List of dams and reservoirs in Pennsylvania

Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Pennsylvania.

All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 ft tall with a storage capacity of at least 5000 acre.ft, or of any height with a storage capacity of 25000 acre.ft.

Dams and reservoirs in Pennsylvania







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 * Adam T. Bower Memorial Dam, Lake Augusta, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 * Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 2, USACE
 * Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 3, USACE
 * Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 4, USACE
 * Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 5, USACE
 * Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 6, USACE
 * Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 7, USACE
 * Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 8, USACE
 * Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 9, USACE
 * Alvin R. Bush Dam, USACE
 * Austin Dam (Bayliss Dam), unnamed reservoir, privately owned (failed 1911)
 * Beaver Run Dam, Beaver Run Reservoir, Municipal Authority Of Westmoreland County
 * Beltzville Dam, Beltzville Lake, USACE
 * Braddock Locks & Dam, Monongahela River, USACE
 * Brandonville Pumping Station Dam, NDS ID Number PA-661 Susquehanna River Basin, Davis Run, Schuylkill County
 * Charleroi Locks & Dam, Monongahela River, USACE
 * Conemaugh Dam, Conemaugh River Lake, USACE
 * Crooked Creek Dam, Crooked Creek Lake, United States Army Corps of Engineers
 * Curwensville Dam, Curwensville Lake, USACE
 * Dashields Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE
 * Davis Island Lock and Dam Site, Ohio River, USACE (abandoned)
 * DeHart Dam, Dehart Reservoir, City of Harrisburg
 * Dock Street Dam, on the Susquehanna River, City of Harrisburg
 * East Branch Clarion River Lake, USACE
 * Elizabeth Locks & Dam, Monongahela River, USACE
 * Emsworth Locks and Dams, Ohio River, USACE
 * Francis E. Walter Dam, Francis E. Walter Reservoir, USACE
 * George B. Stevenson Dam, USACE
 * Grays Landing Lock & Dam, Monongahela River, USACE
 * H. A. Stewart Dam, Latrobe Reservoir, City of Latrobe
 * Holtwood Dam, Lake Aldred, Pennsylvania Power and Light
 * Kinzua Dam, Allegheny Reservoir, USACE
 * Lake Arthur Dam, Lake Arthur, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 * Laurel Creek Dam, Municipal Authority of the Borough of Lewistown
 * Laurel Run Dam, Laurel Run Reservoir, Johnstown Water Authority (failed)
 * Letterkenny Dam, Letterkenny Reservoir on the Conodoguinet Creek, Letterkenny Industrial Development Authority and Franklin County General Authority
 * Mahoning Creek Dam, Mahoning Creek Lake, USACE
 * Maxwell Lock & Dam, Monongahela River, USACE
 * Meadow Run Dam in Bear Creek, privately owned
 * Meadow Grounds Dam, Meadow Grounds Lake, Pennsylvania Game Commission
 * Montgomery Island Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE
 * Mountain Lake Dam in Bear Creek, privately owned
 * Nockamixon Dam, Lake Nockamixon, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 * Point Marion Lock and Dam, unnamed reservoir on the Monongahela River, USACE
 * Quemahoning Dam, Quemahoning Reservoir, Cambria Somerset Authority
 * Raystown Dam, Raystown Lake, USACE
 * Rocky Glen Dam in Moosic, former amusement park now privately owned (Dam lowered by request of DEP-Division of Dam Services)
 * Safe Harbor Dam, Lake Clarke, Safe Harbor Water Power Corporation
 * Segriest Dam, Lebanon Reservoir, City of Lebanon
 * Shenango Dam, Shenango River Lake, USACE
 * South Fork Dam, failed in 1889 causing the Johnstown Flood, privately owned
 * Tionesta Dam, Tionesta Lake, USACE
 * Wallenpaupack Dam, Lake Wallenpaupack, Talen Energy
 * Warrior Ridge Dam and Hydroelectric Plant, unnamed reservoir, privately owned
 * Wrightsville Dam, unnamed reservoir (demolished)
 * Yellow Creek Dam, Yellow Creek Lake
 * York Haven Dam, Lake Fredrick reservoir on the Susquehanna River, Cube Hydro Partners
 * Youghiogheny Dam, Youghiogheny River Lake, USACE