Hydroelectric Dams

2,099 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Broken Bow Dam McCurtain	High Hazard	225 ft	1968	Gravity	Oklahoma
Brooklyn Coos	Significant Hazard	19 ft	1919	—	New Hampshire
Brown Dawson	Low Hazard	25 ft	1941	Earth	Nebraska
Brownlee Baker	High Hazard	395 ft	1958	Rockfill	Idaho
Browns Falls St. Lawrence	High Hazard	69 ft	1922	Concrete	New York
Browns Mill Piscataquis	Low Hazard	24 ft	1856	Concrete	Maine
Brule Remote Dike Iron	High Hazard	10 ft	1913	Earth	Wisconsin
Brunswick Cumberland	Low Hazard	42 ft	1982	Concrete	Maine
Brunswick Windham	Low Hazard	19 ft	1891	Masonry	Connecticut
Brush Creek El Dorado	Significant Hazard	213 ft	1970	Concrete	California
Bryson Swain	High Hazard	45 ft	1925	Multi-Arch	North Carolina
Buchanan Berrien	High Hazard	23 ft	1895	Gravity	Michigan
Buchanan Dam Burnet	High Hazard	146 ft	1937	Earth	Texas
Buchanan Dam Madera	High Hazard	179 ft	1975	Rockfill	California
Buck Carroll	High Hazard	30 ft	1912	Gravity	Virginia
Buckatahpon Vilas	Low Hazard	8 ft	1908	Gravity	Wisconsin
Buck Island Auxiliary El Dorado	Low Hazard	25 ft	1963	Concrete	California
Bucks Lake Plumas	High Hazard	123 ft	1928	Rockfill	California
Buffalo Bill - Diamond Creek Dike Park	High Hazard	—	1905	Earth	Wyoming
Buffalo River Fremont	Low Hazard	10 ft	1936	Rockfill	Idaho
Buford Dam Gwinnett	High Hazard	—	1958	Earth	Georgia
Bulls Bridge Litchfield	Low Hazard	24 ft	1902	Concrete	Connecticut
Bull Shoals Dam Baxter	High Hazard	256 ft	1951	Concrete	Arkansas
Burlington Mills Dam Rutherford	Significant Hazard	—	1900	Concrete	North Carolina
Burnham Somerset	Low Hazard	32 ft	1929	Concrete	Maine
Burns Dam Merced	High Hazard	65 ft	1950	Earth	California
Burnshire Shenandoah	Low Hazard	14 ft	1904	Gravity	Virginia
Burnt Rollways Oneida	Low Hazard	16 ft	1907	Gravity	Wisconsin
Burt Dam Niagara	High Hazard	49 ft	1924	Gravity	New York
Burton Rabun	High Hazard	129 ft	1927	Gravity	Georgia
Butt Valley Plumas	High Hazard	70 ft	1924	Earth	California
Buzzards Roost Embankment Greenwood	High Hazard	82 ft	1940	Gravity	South Carolina
Byllesby Carroll	High Hazard	47 ft	1912	Gravity	Virginia
Bynum Chatham	Significant Hazard	13 ft	1874	Gravity	North Carolina
Caballo Sierra	High Hazard	96 ft	1937	Rockfill	New Mexico
Cabin Creek Lower Clear Creek	High Hazard	95 ft	1967	Earth	Colorado
Cabin Creek Upper Clear Creek	High Hazard	210 ft	1967	Rockfill	Colorado
Cabinet Gorge Bonner	High Hazard	166 ft	1952	Arch	Idaho
Cadys Falls Lamoille	Low Hazard	27 ft	1894	Gravity	Vermont
Cadyville Clinton	High Hazard	50 ft	1922	Concrete	New York
Calaveras Creek Dam Bexar	High Hazard	79 ft	1969	Earth	Texas
Calderwood Blount	High Hazard	214 ft	1930	Arch	Tennessee
Caldron Falls Marinette	High Hazard	39 ft	1924	Gravity	Wisconsin
Camanche Dike No. 1 Calaveras	High Hazard	90 ft	—	Earth	California
Camino El Dorado	Low Hazard	133 ft	1961	Concrete	California
Camp Far West Yuba	High Hazard	185 ft	1963	Earth	California
Campton Pond Hydro Dam Grafton	High Hazard	39 ft	1890	Concrete	New Hampshire
Canaan Coos	Low Hazard	19 ft	1927	Concrete	New Hampshire
Canada Falls Lake Somerset	High Hazard	50 ft	1921	Concrete	Maine
Cannonsville Delaware	High Hazard	175 ft	1964	—	New York