Debris Control Dams
1,275 dams in the US serve this purpose.
| Dam Name | Hazard | Height | Built | Type | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gsd No B-45 (Gc 8) Atchison | Low Hazard | 29 ft | 1987 | Earth | Kansas |
| Gsd No B-61 (Gc 19) Atchison | Low Hazard | 26 ft | — | Earth | Kansas |
| Gsd No B-71 (Gc 10) Atchison | Low Hazard | 30 ft | — | Earth | Kansas |
| Gsd No B-7 (Gc 1-B) Atchison | Low Hazard | 27 ft | 1985 | Earth | Kansas |
| Gsd No C-126 (Elk 63) Jackson | Low Hazard | 33 ft | 1986 | Earth | Kansas |
| Gs No C-29(Elk-9) Jackson | Low Hazard | 28 ft | 1991 | Earth | Kansas |
| Hagewood Lake Dam Greene | High Hazard | 25 ft | 1970 | Earth | Missouri |
| Haines Canyon Debris Dam Los Angeles | High Hazard | 70 ft | 1938 | Earth | California |
| Hammel Lake Dam St. Charles | Low Hazard | 29 ft | 1969 | Earth | Missouri |
| Happy Hollow Lake Dam Platte | Low Hazard | 28 ft | 1963 | Earth | Missouri |
| Happy Valley Flood Prevention Maui | High Hazard | 16 ft | 1980 | Earth | Hawaii |
| Harcomo Lake Dam Harrison | Low Hazard | 20 ft | 1978 | Earth | Missouri |
| Harrison Power Station Sediment Pond Harrison | Significant Hazard | — | — | Earth | West Virginia |
| Harry L. Englebright Dam Yuba | High Hazard | 242 ft | 1941 | Arch | California |
| Haug Gsd 48 Brown | Low Hazard | 24 ft | — | Earth | Kansas |
| Hawkins Sediment Basin 4 Dam Mitchell | High Hazard | — | 2009 | Earth | North Carolina |
| H C Groendyke #2 Blaine | Low Hazard | 32 ft | 1974 | Earth | Oklahoma |
| Hein Lake Dam Grundy | Low Hazard | 29 ft | 1975 | Earth | Missouri |
| Henderson Lake Pike | Low Hazard | 22 ft | 1972 | Earth | Alabama |
| Hendley Lake Dam Stoddard | High Hazard | 14 ft | 1968 | Earth | Missouri |
| Hicks Canyon Retention Basin Orange | Low Hazard | 60 ft | 1997 | Earth | California |
| Hilton Lake Dam Carroll | Low Hazard | 27 ft | 1963 | Earth | Missouri |
| Hintz Lake Dam Harrison | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1974 | Earth | Missouri |
| Hole-N-Wall Detention Dam Mohave | Low Hazard | — | 1960 | Gravity | Arizona |
| Hollinger Debris Dam Lincoln | Low Hazard | 21 ft | 1962 | Earth | Nevada |
| Hoover Frankum E-20 Nodaway | Low Hazard | 48 ft | 1960 | Earth | Missouri |
| Hoover Frankum Watershed A-11 Dam Nodaway | Low Hazard | 34 ft | 1965 | Earth | Missouri |
| Houser Creek #1 Obion | Significant Hazard | — | 1965 | Earth | Tennessee |
| Hudson CO Dam Golden Valley | Unknown | 20 ft | 1957 | Earth | North Dakota |
| Hudson Lake Dam (Shallow) Perry | Low Hazard | 25 ft | — | Earth | Missouri |
| Hutsonville Fly Ash Pond Dam Crawford | Low Hazard | 20 ft | 1987 | Earth | Illinois |
| Indio Loco Detention Dam Socorro | Low Hazard | — | 1969 | Gravity | New Mexico |
| Ionine Creek Gully Plug #1 Grady | Low Hazard | 32 ft | 1961 | Earth | Oklahoma |
| Iowa Noname70 Harrison | Low Hazard | 31 ft | 1976 | Earth | Iowa |
| Iowa Noname97 Johnson | Low Hazard | 31 ft | 1991 | Earth | Iowa |
| Ivan Block Dam Abbeville | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1995 | — | South Carolina |
| Iverson Detention Dam Mohave | Low Hazard | — | 1959 | Gravity | Arizona |
| Jack Dam Natrona | Low Hazard | — | 1971 | Gravity | Wyoming |
| Jackson Wastewater Treatment Plant Teton | Low Hazard | 16 ft | 1980 | Earth | Wyoming |
| Jaeger Lake Dam Johnson | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1960 | Earth | Missouri |
| Jaynes Dam Ralls | Low Hazard | 30 ft | 1956 | Earth | Missouri |
| Jeffers Lake Dam Buchanan | Low Hazard | 30 ft | 1975 | Earth | Missouri |
| Jenny Lind Lake Dam Clark | Low Hazard | 28 ft | 1950 | — | Indiana |
| Jim Anderson Payne | Low Hazard | 26 ft | 1976 | Earth | Oklahoma |
| Jimmy Walker Putnam | Low Hazard | — | 1960 | Earth | Tennessee |
| Johnson Lake Dam Wayne | Low Hazard | 20 ft | 2002 | Earth | Illinois |
| Jonesboro Road Dam Harnett | Significant Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Jones Dam Buchanan | High Hazard | 25 ft | 1971 | Earth | Missouri |
| Josephine Aroostook | High Hazard | 31 ft | 1967 | Earth | Maine |
| K-7 Bourbon | Low Hazard | 20 ft | 2010 | Earth | Kansas |