Flood Risk Reduction Dams

17,618 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Buckley Creek 3-C Jefferson	Significant Hazard	35 ft	1966	Earth	Nebraska
Buckley Creek 3-D Jefferson	Low Hazard	34 ft	1963	Earth	Nebraska
Buckley Creek 3-F Jefferson	Low Hazard	36 ft	1971	Earth	Nebraska
Buckley Creek 4-A Jefferson	Significant Hazard	30 ft	1971	Earth	Nebraska
Buckley Creek 4-B Jefferson	Significant Hazard	40 ft	1962	Earth	Nebraska
Buck Retention Basin Dam Rowan	Significant Hazard	—	2019	Earth	North Carolina
Budde & Brown Company Detention Dam Brown	Low Hazard	18 ft	1968	Earth	Nebraska
Buechel Basin #3 Jefferson	Significant Hazard	10 ft	2015	Earth	Kentucky
Buehler Detention Dodge	Low Hazard	17 ft	1965	Earth	Minnesota
Buescher Dam 3992 Nuckolls	Low Hazard	18 ft	1960	Earth	Nebraska
Buesgens Pond Carver	Low Hazard	11 ft	1978	Earth	Minnesota
Buffalo Bill Dam DeKalb	High Hazard	41 ft	1990	Earth	Missouri
Buffalo City Dam Otoe	Low Hazard	44 ft	1978	Earth	Nebraska
Buffalo Creek B-1 Dawson	Significant Hazard	62 ft	1982	Earth	Nebraska
Buffalo Creek B-3 Dawson	Significant Hazard	44 ft	1980	Earth	Nebraska
Buffalo Creek C-5 Dawson	Low Hazard	29 ft	1976	Earth	Nebraska
Buffalo Creek Dam Cedar	Low Hazard	36 ft	1995	Earth	Nebraska
Buffalo Creek Dam Lake	High Hazard	27 ft	1983	Earth	Illinois
Buffalo Creek Dam # 1 Prince Edward	Significant Hazard	36 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Buffalo Creek Dam # 2 Prince Edward	Low Hazard	35 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Buffalo Creek Dam # 3 Prince Edward	Significant Hazard	51 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Buffalo Creek Dam # 4 Prince Edward	High Hazard	46 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Buffalo Creek Dam # 5 Prince Edward	Significant Hazard	37 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Buffalo Creek Dam # 6 Prince Edward	Significant Hazard	38 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Buffalo Creek Dam # 7 Prince Edward	Significant Hazard	36 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Buffalo Creek Dam # 8 Prince Edward	Significant Hazard	38 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Buffalo Creek Dam # 9 Prince Edward	Significant Hazard	41 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Buffalo Creek F-1 Dawson	Low Hazard	20 ft	1978	Earth	Nebraska
Buffalo Creek Gs-10 Sarpy	Low Hazard	26 ft	1981	Earth	Nebraska
Buffalo Creek Gs-14 Sarpy	Low Hazard	32 ft	1982	Earth	Nebraska
Buffalo Creek Gs-16 Sarpy	Low Hazard	28 ft	1987	Earth	Nebraska
Buffalo Creek Gs-17a Sarpy	Low Hazard	35 ft	1987	Earth	Nebraska
Buffalo Creek Gs-19 Sarpy	Low Hazard	35 ft	1990	Earth	Nebraska
Buffalo Creek Gs-22 Sarpy	Low Hazard	34 ft	1991	Earth	Nebraska
Buffalo Creek Gs-7 Sarpy	Low Hazard	30 ft	1990	Earth	Nebraska
Buffalo-French Creek F-5 Dawson	Low Hazard	27 ft	1984	Earth	Nebraska
Buffalo-Red Project No. 13 Clay	Low Hazard	15 ft	1989	Earth	Minnesota
Buffalo-Red Project No. 5 Clay	Low Hazard	12 ft	1983	Earth	Minnesota
Buffalo-Red Project No. 8 Clay	Low Hazard	8 ft	1987	Earth	Minnesota
Buffalo River Dam # 2 Amherst	High Hazard	71 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Buffalo River Dam # 3 Amherst	High Hazard	60 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Buffalo Trace Lake Dam Harrison	Significant Hazard	15 ft	1971	Earth	Indiana
Buffumville Dam Worcester	High Hazard	15 ft	1958	Gravity	Massachusetts
Buford Dam Gwinnett	High Hazard	—	1958	Earth	Georgia
Bugbee Flood Control Dam Hartford	High Hazard	20 ft	1969	Earth	Connecticut
Bugs Detention Dam Valley	Low Hazard	—	1977	Gravity	Montana
Bulgrin York County Dam York	Low Hazard	32 ft	1979	Earth	Nebraska
Bullard Creek F.R.S. ( Lake) Lake	High Hazard	35 ft	—	Concrete	Oregon
Bullard Creek No. 1 Goodhue	Low Hazard	38 ft	1978	Earth	Minnesota
Bullard Creek No. 2 Goodhue	Significant Hazard	38 ft	1977	Earth	Minnesota