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 600000 mi of river or about 17% of rivers in the nation.

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 Waiyah 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 – 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

District of Columbia

 * Dalecarlia Reservoir
 * Georgetown Reservoir
 * McMillan Reservoir