between Illinois and Kentucky)
  Paintsville Dam, Paintsville Lake, USACE
  Renfro Dam, Lake Linville, Commonwealth of Kentucky
  Rough River Lake Dam, Rough River Lake, USACE
  Smithland Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (between Illinois and Kentucky)
  Taylorsville Lake Dam, Taylorsville Lake, USACE
  Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland, USACE
  Wood Creek Lake Dam, Wood Creek Lake, Commonwealth of Kentucky
  Yatesville Dam, Yatesville Lake, USACE
caption: Lake Barkley Lock and Dam, impounding Lake Barkley
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