Navigation Dams

388 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name Hazard Height Built Type State
Mississippi River Lock and Dam 7 La Crosse Significant Hazard 16 ft 1937 Concrete Minnesota
Mississippi River Lock and Dam 8 Houston Significant Hazard 30 ft 1937 Concrete Wisconsin
Mississippi River Lock and Dam 9 Allamakee Significant Hazard 18 ft 1937 Concrete Wisconsin
Mississippi River Locks and Dam 1 Hennepin Significant Hazard 49 ft 1917 Concrete Minnesota
Mississippi River Locks and Dam 14 Scott Significant Hazard 1939 Concrete Iowa
Mississippi River Locks and Dam 15 Scott Significant Hazard 1934 Concrete Iowa
Mississippi River Locks and Dam 27 Madison Significant Hazard 25 ft 1962 Rockfill Missouri
Moline Power Rock Island Low Hazard 31 ft 1896 Concrete Illinois
Monongahela River Locks and Dam 3 Allegheny Significant Hazard 1907 Gravity Pennsylvania
Montgomery Locks and Dam Beaver Significant Hazard 1936 Gravity Pennsylvania
Montgomery Point Lock and Dam Desha Significant Hazard 14 ft 2004 Concrete Arkansas
Morgantown Lock and Dam Monongalia Low Hazard 1950 Gravity West Virginia
Moss Bluff Lock and Spillway Marion Low Hazard 44 ft 1969 Earth Florida
Movable Dam At Mays Point Seneca Low Hazard 10 ft 1915 Other New York
Mud Lock C&S Canal Dam Cayuga High Hazard 20 ft 1912 Other New York
Murray Lock and Dam Pulaski Significant Hazard 23 ft 1969 Concrete Arkansas
Newburgh Locks and Dam Henderson Significant Hazard 1975 Concrete Kentucky
New Charles River Dam Suffolk Significant Hazard 36 ft 1978 Concrete Massachusetts
New Cumberland Locks and Dam Jefferson Significant Hazard 1963 Gravity West Virginia
Newt Graham Lock and Dam Wagoner Significant Hazard 48 ft 1970 Concrete Oklahoma
Nickajack Dam Marion High Hazard 81 ft 1967 Concrete Tennessee
Norrell Lock and Dam Arkansas Significant Hazard 2 ft 1967 Concrete Arkansas
North Grant High Hazard 145 ft 1950 Earth Washington
North Lake A Dam (Spillway) Herkimer Low Hazard 15 ft 1850 Earth New York
North Lake B Dam Herkimer Low Hazard 35 ft 1850 Earth New York
North Lake C Dam Herkimer Low Hazard 27 ft 1850 Earth New York
North Twin Penobscot High Hazard 35 ft 1934 Earth Maine
North Twin - Dike 1 Penobscot Significant Hazard 11 ft 1934 Earth Maine
North Twin - Dike 2 Penobscot Significant Hazard 11 ft 1934 Earth Maine
North Twin - Dike 3 Penobscot Significant Hazard 15 ft 1934 Earth Maine
North Twin - Dike 4 Penobscot Significant Hazard 11 ft 1934 Earth Maine
North Twin - Dike 5 Penobscot Significant Hazard 11 ft 1934 Earth Maine
North Twin - Dike 6 Piscataquis High Hazard 13 ft 1934 Earth Maine
Northumberland Dam Washington Low Hazard 16 ft 1870 Concrete New York
Oahe Dam Stanley High Hazard 1966 Earth South Dakota
Old Hickory Lock and Dam Davidson High Hazard 1954 Concrete Tennessee
Olmsted Locks and Dam Ballard Significant Hazard 49 ft 2018 Concrete Illinois
Opekiska Lock and Dam Monongalia Low Hazard 1967 Gravity West Virginia
Ortona Lock and Dam Glades Low Hazard 1937 Florida
Osullivan Grant High Hazard 200 ft 1948 Earth Washington
Ozark-Jetta Taylor Lock and Dam Franklin Significant Hazard 42 ft 1969 Concrete Arkansas
Panasuk Dam Roosevelt Significant Hazard 57 ft Earth Montana
Paris Douglas High Hazard 51 ft 1963 Earth Oregon
Pawtucket Dam Middlesex Low Hazard 16 ft 1848 Masonry Massachusetts
Pearl River Lock 1 and Spillway St. Tammany Significant Hazard 1949 Concrete Louisiana
Pearl River Lock 2 and Bogue Chitto Sill St. Tammany Significant Hazard 1950 Gravity Louisiana
Pearl River Lock 3 and Pools Bluff Sill St. Tammany Significant Hazard 1950 Gravity Louisiana
Peoria Lock and Dam Tazewell Significant Hazard 1939 Concrete Illinois
Perry Dam Jefferson High Hazard 121 ft 1969 Earth Kansas
Phoenix Lock & Dam No. 1 Oswego Significant Hazard 11 ft 1914 Concrete New York