Flood Risk Reduction Dams

17,618 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
White Sand - Greens Creek Str 11e Dam Jefferson Davis	High Hazard	43 ft	1991	Earth	Mississippi
White Tanks #3 Maricopa	High Hazard	26 ft	1956	Earth	Arizona
White Tanks #4 Maricopa	High Hazard	14 ft	1956	Earth	Arizona
White Trout Water Conservation Structure Hillsborough	Significant Hazard	17 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Whitford Ridge Detention Basin Chester	Significant Hazard	13 ft	1992	Earth	Pennsylvania
Whiting Washington	Low Hazard	21 ft	1927	Concrete	Maine
Whiting River Flood Control Dam Litchfield	High Hazard	80 ft	1968	Earth	Connecticut
Whitledge No 1 Beckham	Low Hazard	18 ft	1965	Earth	Oklahoma
Whitley Lake Dam Greene	High Hazard	—	1962	Earth	North Carolina
Whitlow Ranch Dam Pinal	High Hazard	149 ft	1959	Earth	Arizona
Whitman Dam Nelson	Significant Hazard	49 ft	1965	Earth	North Dakota
Whitmans Pond Dam Norfolk	High Hazard	15 ft	1970	Concrete	Massachusetts
Whitney Aroostook	Low Hazard	28 ft	1967	Earth	Maine
Whitney Dam Hill	High Hazard	159 ft	1951	Earth	Texas
Whitney Dam - Kopperl Levee Bosque	High Hazard	159 ft	1951	Earth	Texas
Whitney Flood Control Site #1 Dam Tolland	High Hazard	52 ft	1962	Earth	Connecticut
Whitney Point Dam Broome	High Hazard	95 ft	1942	Earth	New York
Whittenburg East Dam Hutchinson	Low Hazard	27 ft	—	Earth	Texas
Whittenburg West Dam Hutchinson	Low Hazard	20 ft	—	Earth	Texas
Whittier Narrows Dam Los Angeles	High Hazard	56 ft	1957	Earth	California
Whittington Morgan	Low Hazard	17 ft	1953	Earth	Colorado
Whitt Lake Dam Mercer	Low Hazard	30 ft	1973	Earth	Missouri
Wichelt Dam Dawson	Low Hazard	20 ft	1960	Earth	Nebraska
Wickstrom Morgan	Low Hazard	14 ft	1957	Earth	Colorado
Wide Canyon Riverside	High Hazard	84 ft	1968	Earth	California
Wiebers and Ohrt Dam Washington	Low Hazard	35 ft	1980	Earth	Nebraska
Wiedel Dam Thayer	Low Hazard	21 ft	1970	Earth	Nebraska
Wiedel Dam 8672 Thayer	Low Hazard	20 ft	1950	Earth	Nebraska
Wilber Dam 1 Saline	High Hazard	22 ft	1975	Earth	Nebraska
Wilber Watershed Dam Saline	High Hazard	28 ft	2013	Earth	Nebraska
Wilbur Dam Carter	High Hazard	47 ft	1912	Concrete	Tennessee
Wildcat Creek Dam Harper	Low Hazard	37 ft	1974	Earth	Kansas
Wildewood Community Dam St. Mary's	Low Hazard	30 ft	1989	Earth	Maryland
Wildewood Pond Dam 2 Richland	High Hazard	22 ft	1963	—	South Carolina
Wild Horse Elko	High Hazard	101 ft	1969	Concrete	Nevada
Wildhorse 14-A Morrill	High Hazard	45 ft	1968	Earth	Nebraska
Wildhorse 5-A Morrill	High Hazard	42 ft	1965	Earth	Nebraska
Wildhorse 9-A Morrill	Low Hazard	54 ft	1959	Earth	Nebraska
Wildhorse Creek Forest Dam St. Louis	Significant Hazard	60 ft	1989	Earth	Missouri
Wildhorse Creek Parkway Dam St. Louis	High Hazard	41 ft	1989	Earth	Missouri
Wilding, David P. Wasatch	Significant Hazard	—	—	Earth	Utah
Wildlake Dam Bexar	High Hazard	40 ft	—	Earth	Texas
Wild Rice Creek No. 2 Marshall	Low Hazard	40 ft	1960	Earth	South Dakota
Wild Rice Creek No. 3 Marshall	Low Hazard	66 ft	1961	Earth	South Dakota
Wild Rice Creek No. 5 Marshall	Low Hazard	35 ft	1961	Earth	South Dakota
Wild Rice Creek No. 7 Marshall	Low Hazard	36 ft	1960	Earth	South Dakota
Wild Rice River (Heiberg) Norman	Low Hazard	18 ft	1875	Gravity	Minnesota
Wildwood Lake Dauphin	Low Hazard	14 ft	1908	Earth	Pennsylvania
Wilke Bros Farms Dam Phelps	Low Hazard	20 ft	1960	Earth	Nebraska
Wilkins Lake Dam Burleson	Low Hazard	20 ft	1965	Earth	Texas