Hydroelectric Dams

2,099 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Chalk Hills Menominee	High Hazard	43 ft	1927	Gravity	Wisconsin
Chapman Shenandoah	Low Hazard	17 ft	1910	Gravity	Virginia
Chasm Franklin	Low Hazard	25 ft	1913	Concrete	New York
Chateaugay Chasm Franklin	Low Hazard	63 ft	1954	Concrete	New York
Chateaugay High Fall Franklin	Low Hazard	63 ft	1906	Gravity	New York
Chatuge Dam Clay	High Hazard	144 ft	1942	Earth	North Carolina
Chatuge Dam - Saddle Dam No. 1 Clay	High Hazard	12 ft	1942	Earth	North Carolina
Chatuge Dam - Saddle Dam No. 2 Clay	High Hazard	20 ft	1942	Earth	North Carolina
Chatuge Dam - Saddle Dam No. 3 Clay	High Hazard	30 ft	1942	Earth	North Carolina
Cheatham Lock and Dam Dickson	Significant Hazard	—	1954	Gravity	Tennessee
Cheboygan Cheboygan	High Hazard	21 ft	1922	Timber Crib	Michigan
Chelan Chelan	Significant Hazard	33 ft	1927	Gravity	Washington
Cheoah Graham	High Hazard	214 ft	1919	Gravity	North Carolina
Cherokee Dam Jefferson	High Hazard	122 ft	1941	Concrete	Tennessee
Cherokee Falls Cherokee	Significant Hazard	16 ft	1826	Masonry	South Carolina
Cherry Valley Tuolumne	High Hazard	315 ft	1956	Earth	California
Cheshire Cheshire	Low Hazard	13 ft	1939	Masonry	New Hampshire
Cheshire Mills Cheshire	Significant Hazard	21 ft	1886	—	New Hampshire
Cheshire Mills Lower Dam Cheshire	High Hazard	18 ft	1848	Stone	New Hampshire
Chetek Barron	High Hazard	16 ft	1865	Gravity	Wisconsin
Chicago Park Forebay Nevada	Low Hazard	60 ft	1966	Earth	California
Chickamauga Dam Hamilton	High Hazard	129 ft	1940	Concrete	Tennessee
Chicopee Hampden	Low Hazard	9 ft	1898	Masonry	Massachusetts
Chief Joseph Dam Douglas	High Hazard	—	1955	Gravity	Washington
Chignik Lake and Peninsula Borough	Low Hazard	17 ft	1947	Other	Alaska
Chilhowee Blount	High Hazard	66 ft	1957	Gravity	Tennessee
Chili Bar El Dorado	High Hazard	126 ft	1964	Concrete	California
Chilkoot Madera	Low Hazard	11 ft	1890	Rockfill	California
China Lake Kennebec	Low Hazard	12 ft	1910	Concrete	Maine
China Mill Dam Merrimack	High Hazard	29 ft	1860	Concrete	New Hampshire
Chippewa Falls Chippewa	Low Hazard	30 ft	1928	Gravity	Wisconsin
Chippewa Reservoir Sawyer	High Hazard	45 ft	1923	Earth	Wisconsin
Chittenango Creek Dam Madison	Low Hazard	10 ft	1850	Masonry	New York
Chittenden Reservoir Rutland	High Hazard	51 ft	1901	Earth	Vermont
Christina Aroostook	High Hazard	30 ft	1967	Earth	Maine
Chuniixsax Hydro Dam Aleutians West Census Area	Significant Hazard	—	—	Other	Alaska
Churchill Piscataquis	Low Hazard	20 ft	1968	Concrete	Maine
City Barron	Significant Hazard	17 ft	1879	Gravity	Wisconsin
City Diversion Bonneville	Low Hazard	30 ft	1982	Gravity	Idaho
City Mills Lake Dam Muscogee	Low Hazard	8 ft	1900	Rockfill	Georgia
City of Oswego Dam Oswego	Low Hazard	21 ft	1956	Concrete	New York
C J Strike Owyhee	High Hazard	115 ft	1952	Earth	Idaho
Clam Falls Polk	Significant Hazard	36 ft	1875	Gravity	Wisconsin
Clam River Burnett	Low Hazard	40 ft	1944	Gravity	Wisconsin
Clarence Cannon Dam Ralls	High Hazard	138 ft	1983	Concrete	Missouri
Clarence Cannon Re-Regulation Dam Ralls	Significant Hazard	38 ft	1979	Concrete	Missouri
Clark Falls Chittenden	High Hazard	40 ft	1937	Concrete	Vermont
Clark Mills Upper Washington	Low Hazard	23 ft	1904	Concrete	New York
Clarks Mills Lower Washington	Low Hazard	20 ft	1910	Concrete	New York
Clary Lake Dam Lincoln	Low Hazard	10 ft	1894	Stone	Maine