Hydroelectric Dams

2,099 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Upper Appleton Locks and Dam Outagamie	Significant Hazard	—	1940	Concrete	Wisconsin
Upper Baker Whatcom	High Hazard	312 ft	1959	Gravity	Washington
Upper Bartlett York	Low Hazard	9 ft	—	Concrete	Maine
Upper Bear Amador	High Hazard	77 ft	1900	Rockfill	California
Upper Beaver Falls Lewis	High Hazard	27 ft	1937	Concrete	New York
Upper Blue Lake Alpine	High Hazard	21 ft	1901	Earth	California
Upper Dam Shawano	Low Hazard	18 ft	1883	Gravity	Wisconsin
Upper Dam Price	Low Hazard	18 ft	1916	Gravity	Wisconsin
Upper Dam Oxford	High Hazard	25 ft	1883	Concrete	Maine
Upper Dam Piscataquis	Low Hazard	12 ft	1908	Concrete	Maine
Upper Diversion Dam #1 Bonneville	Low Hazard	23 ft	1982	Gravity	Idaho
Upper Diversion Dam #2 Bonneville	Low Hazard	33 ft	1982	Gravity	Idaho
Upper Falls Control Works Spokane	Low Hazard	24 ft	1922	Gravity	Washington
Upper Feeley Nevada	Low Hazard	23 ft	1870	Earth	California
Upper Fulton Lock & Dam 2 Oswego	Significant Hazard	13 ft	1927	Concrete	New York
Upper Gorge Mono	Low Hazard	44 ft	1953	Gravity	California
Upper Greenwich Washington	Low Hazard	14 ft	1918	Concrete	New York
Upper Kezar Falls - Approach Channel York	Low Hazard	11 ft	1910	Concrete	Maine
Upper Kezar Falls - Main Channel Oxford	Low Hazard	8 ft	1860	Timber Crib	Maine
Upper Lindsey Nevada	Low Hazard	8 ft	1870	Earth	California
Upper Little Falls Washington	Significant Hazard	20 ft	1950	Concrete	Maine
Upper Mechanicville Saratoga	Significant Hazard	19 ft	1882	Masonry	New York
Upper Monarch Lake Tulare	Low Hazard	22 ft	1905	Gravity	California
Upper North Channel Dam Jefferson	Significant Hazard	24 ft	1948	Concrete	New York
Upper Occoquan Dam Prince William	High Hazard	65 ft	—	Gravity	Virginia
Upper Peak Lake Placer	High Hazard	39 ft	1850	Earth	California
Upper Pelzer Anderson	High Hazard	27 ft	1881	Gravity	South Carolina
Upper Rock Lake Auxiliary Nevada	Low Hazard	8 ft	1855	Earth	California
Upper Salmon Falls A-Plant Diversion Dam Twin Falls	Low Hazard	9 ft	1937	Concrete	Idaho
Upper Salmon Falls A-Plant & Forebay Twin Falls	Low Hazard	85 ft	1937	Concrete	Idaho
Upper Salmon Falls B-Plant Forebay Twin Falls	Low Hazard	70 ft	1947	Concrete	Idaho
Upper Salmon Falls Dam Gooding	Low Hazard	23 ft	1937	Concrete	Idaho
Upper Sardine Lake Sierra	Low Hazard	23 ft	—	Earth	California
Upper Silvis Ketchikan Gateway Borough	Low Hazard	60 ft	1968	Rockfill	Alaska
Upper Somes Hancock	Low Hazard	12 ft	1900	Earth	Maine
Upper South Dam Alpena	Low Hazard	20 ft	1930	Gravity	Michigan
Upper Sterling Whiteside	Low Hazard	9 ft	1907	Gravity	Illinois
Upper Watertown Jefferson	Low Hazard	12 ft	1909	Buttress	Wisconsin
Upriver Dam Spokane	High Hazard	38 ft	1937	Concrete	Washington
Utica Main Alpine	High Hazard	59 ft	1903	Rockfill	California
Vail Caledonia	Low Hazard	21 ft	1910	Concrete	Vermont
Vallecito La Plata	High Hazard	162 ft	1940	Earth	Colorado
Valley Falls Providence	Low Hazard	31 ft	1859	Masonry	Rhode Island
Vanceboro Washington	Significant Hazard	21 ft	1967	Concrete	Maine
Varick Lock & Dam 7 Oswego	Significant Hazard	14 ft	1926	Masonry	New York
Vaucluse Pond Dam Aiken	High Hazard	42 ft	1877	—	South Carolina
Vepco Flash Board Dam Richmond City	Unknown	8 ft	—	Gravity	Virginia
Vergennes Plant No. 9 Spillway Addison	Low Hazard	12 ft	1912	Concrete	Vermont
Vermilion Valley Fresno	High Hazard	165 ft	1954	Earth	California
Vermillion River Dakota	Low Hazard	12 ft	1854	Gravity	Minnesota