Flood Risk Reduction Dams

17,618 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Walters Creek Watershed Site 24-2 Adams	Low Hazard	23 ft	1968	Earth	Iowa
Walters Creek Watershed Site 24-3 Adams	Low Hazard	27 ft	1968	Earth	Iowa
Walters Creek Watershed Site 24-4 Adams	Low Hazard	29 ft	1968	Earth	Iowa
Walters Creek Watershed Site 25-1 Adams	Low Hazard	37 ft	1967	Earth	Iowa
Walters Creek Watershed Site 26-1 Adams	Low Hazard	21 ft	1967	Earth	Iowa
Walters Creek Watershed Site 29-1 Adams	Low Hazard	25 ft	1969	Earth	Iowa
Walters Creek Watershed Site 29-3 Adams	Low Hazard	27 ft	1969	Earth	Iowa
Walters Creek Watershed Site 31-2 Adams	Low Hazard	24 ft	1969	Earth	Iowa
Walters Creek Watershed Site 33-1 Adams	Low Hazard	19 ft	1969	Earth	Iowa
Walters Creek Watershed Site 33-2 Adams	Low Hazard	20 ft	1969	Earth	Iowa
Walters Creek Watershed Site 39-1 Adams	Low Hazard	26 ft	1969	Earth	Iowa
Walters Creek Watershed Site 40-1 Adams	Low Hazard	22 ft	1969	Earth	Iowa
Walters Creek Watershed Site 4-2 Adams	Low Hazard	34 ft	1967	Earth	Iowa
Walters Creek Watershed Site 43-1 Adams	Low Hazard	33 ft	1967	Earth	Iowa
Walters Creek Watershed Site 44-1 Adams	Low Hazard	33 ft	1969	Earth	Iowa
Walters Creek Watershed Site 5-1 Adams	Low Hazard	25 ft	1967	Earth	Iowa
Walters Creek Watershed Site 5-2 Adams	Low Hazard	31 ft	1967	Earth	Iowa
Walters Creek Watershed Site D-15-2 Adams	Low Hazard	46 ft	1972	Earth	Iowa
Walters Creek Watershed Site D-23-2 Adams	Low Hazard	30 ft	1972	Earth	Iowa
Walther Carroll	Low Hazard	—	1995	Earth	Tennessee
Walther Dam Frontier	Low Hazard	19 ft	1971	Earth	Nebraska
Walton Det. #1 Las Animas	Low Hazard	32 ft	1964	Earth	Colorado
Wanapum Kittitas	High Hazard	93 ft	1965	Gravity	Washington
Wangen Pond Fillmore	Low Hazard	28 ft	1971	Earth	Minnesota
Wappapello Dam - Saddle Dike 1 Wayne	Significant Hazard	13 ft	1941	Earth	Missouri
Ward Co. Hwy Dept Dam McLean	Low Hazard	10 ft	1999	Earth	North Dakota
Ward Creek Alameda	High Hazard	71 ft	1963	Earth	California
Ward Lake Dam Burleson	Low Hazard	16 ft	1962	Earth	Texas
Ward Lake Dam Polk	High Hazard	80 ft	1946	Gravity	Arkansas
Warfield Range Dam (Hunters Way) Howard	Significant Hazard	20 ft	1980	Earth	Maryland
Warm Springs Dam Sonoma	High Hazard	319 ft	1983	Earth	California
Warm Springs No. 1 Morgan	High Hazard	39 ft	1957	Earth	West Virginia
Warm Springs No. 2 Morgan	High Hazard	36 ft	1956	Earth	West Virginia
Warm Springs No. 3 Morgan	High Hazard	48 ft	1955	Earth	West Virginia
Warm Springs No. 4 Morgan	High Hazard	41 ft	1961	Earth	West Virginia
Warm Springs No. 5 Morgan	High Hazard	37 ft	1956	Earth	West Virginia
Warm Springs No. 6 Morgan	High Hazard	28 ft	1958	Earth	West Virginia
Warm Springs No. 7 Morgan	High Hazard	36 ft	1958	Earth	West Virginia
Warm Springs No. 9 Morgan	High Hazard	32 ft	1956	Earth	West Virginia
Warner Draw Washington	High Hazard	—	1975	Earth	Utah
Warner Lake McIntosh	Significant Hazard	46 ft	1942	Earth	Oklahoma
Warren Afb, Bnsf Pond Laramie	Low Hazard	14 ft	2008	Earth	Wyoming
Warren Diversion Marshall	Significant Hazard	26 ft	2003	Buttress	Minnesota
Warren St Detention Blue Earth	Low Hazard	44 ft	1997	Earth	Minnesota
Warren Storage Marshall	Significant Hazard	26 ft	2002	Earth	Minnesota
Warren Twp Road Winona	Significant Hazard	21 ft	1975	Earth	Minnesota
Warrington Goodhue	Low Hazard	36 ft	1983	Earth	Minnesota
Warrington (Pa-611) Bucks	High Hazard	45 ft	1976	Earth	Pennsylvania
Warwick Meadows Dam Orange	Significant Hazard	25 ft	—	Earth	New York
Wasatch County Lake Creek Debris Basin Wasatch	High Hazard	—	1987	Earth	Utah