Hydroelectric Dams

2,099 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Verney Mill Hydro Dam Hillsborough	High Hazard	25 ft	1916	Concrete	New Hampshire
Vernon Cheshire	Low Hazard	58 ft	1909	Concrete	New Hampshire
Victor Braunig Dam Bexar	High Hazard	76 ft	1963	Earth	Texas
Victoria Ontonagon	High Hazard	115 ft	1930	Concrete	Michigan
Village Penobscot	Low Hazard	16 ft	1826	Concrete	Maine
Virginia Ranch Yuba	High Hazard	152 ft	1963	Earth	California
Vischer Ferry Saratoga	High Hazard	30 ft	1913	Concrete	New York
Viva Naughton Lincoln	High Hazard	90 ft	1967	Earth	Wyoming
Vivi Dam Utuado	High Hazard	85 ft	1950	Gravity	Puerto Rico
Wadhams Essex	Low Hazard	7 ft	1984	Concrete	New York
Walden Orange	Low Hazard	25 ft	1909	Concrete	New York
Walker Dawson	Low Hazard	43 ft	1941	Earth	Nebraska
Walker Lake Mono	Low Hazard	12 ft	—	Earth	California
Walker Mill Dam Nelson	Low Hazard	32 ft	1910	Gravity	Virginia
Wallace Hancock	High Hazard	120 ft	1980	Gravity	Georgia
Wallowa Lake Wallowa	High Hazard	39 ft	1931	Concrete	Oregon
Walter Bouldin Elmore	High Hazard	174 ft	1967	Earth	Alabama
Walter F. George Lock and Dam Clay	High Hazard	106 ft	1962	Concrete	Alabama
Walters Haywood	High Hazard	185 ft	1929	Arch	North Carolina
Walterville Forebay Lane	High Hazard	24 ft	1911	Concrete	Oregon
Walterville Storage Pond Lane	High Hazard	10 ft	1951	Earth	Oregon
Wanapum Kittitas	High Hazard	93 ft	1965	Gravity	Washington
Wappingers Falls Dutchess	High Hazard	20 ft	1872	Masonry	New York
Ware Lower Hampshire	Low Hazard	18 ft	1890	Masonry	Massachusetts
Ware Shoals Greenwood	Significant Hazard	24 ft	1905	Gravity	South Carolina
Ware Upper Hampshire	Low Hazard	34 ft	1890	Masonry	Massachusetts
Warm Springs Dam Sonoma	High Hazard	319 ft	1983	Earth	California
Warren Warren	Low Hazard	15 ft	1924	Buttress	Virginia
Warrensburg Warren	Low Hazard	27 ft	1909	Concrete	New York
Warrior Ridge Huntingdon	Low Hazard	27 ft	1906	Buttress	Pennsylvania
Wastewater Lagoon #4 Lake	Low Hazard	15 ft	—	Earth	Oregon
Watauga Dam Carter	High Hazard	332 ft	1948	Rockfill	Tennessee
Waterbury Washington	High Hazard	187 ft	1938	Earth	Vermont
Waterbury Roadway Embankment Oswego	High Hazard	5 ft	1914	Earth	New York
Wateree Kershaw	High Hazard	92 ft	1919	Gravity	South Carolina
Waterloo Seneca	High Hazard	17 ft	1915	Concrete	New York
Waterloom Falls Hillsborough	Low Hazard	18 ft	1980	Concrete	New Hampshire
Watertown Municipal Power Dam Jefferson	Significant Hazard	12 ft	1913	Concrete	New York
Watson Strafford	Low Hazard	12 ft	1900	Concrete	New Hampshire
Watts Bar Dam Meigs	High Hazard	118 ft	1942	Concrete	Tennessee
Waupaca No. 2 Main Chaffee	Low Hazard	28 ft	1983	Earth	Colorado
Wausau Marathon	Low Hazard	29 ft	1930	Gravity	Wisconsin
Waverly Avenue Somerset	Significant Hazard	11 ft	1893	Concrete	Maine
Waverly Milldam Bremer	Low Hazard	12 ft	1872	Gravity	Iowa
Way Iron	High Hazard	47 ft	1941	Concrete	Michigan
Webber Ionia	High Hazard	30 ft	1907	Gravity	Michigan
Webbers Falls Lock and Dam Muskogee	Significant Hazard	84 ft	1970	Gravity	Oklahoma
Weber Morgan	Low Hazard	14 ft	1910	Concrete	Utah
Webster Merrimack	Significant Hazard	22 ft	1917	Concrete	New Hampshire
Weed Shawano	High Hazard	14 ft	1967	Gravity	Wisconsin