Debris Control Dams
1,275 dams in the US serve this purpose.
| Dam Name | Hazard | Height | Built | Type | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badger Lake Dredge Spoil Dam Webster | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1996 | Earth | Iowa |
| Bailey Debris Basin Los Angeles | High Hazard | 43 ft | 1954 | Earth | California |
| Bair Lake Dam St. Charles | High Hazard | 32 ft | 1971 | Earth | Missouri |
| Baker Quarry Fresh Water Pond Dam Union | High Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Ballew Gsd No 21 Brown | Low Hazard | 25 ft | — | Earth | Kansas |
| Ballinger City Lake Dam Runnels | High Hazard | 30 ft | 1947 | Earth | Texas |
| Barker-Hutton State 13-7-56-83 Sheridan | Low Hazard | 17 ft | 2009 | Earth | Wyoming |
| Bates Dam Davidson | Low Hazard | — | 1982 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Baugher Dam Harrison | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1975 | Earth | Missouri |
| Bay City 1 Pierce | Low Hazard | 42 ft | 1965 | Earth | Wisconsin |
| Bear Dam Natrona | Low Hazard | — | 1970 | Gravity | Wyoming |
| Becker Pond Dam Marlboro | High Hazard | 12 ft | 1950 | — | South Carolina |
| Bellevue Detention Pond 133 King | Low Hazard | — | 1983 | Earth | Washington |
| Bellevue Detention Pond 165 King | Low Hazard | — | 1983 | Earth | Washington |
| Bellevue Detention Pond 197 King | Low Hazard | — | 1983 | Earth | Washington |
| Bevill Dam Marion | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1967 | Earth | Missouri |
| Big Basin Pulaski | Low Hazard | 33 ft | 1970 | Earth | Missouri |
| Big Chief Dam Natrona | Low Hazard | — | 1964 | Gravity | Wyoming |
| Big Dalton Debris Basin Los Angeles | High Hazard | 59 ft | 1960 | Earth | California |
| Big Island Dam Sandoval | Low Hazard | — | — | Gravity | New Mexico |
| Big Pike Dam Natrona | Low Hazard | — | 1965 | Gravity | Wyoming |
| Big Sandy Creek WS SCS Site 10 Dam Montague | High Hazard | 42 ft | 1957 | Earth | Texas |
| Big Sandy Creek WS SCS Site 11 Dam Montague | Low Hazard | 27 ft | 1957 | Earth | Texas |
| Big Sandy Creek WS SCS Site 12 Dam Montague | Low Hazard | 35 ft | 1958 | Earth | Texas |
| Big Sandy Creek WS SCS Site 13a Dam Montague | Low Hazard | 38 ft | 1980 | Earth | Texas |
| Big Sandy Creek WS SCS Site 13c Dam Montague | Low Hazard | 34 ft | 1980 | Earth | Texas |
| Big Sandy Creek WS SCS Site 13 Dam Montague | Low Hazard | 40 ft | 1958 | Earth | Texas |
| Big Sandy Creek WS SCS Site 18 Dam Montague | Low Hazard | 30 ft | 1967 | Earth | Texas |
| Big Sandy Creek WS SCS Site 20 Dam Montague | Low Hazard | 35 ft | 1967 | Earth | Texas |
| Big Sandy Creek WS SCS Site 22b Dam Montague | High Hazard | 24 ft | 1982 | Earth | Texas |
| Big Sandy Creek WS SCS Site 5b Dam Montague | Low Hazard | 29 ft | 1966 | Earth | Texas |
| Big Sandy Creek WS SCS Site 6 Dam Montague | Significant Hazard | 34 ft | 1971 | Earth | Texas |
| Bill Leavitt Reservoir Big Horn | Low Hazard | — | — | Gravity | Wyoming |
| Blackhawk-Kickapoo Project Crawford | Significant Hazard | 45 ft | 1974 | Earth | Wisconsin |
| Black Horse Dam Linn | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1974 | Rockfill | Missouri |
| Blakely-Trompeter Gsd No 70 Brown | Low Hazard | 33 ft | — | Earth | Kansas |
| Blanchard Debris Basin Los Angeles | High Hazard | 50 ft | 1966 | Earth | California |
| Bob Edwards Dam Oconee | High Hazard | 37 ft | 1992 | — | South Carolina |
| Bogus Creek 1 Pepin | Low Hazard | 44 ft | 1963 | Earth | Wisconsin |
| Bogus Creek 2 Pepin | Significant Hazard | 41 ft | 1963 | Earth | Wisconsin |
| Bowell Dam Dickinson | Low Hazard | 19 ft | 1970 | Earth | Kansas |
| Bradfield Divers. & Dete Jackson | Low Hazard | 40 ft | 1962 | Earth | South Dakota |
| Brand Debris Basin Los Angeles | High Hazard | 45 ft | 1965 | Earth | California |
| Bremo Power Station Dam Fluvanna | High Hazard | 102 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Brewer Gold Company Dam 1 Chesterfield | Low Hazard | 44 ft | 1987 | — | South Carolina |
| Bridge Dam Natrona | Low Hazard | — | 1957 | Gravity | Wyoming |
| Brinkley Ridge Dam #1 (Bmp 4) Cleveland | Significant Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Brinkley Ridge Dam #2 (Bmp 2) Cleveland | Significant Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Brinkley Ridge Dam #3 (Bmp 5) Cleveland | Significant Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Broady Lake Dam Atchison | Low Hazard | 39 ft | 1967 | Earth | Missouri |