Hydroelectric Dams

2,099 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name Hazard Height Built Type State
Grace Dike Caribou Significant Hazard 10 ft Earth Idaho
Graham Lake Dam Hancock High Hazard 43 ft 1924 Concrete Maine
Graham Lake Flood Control Hancock High Hazard 58 ft 1994 Concrete Maine
Granby Oswego Significant Hazard 15 ft 1926 Masonry New York
Granby Dike 1 Grand High Hazard 98 ft 1950 Earth Colorado
Grand Falls Canal Washington High Hazard 30 ft 1915 Concrete Maine
Grandfather Falls Lincoln High Hazard 32 ft 1906 Gravity Wisconsin
Grand Lake (Matagamon) Penobscot High Hazard 25 ft 1941 Concrete Maine
Grandmother Lincoln High Hazard 39 ft 1923 Gravity Wisconsin
Grand Rapids Marinette High Hazard 24 ft 1909 Gravity Michigan
Grand Rapids Itasca Significant Hazard 21 ft 1916 Gravity Minnesota
Grand Rapids Marinette High Hazard 40 ft 1909 Gravity Wisconsin
Granite Falls Chippewa Low Hazard 21 ft 1911 Gravity Minnesota
Great Averill Pond Essex Low Hazard 9 ft 1918 Earth Vermont
Great Brook Lincoln Significant Hazard 18 ft 1962 Timber Crib Maine
Great Falls Caledonia Low Hazard 32 ft 1915 Concrete Vermont
Great Falls Passaic Low Hazard 12 ft 1840 Masonry New Jersey
Great Falls Dam White High Hazard 82 ft 1916 Concrete Tennessee
Great Falls-Dearborn Dam Chester High Hazard 113 ft 1923 Gravity South Carolina
Great Stone Essex Low Hazard 38 ft 1848 Masonry Massachusetts
Greene Mill Dam Butler Low Hazard 11 ft 1925 Gravity Iowa
Green Lake Clear Creek Significant Hazard 8 ft 1914 Rockfill Colorado
Green Lake City and Borough of Sitka Low Hazard 210 ft 1982 Arch Alaska
Green Lake Hancock Low Hazard 8 ft 1911 Masonry Maine
Green Mountain Summit High Hazard 309 ft 1942 Earth Colorado
Green Peter Dam Linn High Hazard 320 ft 1967 Gravity Oregon
Green River Dam Lamoille High Hazard 105 ft 1947 Arch Vermont
Green River Reservoir Dike Lamoille Significant Hazard 23 ft 1947 Earth Vermont
Greenup Locks and Dam Greenup Significant Hazard 1962 Concrete Kentucky
Greenville New London Low Hazard 15 ft 1888 Timber Crib Connecticut
Greers Ferry Dam Cleburne High Hazard 243 ft 1962 Concrete Arkansas
Gregg Falls Hillsborough High Hazard 66 ft 1917 Concrete New Hampshire
Gristmill Pond Penobscot Low Hazard 15 ft 1978 Concrete Maine
Grist Mill Pond Dam Grafton High Hazard 16 ft 1924 Concrete New Hampshire
Grizzly Forebay Plumas High Hazard 98 ft 1928 Concrete California
Gross Boulder High Hazard 340 ft 1955 Concrete Colorado
Groveville Dutchess High Hazard 37 ft 1875 Gravity New York
Guajataca Dam Quebradillas High Hazard 120 ft 1927 Earth Puerto Rico
Guayo Dam Lares High Hazard 190 ft 1956 Gravity Puerto Rico
Guernsey Platte High Hazard 135 ft 1926 Earth Wyoming
Guineo Dam Ciales High Hazard 115 ft 1931 Rockfill Puerto Rico
Gulf Island Androscoggin High Hazard 99 ft 1926 Concrete Maine
Guntersville Dam Marshall High Hazard 78 ft 1939 Concrete Alabama
Habersham Mill (Lower Dam) Habersham Low Hazard 14 ft 1948 Concrete Georgia
Habersham Mills Lake Dam Habersham High Hazard 40 ft 1947 Gravity Georgia
Hackett Mills Androscoggin Low Hazard 8 ft 1986 Timber Crib Maine
Hadley Falls Hillsborough Significant Hazard 20 ft 1922 Concrete New Hampshire
Hailesboro #4 Plant Dam St. Lawrence Significant Hazard 12 ft 1912 Concrete New York
Hailesboro Mill #6 Dam St. Lawrence Significant Hazard 14 ft Concrete New York
Hailsboro Mill #3 Dam St. Lawrence Significant Hazard 16 ft 1910 Buttress New York