Flood Risk Reduction Dams

17,618 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Weber Creek Subwatershed Site M-18555 Woodbury	Low Hazard	28 ft	1956	Earth	Iowa
Weber Creek Subwatershed Site M-5276 Woodbury	Low Hazard	33 ft	1955	Earth	Iowa
Weber Creek Subwatershed Site M-9000 Woodbury	Low Hazard	29 ft	1955	Earth	Iowa
Weber Dam Holt	Low Hazard	24 ft	1975	Earth	Nebraska
Weber Dam 1 Saline	Low Hazard	14 ft	1971	Earth	Nebraska
Webster Rooks	High Hazard	154 ft	1955	Earth	Kansas
Websters Mill York	Low Hazard	16 ft	1900	Concrete	Maine
Weeping Water Creek 15-B Cass	Significant Hazard	33 ft	1992	Earth	Nebraska
Weeping Water Creek 15-G Cass	Low Hazard	36 ft	1992	Earth	Nebraska
Weeping Water Creek 15-I Cass	Significant Hazard	27 ft	1995	Earth	Nebraska
Weeping Water Creek 17-D Cass	Significant Hazard	41 ft	1995	Earth	Nebraska
Weeping Water Creek 17-L Cass	Significant Hazard	35 ft	1995	Earth	Nebraska
Weeping Water Creek 19-C Cass	Significant Hazard	33 ft	1995	Earth	Nebraska
Weeping Water Creek 21-A Cass	Significant Hazard	27 ft	1997	Earth	Nebraska
Weeping Water Creek 2-A Cass	Significant Hazard	35 ft	1995	Earth	Nebraska
Weeping Water Creek 2-I Cass	Significant Hazard	26 ft	1996	Earth	Nebraska
Weeping Water Creek 4-F Cass	Significant Hazard	31 ft	1994	Earth	Nebraska
Weeping Water Creek 4-J Cass	Low Hazard	36 ft	1994	Earth	Nebraska
Weeping Water Creek 5-H Cass	Significant Hazard	28 ft	1994	Earth	Nebraska
Weeping Water Creek 5-K Cass	Significant Hazard	34 ft	1994	Earth	Nebraska
Weeping Water Creek 6-B Cass	Low Hazard	28 ft	1997	Earth	Nebraska
Weeping Water Creek 6-G Cass	Significant Hazard	33 ft	1997	Earth	Nebraska
Weeping Water Creek 7-C Cass	Significant Hazard	36 ft	1997	Earth	Nebraska
Weeping Water Creek 7-F Cass	Low Hazard	32 ft	1999	Earth	Nebraska
Weeping Water Creek 8-A Cass	Low Hazard	44 ft	1999	Earth	Nebraska
Wehr Ahlschwede Road Dam Seward	Low Hazard	16 ft	1963	Earth	Nebraska
Wehrbein Dam Pawnee	Low Hazard	28 ft	2003	Earth	Nebraska
Wehrbein Dam 8691 Thayer	Low Hazard	19 ft	1950	Earth	Nebraska
Wehrspann Dam Sarpy	High Hazard	—	1983	Earth	Nebraska
Wehrspann Sediment Dam Sarpy	Significant Hazard	31 ft	2000	Earth	Nebraska
Weiler Dam Pembina	Significant Hazard	39 ft	1957	Earth	North Dakota
Weiss Road Dam York	Low Hazard	19 ft	1979	Earth	Nebraska
Wellington City Debris Basin Carbon	Significant Hazard	—	2010	Earth	Utah
Wellington Nap B-21 Lafayette	Low Hazard	47 ft	1970	Earth	Missouri
Wellington Nap B-23 Lafayette	Low Hazard	45 ft	1973	Earth	Missouri
Wellington Nap C-22 Lafayette	High Hazard	36 ft	1970	Earth	Missouri
Wellington Nap D-21a Lafayette	High Hazard	55 ft	1973	Earth	Missouri
Wellington Nap D-21b Lafayette	Low Hazard	43 ft	1973	Earth	Missouri
Wellington Nap Watrshed Site H-21 Dam Lafayette	Low Hazard	34 ft	1967	Earth	Missouri
Wellington-Nap Wtrshd B-22 Dam Lafayette	Low Hazard	38 ft	1973	Earth	Missouri
Wellington-Nap Wtrshd F-21 Dam Lafayette	High Hazard	39 ft	1967	Earth	Missouri
Wellington-Nap Wtrshd V-21 Dam Lafayette	Low Hazard	36 ft	1973	Earth	Missouri
Wellner-Hageman Brown	Low Hazard	21 ft	1993	—	Minnesota
Wells Branch Mills Pond Dam Travis	High Hazard	17 ft	1995	Earth	Texas
Wendell Johnson Dam Adams	Low Hazard	23 ft	1990	Earth	Nebraska
Wendland Dam Gosper	Low Hazard	23 ft	1960	Earth	Nebraska
Wendy Hill Upper Lake Dam Harrison	Low Hazard	23 ft	—	Earth	Mississippi
Wenger Subwatershed M 130+73 Woodbury	Low Hazard	30 ft	1965	Earth	Iowa
Wenger Subwatershed #M Sta 25+50 Woodbury	Low Hazard	32 ft	1965	Earth	Iowa
Wenger Subwatershed Sta 16+00 #5 Woodbury	Low Hazard	38 ft	1965	Earth	Iowa