Hydroelectric Dams

2,099 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name Hazard Height Built Type State
Halifax Halifax Significant Hazard 30 ft 1921 Gravity Virginia
Halsey Afterbay Placer High Hazard 38 ft 1913 Rockfill California
Halsey Forebay No. 1 Placer High Hazard 42 ft 1913 Earth California
Hannawa St. Lawrence Low Hazard 34 ft 1902 Gravity New York
Hannibal Locks and Dam Wetzel Significant Hazard 1974 Gravity West Virginia
Hanover Pond New Haven High Hazard 25 ft 2006 Concrete Connecticut
Hardins Gaston Low Hazard 17 ft 1895 Masonry North Carolina
Hardwick Lake Caledonia Significant Hazard 20 ft 1920 Concrete Vermont
Hardy Newaygo High Hazard 100 ft 1931 Earth Michigan
Harriet Lake Clackamas Low Hazard 68 ft 1923 Arch Oregon
Harriman Windham High Hazard 186 ft 1924 Other Vermont
Harrington Lake Piscataquis Low Hazard 16 ft 1930 Concrete Maine
Harrisville Marquette High Hazard 15 ft 1853 Gravity Wisconsin
Harrisville Lewis Low Hazard 25 ft 1905 Concrete New York
Harrower Lower Dam Montgomery Significant Hazard 8 ft 1898 Concrete New York
Harry L. Englebright Dam Yuba High Hazard 242 ft 1941 Arch California
Harry S. Truman Dam Benton High Hazard 98 ft 1978 Rockfill Missouri
Hart Lake Oceana Low Hazard 31 ft 1927 Earth Michigan
Hartwell Dam Hart High Hazard 155 ft 1962 Concrete Georgia
Hastings Power Dam Rensselaer Significant Hazard 22 ft 1920 Concrete New York
Hat Creek No. 2 Diversion Shasta Low Hazard 29 ft 1943 Concrete California
Hatfield Jackson High Hazard 50 ft 1908 Gravity Wisconsin
Hatfields Strafford Significant Hazard 20 ft 1937 Concrete New Hampshire
Hat Rapids Oneida High Hazard 30 ft 1923 Gravity Wisconsin
Hauser Dam Lewis and Clark High Hazard 125 ft 1911 Gravity Montana
Hawks Nest Fayette High Hazard 85 ft 1936 Concrete West Virginia
Hay Press Park - Dam #1 Mineral Low Hazard 27 ft 1922 Earth Colorado
Hay Press Park - Dam #2 Mineral Low Hazard 8 ft 1922 Earth Colorado
Hayward Sawyer Low Hazard 20 ft 1925 Rockfill Wisconsin
Headworks Diversion Dam Clackamas Low Hazard 30 ft 1923 Concrete Oregon
Heald Pond Oxford Low Hazard 12 ft 1860 Concrete Maine
Hebgen Dam Gallatin High Hazard 88 ft 1915 Earth Montana
Heishmans Mill Cumberland Low Hazard 10 ft 1815 Concrete Pennsylvania
Hell Hole Placer High Hazard 410 ft 1966 Rockfill California
Hells Canyon Adams High Hazard 323 ft 1967 Gravity Idaho
Hemlock Falls Iron Low Hazard 34 ft 1953 Concrete Michigan
Henderson Dawson Low Hazard 19 ft 1941 Earth Nebraska
Hendricks Head Butte Low Hazard 15 ft 1907 Rockfill California
Henry River Dam Burke High Hazard 1902 Concrete North Carolina
Herkimer Herkimer Low Hazard 12 ft 1922 Gravity New York
Herrings Jefferson Low Hazard 25 ft 1924 Concrete New York
Heuvelton St. Lawrence Significant Hazard 19 ft 1923 Concrete New York
Hewittville St. Lawrence Low Hazard 18 ft 1870 Concrete New York
Hicks Crossroad Dike Mecklenburg High Hazard 30 ft 1963 Earth North Carolina
Hicks Pond Oxford Low Hazard 13 ft 1944 Concrete Maine
Hidden Dam Madera High Hazard 140 ft 1975 Earth California
High Dam Oswego High Hazard 35 ft 1928 Gravity New York
High Falls Marinette High Hazard 47 ft 1910 Gravity Wisconsin
High Falls Ulster Low Hazard 30 ft 1935 Gravity New York
High Falls Clinton High Hazard 63 ft 1917 Concrete New York