Debris Control Dams
1,275 dams in the US serve this purpose.
| Dam Name | Hazard | Height | Built | Type | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Creek 210 Caddo | Low Hazard | 33 ft | 1976 | Earth | Oklahoma |
| Sunrise Dam El Paso | High Hazard | 60 ft | 1974 | Earth | Texas |
| Swansgate Dam #1 Davidson | High Hazard | — | 1983 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Sweitzer Lake Dam Audrain | Low Hazard | 20 ft | 1975 | Earth | Missouri |
| Sybert Lake Dam-Lower Andrew | Low Hazard | 26 ft | 1968 | Earth | Missouri |
| Sybert Lake Dam-Upper Andrew | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1964 | Earth | Missouri |
| Tabo Creek E-39 Lafayette | Low Hazard | 40 ft | 1964 | Earth | Missouri |
| Tahchevah Riverside | High Hazard | 42 ft | 1964 | Earth | California |
| Tahquitz Creek Debris Riverside | High Hazard | 32 ft | 1991 | Earth | California |
| Tailing Storage Facility 3 Dam Elko | Low Hazard | 69 ft | 2012 | Earth | Nevada |
| Tanglewood Forest Hoa Dam Forsyth | High Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Tatum Reservoir Delta | Low Hazard | — | 1959 | Gravity | Colorado |
| Taylor Dam Adair | Low Hazard | 34 ft | 1972 | Earth | Missouri |
| Taylor Lake Dam-South Harrison | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1965 | Earth | Missouri |
| Ten Mile Creek WS SCS Site 9 Dam Ellis | Low Hazard | 24 ft | 1960 | Earth | Texas |
| Tepe Gss Hemphill | Low Hazard | 22 ft | 1977 | Earth | Texas |
| Terry Lake Dam Brazos | Significant Hazard | 18 ft | 2004 | Earth | Texas |
| Tex Harmon Dam Spartanburg | Low Hazard | 27 ft | 1992 | — | South Carolina |
| Thomas Lake Dam Gentry | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1974 | Earth | Missouri |
| Three Forks Dam Natrona | Low Hazard | — | 1954 | Gravity | Wyoming |
| Trager Lake Dam East Livingston | High Hazard | 18 ft | 1955 | Earth | Missouri |
| Tributary To South Ellerbe Creek Dam Durham | Significant Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Trickey Lake Dam Buchanan | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1976 | Earth | Missouri |
| Trophy Lake Dam Henderson | High Hazard | 27 ft | — | Earth | Texas |
| Tuggle's Dam Lt-93 Harrison | Low Hazard | 27 ft | 1972 | Earth | Missouri |
| Turkey Farm Lake Dam Boone | High Hazard | 20 ft | 1957 | Earth | Missouri |
| Twin Parks 10 Iowa | Low Hazard | 32 ft | 1966 | Earth | Wisconsin |
| Twin Parks 12 Iowa | Low Hazard | 37 ft | 1968 | Earth | Wisconsin |
| Twin Parks 3 Iowa | Low Hazard | 33 ft | 1965 | Earth | Wisconsin |
| Twin Parks 4 Iowa | Low Hazard | 31 ft | 1965 | Earth | Wisconsin |
| Twin Parks 6 Iowa | Low Hazard | 26 ft | 1968 | Earth | Wisconsin |
| Twin Parks 8 Iowa | Low Hazard | 33 ft | 1963 | Earth | Wisconsin |
| Twin Parks 9 Iowa | Low Hazard | 33 ft | 1963 | Earth | Wisconsin |
| Tx Diversion Dam No 3 Cibola | Low Hazard | — | 1969 | Gravity | New Mexico |
| Udall Apache | Low Hazard | 24 ft | 1910 | Earth | Arizona |
| Uhlmeyer Lake Dam Lewis | Low Hazard | 25 ft | — | Earth | Missouri |
| Union Grove Silt Containment Dam Tama | Low Hazard | 17 ft | 1990 | Earth | Iowa |
| Unionville Old City Lake Dam Putnam | High Hazard | 28 ft | 1914 | Earth | Missouri |
| Unit 3 Ash and Clear Water Lincoln | Low Hazard | 61 ft | 1994 | Earth | Wyoming |
| Units 1 and 2 Ash and Clear Water Lincoln | Low Hazard | 71 ft | 1994 | Earth | Wyoming |
| Univ of Mo-R1 Dam Boone | High Hazard | 18 ft | 1959 | Earth | Missouri |
| Upper Gila Valley Site No. 10 Dam Grant | High Hazard | 47 ft | 1963 | Earth | New Mexico |
| Upper Gila Valley Site No. 11 Dam Grant | High Hazard | 31 ft | 1963 | Earth | New Mexico |
| Upper Gila Valley Site No. 12 Dam Grant | High Hazard | 30 ft | 1963 | Earth | New Mexico |
| Upper Gila Valley Site No. 1 Dam Grant | High Hazard | 26 ft | 1962 | Earth | New Mexico |
| Upper Gila Valley Site No. 3 Dam Grant | High Hazard | 27 ft | 1962 | Earth | New Mexico |
| Upper Gila Valley Site No. 4 Dam Grant | High Hazard | 31 ft | 1962 | Earth | New Mexico |
| Upper Gila Valley Site No. 6 Dam Grant | High Hazard | 32 ft | 1963 | Earth | New Mexico |
| Upper Gila Valley Site No. 7 Dam Grant | High Hazard | 33 ft | 1962 | Earth | New Mexico |
| Upper Gila Valley Site No. 8 Dam Grant | High Hazard | 30 ft | 1963 | Earth | New Mexico |