Hydroelectric Dams

2,099 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Canyon Ferry Lewis and Clark	High Hazard	225 ft	1953	Concrete	Montana
Canyon Lake Dam Comal	High Hazard	224 ft	1964	Earth	Texas
Caonillas Dam Jayuya	High Hazard	235 ft	1948	Concrete	Puerto Rico
Cape Horn Mendocino	High Hazard	60 ft	1907	Earth	California
Capisic Pond Cumberland	Low Hazard	16 ft	1956	Concrete	Maine
Capitola Madison	Low Hazard	9 ft	1910	Gravity	North Carolina
Caples Lake Auxiliary Alpine	High Hazard	34 ft	1922	Earth	California
Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and Dam Bracken	Significant Hazard	—	1965	Concrete	Kentucky
Cargill Falls Windham	Significant Hazard	24 ft	1925	Concrete	Connecticut
Caribou Aroostook	Low Hazard	24 ft	1889	Timber Crib	Maine
Carite Dam Guayama	High Hazard	104 ft	1913	Earth	Puerto Rico
Carleton Pond Kennebec	Significant Hazard	13 ft	1904	Earth	Maine
Carmen Diversion Linn	Low Hazard	17 ft	1963	Earth	Oregon
Caroline Shawano	Low Hazard	13 ft	1878	Gravity	Wisconsin
Carpenter Garland	High Hazard	108 ft	1932	Gravity	Arkansas
Carry Falls Spillway St. Lawrence	High Hazard	76 ft	1953	Gravity	New York
Carter Lake Dam No. 1 Larimer	High Hazard	214 ft	1951	Earth	Colorado
Carters Main Dam Murray	High Hazard	—	1974	Rockfill	Georgia
Carters Re-Regulation Dam Murray	High Hazard	52 ft	1974	Rockfill	Georgia
Carver Falls Washington	Low Hazard	34 ft	1894	Concrete	Vermont
Carver Falls Dam Washington	Low Hazard	28 ft	1890	—	New York
Cascade Kent	High Hazard	41 ft	1927	Multi-Arch	Michigan
Cascade Coos	High Hazard	57 ft	1903	Concrete	New Hampshire
Cascade Valley	High Hazard	110 ft	1948	Rockfill	Idaho
Cascade Lake Dam San Juan	High Hazard	—	1915	Arch	Washington
Casket Mill Knox	Low Hazard	25 ft	1920	Concrete	Maine
Caspian Lake Orleans	Significant Hazard	7 ft	1929	Earth	Vermont
Castle Rock Adams	High Hazard	34 ft	1950	Gravity	Wisconsin
Cataract - East Channel Dam York	Low Hazard	49 ft	1938	Concrete	Maine
Cataract Hydroelectric Marquette	Low Hazard	30 ft	1929	Gravity	Michigan
Catawba Burke	High Hazard	150 ft	1919	Earth	North Carolina
Caucomgomoc Lake Piscataquis	Low Hazard	16 ft	1981	Earth	Maine
Cavendish Windsor	Low Hazard	25 ft	1907	Concrete	Vermont
Cc Cragin Coconino	High Hazard	170 ft	1964	Concrete	Arizona
Cedar Cliff Jackson	High Hazard	173 ft	1952	Earth	North Carolina
Cedar Falls Dunn	High Hazard	63 ft	1910	Buttress	Wisconsin
Cedar Rapids Milldam (5 In 1) Linn	Low Hazard	14 ft	1978	Gravity	Iowa
Cedars Lock and Dam Outagamie	High Hazard	—	1934	Concrete	Wisconsin
Cedar Springs San Bernardino	High Hazard	249 ft	1971	Earth	California
Center Falls Washington	Low Hazard	28 ft	1909	Concrete	New York
Center Hill Dam DeKalb	High Hazard	—	1951	Other	Tennessee
Center Rutland Rutland	Low Hazard	18 ft	1898	Concrete	Vermont
Central Rock	Low Hazard	8 ft	1927	Timber Crib	Wisconsin
Central Falls Providence	Low Hazard	14 ft	1850	Rockfill	Rhode Island
Centralia Wood	Low Hazard	30 ft	1887	Gravity	Wisconsin
Central Midway Dawson	Low Hazard	60 ft	1941	Earth	Nebraska
Central (Wright) Otter Tail	Low Hazard	17 ft	1921	Gravity	Minnesota
Centreville Dam St. Joseph	Low Hazard	13 ft	1890	Gravity	Michigan
Chace Mill Chittenden	Low Hazard	29 ft	1993	Gravity	Vermont
Chalk Hill Menominee	High Hazard	41 ft	1927	Concrete	Michigan