Hydroelectric Dams

2,099 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Kortes Carbon	High Hazard	244 ft	1950	Concrete	Wyoming
Korty Diversion Keith	Low Hazard	15 ft	1935	Earth	Nebraska
Kossler Boulder	High Hazard	20 ft	1909	Earth	Colorado
Kulp Lake Scott	Low Hazard	30 ft	1988	Earth	Arkansas
La Barge Kent	High Hazard	18 ft	1901	Gravity	Michigan
Lac Vieux Desert Vilas	Low Hazard	9 ft	1907	Gravity	Wisconsin
Ladd'S Mill Washington	Low Hazard	21 ft	1928	Concrete	Vermont
Lady Franklin Lake Tulare	Low Hazard	21 ft	1905	Gravity	California
Ladysmith Rusk	Low Hazard	28 ft	1908	Gravity	Wisconsin
La Grande Thurston	High Hazard	192 ft	1944	Concrete	Washington
Lahontan Churchill	High Hazard	120 ft	1915	Earth	Nevada
Lake Algonquin Hamilton	Significant Hazard	18 ft	1959	Concrete	New York
Lake Almanor Plumas	High Hazard	90 ft	1927	Earth	California
Lake Aloha Main El Dorado	High Hazard	32 ft	1917	Masonry	California
Lake Anna Dam and Reservoir Louisa	High Hazard	90 ft	1972	Earth	Virginia
Lake Arrowhead San Bernardino	Significant Hazard	190 ft	1922	Earth	California
Lake Bemidji Beltrami	Significant Hazard	24 ft	1907	Gravity	Minnesota
Lake Byllesby Perimeter Embankment Dakota	High Hazard	6 ft	1911	Earth	Minnesota
Lake Combie Nevada	High Hazard	95 ft	1928	Concrete	California
Lake Creek Lincoln	High Hazard	44 ft	1917	Gravity	Montana
Lake Dunlap Dam Guadalupe	High Hazard	41 ft	1928	Earth	Texas
Lake Dunmore Addison	Low Hazard	8 ft	1920	Earth	Vermont
Lake Eleanor Tuolumne	High Hazard	61 ft	1918	Multi-Arch	California
Lake Flower Franklin	High Hazard	19 ft	1937	Gravity	New York
Lake Fordyce Nevada	High Hazard	145 ft	1873	Rockfill	California
Lake George Outlet - Canal Intake Essex	High Hazard	28 ft	1987	Concrete	New York
Lake Gonzales Dam Gonzales	High Hazard	42 ft	1931	Earth	Texas
Lake Hebron Piscataquis	Low Hazard	16 ft	1945	Concrete	Maine
Lake Hope San Miguel	Low Hazard	18 ft	1910	Rockfill	Colorado
Lake Housatonic New Haven	High Hazard	25 ft	1870	Masonry	Connecticut
Lake Jefferson Sullivan	High Hazard	22 ft	1927	Gravity	New York
Lake Julian Dam Buncombe	High Hazard	—	1962	Earth	North Carolina
Lake Lure Dam Rutherford	High Hazard	—	1927	Concrete	North Carolina
Lake Lynn Monongalia	High Hazard	125 ft	1926	Gravity	West Virginia
Lake Madeleine Bennington	Significant Hazard	65 ft	1957	Earth	Vermont
Lake Madeleine Dike Bennington	Significant Hazard	25 ft	1957	Earth	Vermont
Lake Mcqueeney Dam Guadalupe	High Hazard	42 ft	1928	Earth	Texas
Lake Meadow Dam Guadalupe	High Hazard	44 ft	1930	Earth	Texas
Lake Moraine El Paso	High Hazard	42 ft	1891	Earth	Colorado
Lake North Platte	Low Hazard	27 ft	1937	Earth	Nebraska
Lake Placid Dam Guadalupe	High Hazard	47 ft	1932	Earth	Texas
Lakeport Belknap	Significant Hazard	10 ft	1958	Concrete	New Hampshire
Lake Robinson Dam Darlington	High Hazard	50 ft	1960	—	South Carolina
Lake Roslyn Clackamas	Significant Hazard	45 ft	1959	Earth	Oregon
Lake Spaulding No. 1 Nevada	High Hazard	276 ft	1912	Arch	California
Lake Sterling Nevada	Low Hazard	32 ft	1858	Rockfill	California
Lake St George Waldo	Significant Hazard	15 ft	1820	Stone	Maine
Lake Valley Auxiliary Placer	Significant Hazard	28 ft	1889	Earth	California
Lakeview Colonial Heights	High Hazard	39 ft	1920	Concrete	Virginia
Lake Wohlford San Diego	High Hazard	100 ft	1924	Earth	California