List of dams and reservoirs in West Virginia

Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in West Virginia.

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 West Virginia



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 * Beech Fork Dam, Beech Fork Lake, United States Army Corps of Engineers
 * Belleville Locks and Dam, on the Ohio River, USACE (on the Ohio border)
 * Bluestone Dam, Bluestone Lake, USACE
 * Brushy Fork Coal Impoundment
 * Burnsville Dam, Burnsville Lake, USACE
 * Cumberland Dam, unnamed reservoir on the Potomac River, privately owned (on Maryland border)
 * East Lynn Dam, East Lynn Lake, USACE
 * Hannibal Locks and Dam, on the Ohio River, USACE (on the Ohio border)
 * Hildebrand Lock and Dam, on the Monongahela River, USACE
 * Jennings Randolph Dam, Jennings Randolph Lake, USACE (on the Maryland border)
 * Little Beaver Dam, Little Beaver Lake, West Virginia Division of Commerce
 * London Locks and Dam, on the Kanawha River, USACE
 * Marmet Locks and Dam, on the Kanawha River, USACE
 * Morgantown Lock and Dam, on the Monongahela River, USACE
 * New Cumberland Locks and Dam, on the Ohio River, USACE (on the Ohio border)
 * Opekiska Lock and Dam, on the Monongahela River, USACE
 * Pike Island Locks and Dam, on the Ohio River, USACE (on the Ohio border)
 * Power Plant and Dam No. 4, unnamed reservoir on the Potomac River, privately owned (on Maryland border)
 * Power Plant and Dam No. 5, unnamed reservoir on the Potomac River, privately owned (on Maryland border)
 * R. D. Bailey Dam, R. D. Bailey Lake, USACE
 * Racine Locks and Dam, on the Ohio River, USACE (on the Ohio border)
 * Robert C. Byrd Lock and Dam, on the Ohio River, USACE (on the Ohio border)
 * Stonewall Jackson Dam, Stonewall Jackson Lake, USACE
 * Summersville Dam, Summersville Lake, USACE
 * Sutton Dam, Sutton Lake, USACE
 * Tygart River Reservoir Dam, Tygart River Reservoir, USACE
 * Wells Lock and Dam, on the Little Kanawha River, USACE (closed)
 * Willow Island Locks and Dam, on the Ohio River, USACE (on the Ohio border)
 * Winfield Locks and Dam, on the Kanawha River, USACE