Flood Risk Reduction Dams

17,618 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Arcola Subwatershed Site 1-5084 Monona	Low Hazard	28 ft	1965	Earth	Iowa
Arcola Subwatershed Site 2-3090 Monona	Low Hazard	27 ft	1965	Earth	Iowa
Arcola Subwatershed Site B-3000 Monona	Low Hazard	34 ft	1965	Earth	Iowa
Arcola Subwatershed Site B-5350 Monona	Low Hazard	30 ft	1965	Earth	Iowa
Arcola Subwatershed Sta 44+80 Monona	Low Hazard	36 ft	1964	Earth	Iowa
Arc Redevelopment Swm Pond Dam Prince William	High Hazard	22 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Area 7 Section 4 Jefferson	Low Hazard	27 ft	1988	Earth	Arkansas
Arehart Dam Phelps	Low Hazard	28 ft	1995	Earth	Nebraska
Arkabutla Dam DeSoto	High Hazard	65 ft	1943	Earth	Mississippi
Arkema Dam #2 Marion	Low Hazard	27 ft	2005	Earth	Iowa
Arkport Dam Steuben	High Hazard	131 ft	1940	Earth	New York
Arlen Grotrian Dam Nemaha	Low Hazard	22 ft	2008	Earth	Nebraska
Arlington Detention Ramsey	Significant Hazard	10 ft	1989	Earth	Minnesota
Arlington Subwatershed Sta 26+80 #12 Plymouth	Low Hazard	30 ft	1965	Earth	Iowa
Arlington Subwatershed Sta 38+80 #11 Plymouth	Low Hazard	29 ft	1965	Earth	Iowa
Arlington Subwatershed Sta 51+00 #6 Woodbury	Low Hazard	29 ft	1965	Earth	Iowa
Arlington Subwtrshd Sta 27+02 #8 Woodbury	Low Hazard	31 ft	1965	Earth	Iowa
Arlington Subwtrshd Sta 29+60 #6 Woodbury	Low Hazard	33 ft	1965	Earth	Iowa
Arlington Subwtrshd Sta 62+50 #3 Woodbury	Low Hazard	27 ft	1965	Earth	Iowa
Arm Brook Pl-566 Flood Control Dam Hampden	High Hazard	58 ft	1963	Earth	Massachusetts
Armstrong Park Flood Control Reservoir Dam DuPage	High Hazard	22 ft	—	Earth	Illinois
Arnold Goshen	Low Hazard	33 ft	1968	Earth	Wyoming
Arnold-Armstrong Subwtrshd 64+00 #25 Monona	Low Hazard	27 ft	1961	Earth	Iowa
Arnold-Armstrong Subwtrshd Gully 23 Monona	Significant Hazard	36 ft	1961	Earth	Iowa
Arnold-Armstrong Subwtrshd Site 3a-3050 Monona	Low Hazard	34 ft	1963	Earth	Iowa
Arnold-Armstrong Subwtrshd Site M-14195 Monona	Low Hazard	29 ft	1963	Earth	Iowa
Arnold-Armstrong Subwtrshd Sta 127+05 Monona	Low Hazard	36 ft	1963	Earth	Iowa
Arnold-Armstrong Subwtrshd Sta 171+55 Monona	Low Hazard	36 ft	1963	Earth	Iowa
Arnold-Armstrong Subwtrshd Sta 190+78 Monona	Low Hazard	31 ft	1963	Earth	Iowa
Arnold-Armstrong Subwtrshd Sta 2+05 #3 Monona	Low Hazard	45 ft	1962	Earth	Iowa
Arnold-Armstrong Subwtrshd Sta 23+00 Monona	Low Hazard	35 ft	1963	Earth	Iowa
Arnold-Armstrong Subwtrshd Sta 243+48 Monona	Low Hazard	26 ft	1962	Earth	Iowa
Arnold-Armstrong Subwtrshd Sta27+80 #26 Monona	Low Hazard	44 ft	1961	Earth	Iowa
Arnold-Armstrong Subwtrshd Sta 62+89 #1 Monona	Low Hazard	20 ft	1962	Earth	Iowa
Arnold-Armstrong Subwtrshd Sta 69+48 Monona	Low Hazard	49 ft	1963	Earth	Iowa
Arnold-Armstrong Subwtrshd Sta 76+60 #3 Monona	Low Hazard	29 ft	1963	Earth	Iowa
Arnold-Armstrong Subwtrshd Sta 99+95 Monona	Low Hazard	24 ft	1963	Earth	Iowa
Arnold Brook Aroostook	Significant Hazard	21 ft	1971	Earth	Maine
Arnoname 288 Arkansas	Low Hazard	—	1950	Earth	Arkansas
Arrasmith Dam Buffalo	Low Hazard	22 ft	1960	Earth	Nebraska
Arrow Canyon Detention Dam Clark	High Hazard	—	1933	—	Nevada
Arrowhead Lakes Lower Dam Dent	High Hazard	27 ft	1973	Earth	Missouri
Arrowrock Boise	High Hazard	350 ft	1915	Concrete	Idaho
Arroyo Del Oso Detention Dam Bernalillo	High Hazard	38 ft	1956	Earth	New Mexico
Arthur R. Bowman Crook	High Hazard	245 ft	1960	Earth	Oregon
Art Museum Dam Wake	High Hazard	—	—	Earth	North Carolina
Arturo East Pit Stormwater Pond Dam Elko	High Hazard	60 ft	2016	Rockfill	Nevada
Arundell Barranca Ventura	High Hazard	57 ft	1996	Earth	California
Asamera Cannon Mine Tailings Dam Chelan	High Hazard	—	1986	Earth	Washington
Ascalmore Dd Structure Y-17a-Db1 Dam Tallahatchie	Low Hazard	29 ft	1989	Earth	Mississippi