thumb|right|260px|The nearly 8100 major dams in the United States in 2006. The National Inventory of Dams defines a major dam as being tall with a storage capacity of at least , or of any height with a storage capacity of .

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 of river or about 17% of rivers in the nation.

By state

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

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  • 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
  • Ridges Basin Dam – Nighthorse Reservoir, built as part of the Animas-La Plata Water Project
  • 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
  • Lake Chamberlain
  • Leesville Dam – Salmon River
  • Maltby Lakes
  • Mansfield Hollow Dam – Mansfield Hollow Lake
  • Occum Dam
  • Saville Dam – Barkhamsted Reservoir
  • Samuel P. Senior Dam
  • Shepaug Dam - Lake Lillinonah
  • Stevenson Dam – Lake Zoar, on the Housatonic River
  • West Thompson Dam – Quinebaug River

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

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

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

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

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

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

Maine

Maryland

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

Michigan

Minnesota

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

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

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

New York

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

North Dakota

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

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

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
  • Santee Dam – Lake Marion

South Dakota

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)

Texas

Utah

Vermont

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)
  • Spring Hollow Reservoir – on the Roanoke River
  • 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

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Other areas

District of Columbia

  • Dalecarlia Reservoir
  • Georgetown Reservoir
  • McMillan Reservoir

Guam

Puerto Rico

See also

  • List of dam removals in the United States
  • List of canals in the United States
  • List of dams and reservoirs
  • List of lakes of the United States
  • List of rivers of the United States
  • List of tallest dams in the United States
  • List of United States Bureau of Reclamation dams
  • List of waterways
  • Interactive map of major dams in the United States

References