Hydroelectric Dams

2,099 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name Hazard Height Built Type State
High Falls Dam At Copenhagen Lewis Significant Hazard 25 ft 1909 Concrete New York
High Falls - Dike No. 1 Lewis Low Hazard 10 ft 1925 Earth New York
Highgate Falls Franklin Significant Hazard 45 ft 1918 Concrete Vermont
High Rock Rowan High Hazard 65 ft 1927 Gravity North Carolina
High Shoals Gaston Low Hazard 20 ft 1922 Masonry North Carolina
High Shoals Upper Dam Walton Low Hazard 15 ft 1920 Gravity Georgia
Higley St. Lawrence High Hazard 37 ft 1925 Gravity New York
Hiles Canyon Dawson Low Hazard 25 ft 1941 Earth Nebraska
Hillman Montmorency Low Hazard 16 ft 1895 Gravity Michigan
Hillsborough Mill Hillsborough Significant Hazard 22 ft 1925 Concrete New Hampshire
Hills Creek Dam Lane High Hazard 328 ft 1962 Earth Oregon
Hillside Inyo High Hazard 82 ft 1910 Rockfill California
Hilton Pond Lincoln Low Hazard 15 ft 1945 Concrete Maine
Hinckley Herkimer High Hazard 83 ft 1914 Earth New York
Hiram Oxford Low Hazard 30 ft 1917 Concrete Maine
Hiwassee Dam Cherokee High Hazard 248 ft 1940 Concrete North Carolina
H. Neely Henry St. Clair High Hazard 104 ft 1966 Gravity Alabama
Hoague - Sprague Merrimack Significant Hazard 14 ft 1906 Timber Crib New Hampshire
Hochstein Dam #3 Washington Low Hazard 45 ft Oregon
Hodenpyl Wexford High Hazard 90 ft 1925 Gravity Michigan
Hoist Marquette High Hazard 63 ft 1941 Gravity Michigan
Holcombe Chippewa High Hazard 60 ft 1950 Gravity Wisconsin
Holcomb Rock Amherst Low Hazard 25 ft 1850 Gravity Virginia
Hollidays Bridge Dam Greenville High Hazard 50 ft 1906 South Carolina
Hollowbrook Dam Westchester Significant Hazard 15 ft 1920 Concrete New York
Hollow Dam St. Lawrence Significant Hazard 31 ft 1987 Concrete New York
Hollywood Power Plant Dam Richmond City Low Hazard 25 ft Gravity Virginia
Holmes Mill Waldo Low Hazard 15 ft 1870 Masonry Maine
Holmesville Power Plant Dam Gage Low Hazard 22 ft 1910 Buttress Nebraska
Holter Dam Lewis and Clark High Hazard 124 ft 1918 Gravity Montana
Holt Lock and Dam Tuscaloosa High Hazard 58 ft 1968 Gravity Alabama
Holtwood Lancaster Low Hazard 55 ft 1910 Gravity Pennsylvania
Holyoke Dam Hampshire Significant Hazard 30 ft 1900 Masonry Massachusetts
Hooksett Merrimack Low Hazard 11 ft 1927 Masonry New Hampshire
Hoosick Falls Dam Rensselaer Low Hazard 22 ft 1890 Concrete New York
Hoot Lake Otter Tail Low Hazard 10 ft 1913 Gravity Minnesota
Hoover Clark High Hazard 730 ft 1935 Concrete Nevada
Hope Providence Significant Hazard 19 ft 1885 Masonry Rhode Island
Hopkinton Merrimack Low Hazard 10 ft 1890 Concrete New Hampshire
Hopper Pond Bennington Low Hazard 38 ft 1920 Concrete Vermont
Horse Mesa Maricopa High Hazard 305 ft 1926 Concrete Arizona
Horseshoe Bend Diversion Boise Low Hazard 8 ft 1995 Other Idaho
Horseshoe Diversion Dam Butler Low Hazard 8 ft 1920 Timber Crib Ohio
Hosler (Reeder Gulch Jackson High Hazard 114 ft 1928 Concrete Oregon
Howard Prairie Jackson High Hazard 100 ft 1957 Earth Oregon
Howland Penobscot Low Hazard 17 ft 1916 Concrete Maine
Hubbard Lake Dam Alpena Low Hazard 11 ft 1890 Gravity Michigan
Hubbardston Ionia Low Hazard 20 ft 1860 Michigan
Hudson Falls Saratoga Significant Hazard 17 ft 1996 Concrete New York
Humphreys Mineral High Hazard 85 ft 1923 Concrete Colorado