Flood Risk Reduction Dams

17,618 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
West Wolf Creek Subwatershed Site 34 Woodbury	Low Hazard	28 ft	1997	Earth	Iowa
West Wolf Creek Subwatershed Site 44-A Woodbury	Low Hazard	27 ft	1997	Earth	Iowa
Westwood Creek Dam DuPage	Low Hazard	16 ft	1996	Earth	Illinois
Wetlands At Kiley Ranch Dam Washoe	Significant Hazard	10 ft	—	Earth	Nevada
Weyerhaeuser Enumclaw Flood Control Dam King	High Hazard	—	1993	Other	Washington
Weyers Dam Cass	Low Hazard	22 ft	1979	Earth	Nebraska
W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 01 Van Buren	Low Hazard	46 ft	1964	Earth	Arkansas
W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 02 Conway	Low Hazard	43 ft	1964	Earth	Arkansas
W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 03 Van Buren	Low Hazard	70 ft	1965	Earth	Arkansas
W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 05 Van Buren	Low Hazard	66 ft	1963	Earth	Arkansas
W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 06 Conway	Low Hazard	65 ft	1963	Earth	Arkansas
W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 07 Conway	High Hazard	38 ft	1963	Earth	Arkansas
W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 08 Pope	High Hazard	60 ft	1964	Earth	Arkansas
W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 09 Pope	Low Hazard	65 ft	1965	Earth	Arkansas
W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 10 Pope	Low Hazard	53 ft	1964	Earth	Arkansas
W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 11 Pope	Significant Hazard	96 ft	1964	Earth	Arkansas
W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 12 Conway	Low Hazard	67 ft	1965	Earth	Arkansas
W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 15 Conway	Low Hazard	57 ft	1964	Earth	Arkansas
W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 16 Pope	Low Hazard	42 ft	1965	Earth	Arkansas
W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 17 Pope	Low Hazard	32 ft	1967	Earth	Arkansas
W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 18 Pope	Low Hazard	71 ft	1967	Earth	Arkansas
W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 19 Pope	Significant Hazard	54 ft	1965	Earth	Arkansas
W.G. Williams Dd No Ii Brown	Low Hazard	32 ft	—	—	Kansas
Wharton Boulevard Stormwater Chester	High Hazard	21 ft	1999	Earth	Pennsylvania
W H Austin Pond Dam DeSoto	Low Hazard	21 ft	1960	Earth	Mississippi
Wheaton Branch Storm Water Management Montgomery	High Hazard	27 ft	1979	Earth	Maryland
Wheaton Dam Davis	Low Hazard	27 ft	—	Earth	Iowa
Wheatstone Detention Basin Lebanon	Significant Hazard	8 ft	—	Earth	Pennsylvania
Wheeling Avenue Dam El Paso	High Hazard	11 ft	1934	Earth	Texas
Wheeling Creek #3 Marshall	High Hazard	85 ft	1995	Rockfill	West Virginia
Wheeling Creek No.18 Marshall	High Hazard	84 ft	1978	Earth	West Virginia
Wheeling Creek No.23 Marshall	High Hazard	90 ft	1978	Earth	West Virginia
Wheeling Creek No.25 Marshall	High Hazard	85 ft	1978	Earth	West Virginia
Wheeling Creek No. 7 Ohio	High Hazard	97 ft	1968	Earth	West Virginia
Whetstone Gulf Storage Dam Lewis	High Hazard	23 ft	1961	Earth	New York
Whipps Mill Rd Dry Dam Jefferson	High Hazard	21 ft	1999	Roller-Compacted Concrete	Kentucky
Whiskey Creek Johnston	Low Hazard	15 ft	1958	Earth	Oklahoma
Whiskey Hollow Watershed - Bell Site Louisa	Low Hazard	34 ft	1986	Earth	Iowa
Whiskey Hollow Watershed - Lewis Site Louisa	Low Hazard	33 ft	1986	Earth	Iowa
White Williamson	Significant Hazard	—	1976	Earth	Tennessee
White Hollow Dam Schuyler	Significant Hazard	34 ft	1936	Arch	New York
White Lake Dam Henry	Low Hazard	25 ft	1964	Earth	Missouri
Whiteledge No. 2 Beckham	Low Hazard	25 ft	1966	Earth	Oklahoma
White Oak Dam #1 Madison	Significant Hazard	64 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
White Oak Lake Dam Wake	High Hazard	—	—	Earth	North Carolina
White Pine Ditch Dam Cook	Significant Hazard	13 ft	1975	Earth	Illinois
White River Shale Retention Uintah	Low Hazard	—	1983	Earth	Utah
White Road Basin Pinal	Low Hazard	8 ft	1995	Earth	Arizona
White Rock Dam Traverse	High Hazard	20 ft	1941	Earth	Minnesota
White Sand Drive Disrict Stream A Dam Jefferson Davis	Low Hazard	45 ft	1991	Earth	Mississippi