Hydroelectric Dams

2,099 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Cougar Dam Lane	High Hazard	473 ft	1963	Rockfill	Oregon
Courtright Fresno	High Hazard	315 ft	1958	Rockfill	California
Cowans Ford Mecklenburg	High Hazard	134 ft	1963	Concrete	North Carolina
Cowlitz Falls Lewis	Significant Hazard	120 ft	1994	Concrete	Washington
Cox Lake Randolph	Significant Hazard	26 ft	1918	Concrete	North Carolina
Coyote Valley Dam Mendocino	High Hazard	164 ft	1959	Earth	California
Cpud Middle Fork Calaveras	High Hazard	102 ft	1939	Earth	California
Craggy Dam Buncombe	Low Hazard	13 ft	1904	Gravity	North Carolina
Cranberry Lake St. Lawrence	High Hazard	19 ft	1917	Gravity	New York
Crane Valley Madera	High Hazard	145 ft	1910	—	California
Crescent - Dam A Albany	High Hazard	53 ft	1912	Concrete	New York
Crescent Street Worcester	Significant Hazard	28 ft	1900	Concrete	Massachusetts
Cresta Plumas	Significant Hazard	113 ft	1949	Concrete	California
Cresticon Lower Worcester	Significant Hazard	6 ft	1948	Concrete	Massachusetts
Cresticon Upper Worcester	Low Hazard	12 ft	1931	Concrete	Massachusetts
Crisp County (Warwick) Worth	High Hazard	42 ft	1930	Gravity	Georgia
Crocker Pond Somerset	Low Hazard	12 ft	1914	Concrete	Maine
Crocker Pond Dam Worcester	High Hazard	39 ft	1933	Earth	Massachusetts
Cross Power Coos	High Hazard	25 ft	1903	Concrete	New Hampshire
Croton Newaygo	High Hazard	46 ft	1907	Gravity	Michigan
Crowley Price	High Hazard	23 ft	1930	Gravity	Wisconsin
Crystal Montrose	High Hazard	227 ft	1977	Concrete	Colorado
Crystal Creek El Paso	High Hazard	90 ft	1934	Earth	Colorado
Crystal Falls Iron	Low Hazard	24 ft	1903	Gravity	Michigan
Crystal Lake Tulare	Low Hazard	17 ft	1903	Gravity	California
Crystal Lake Petersburg Borough	High Hazard	43 ft	1955	Rockfill	Alaska
Crystal Lake Dike Lewis	Low Hazard	12 ft	—	Earth	New York
Cuero Lake Dam DeWitt	Low Hazard	37 ft	1898	Gravity	Texas
Culbertson Lake Nevada	Low Hazard	20 ft	1852	Earth	California
Culmback Snohomish	High Hazard	262 ft	1983	Rockfill	Washington
Curtis Saratoga	Low Hazard	36 ft	1913	Concrete	New York
Cushaw Amherst	Low Hazard	26 ft	1930	Gravity	Virginia
Cushman No 1 Mason	High Hazard	235 ft	1926	Arch	Washington
Cushman No 2 Mason	High Hazard	175 ft	1930	Arch	Washington
Cutler Box Elder	High Hazard	126 ft	1927	Concrete	Utah
Daigle Pond Aroostook	Low Hazard	15 ft	1874	Concrete	Maine
Dale Hollow Dam Clay	High Hazard	—	1943	Gravity	Tennessee
Dalesmoore Plantation Meriwether	Low Hazard	15 ft	1925	Gravity	Georgia
Damariscotta - Intake Dam Lincoln	Low Hazard	15 ft	1920	Concrete	Maine
Damariscotta - Waste Gate Dam Lincoln	Low Hazard	10 ft	1920	Concrete	Maine
Dam At Lock E 27 Wayne	Low Hazard	23 ft	1910	Concrete	New York
Danbury Burnett	Low Hazard	30 ft	1928	Gravity	Wisconsin
Dane Perkins York	Low Hazard	12 ft	1979	Concrete	Maine
Daniel Green Company Dam Herkimer	Low Hazard	20 ft	1917	Concrete	New York
Danville Dodge	Low Hazard	17 ft	1850	Gravity	Wisconsin
Dardanelle Lock and Dam Pope	Significant Hazard	71 ft	1969	Concrete	Arkansas
Dashville Dam Ulster	Low Hazard	34 ft	1922	Concrete	New York
Davis Bor Mohave	High Hazard	200 ft	1952	Earth	Arizona
Dawson Lake Stanislaus	Low Hazard	22 ft	1896	Earth	California
Dayton LaSalle	Low Hazard	23 ft	1925	Earth	Illinois