Recreation Dams

38,146 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Ambrose Lake Dam Lowndes	Low Hazard	10 ft	—	Earth	Mississippi
Ambrose Lake Dam Coweta	Low Hazard	18 ft	1955	Earth	Georgia
Ambrose Mine Armstrong	Low Hazard	26 ft	—	Earth	Pennsylvania
Ambur Bros No.1 Mellette	Low Hazard	34 ft	1953	Earth	South Dakota
Ambur No.1 Mellette	Low Hazard	26 ft	1968	Earth	South Dakota
Amelia County Dam # 17 Amelia	Unknown	27 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Amelia Dam Amelia	Low Hazard	38 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Amelia Earhart Dam Middlesex	Low Hazard	21 ft	1965	Gravity	Massachusetts
American Can Company Dam Fairfield	High Hazard	53 ft	1970	Concrete	Connecticut
American Can Company Dam Sumter	Low Hazard	—	1960	Earth	Alabama
American Cent Corp Lower Dam Callaway	Low Hazard	30 ft	—	Earth	Missouri
American Cent Corp Upper Dam Callaway	High Hazard	30 ft	—	Earth	Missouri
American Falls Power	High Hazard	87 ft	1927	Concrete	Idaho
American Felt Dam Fairfield	High Hazard	37 ft	1867	Masonry	Connecticut
American Horse Lake Blaine	Low Hazard	75 ft	1966	Earth	Oklahoma
American Legion Club Lake Dam Smith	Low Hazard	21 ft	1960	Earth	Texas
American Legion Jefferson County Lake Dam Jefferson	Low Hazard	20 ft	—	Earth	Mississippi
American Legion Lake Dam Abbeville	Low Hazard	27 ft	—	—	South Carolina
American Legion Lake Dam Mecklenburg	Low Hazard	—	1950	Earth	North Carolina
American Legion Montgomery County Lake Dam Montgomery	Low Hazard	40 ft	—	Earth	Mississippi
American Legion Webster County Lake Dam Webster	Low Hazard	20 ft	—	Earth	Mississippi
Amer Lake Dam Lafayette	Low Hazard	30 ft	1957	Earth	Missouri
Amerson Mill Pond Washington	Low Hazard	14 ft	1957	Earth	Georgia
Amery Polk	High Hazard	13 ft	1888	Gravity	Wisconsin
Ames Lake Dam Guilford	Low Hazard	—	1954	Earth	North Carolina
Ames Pond Dam Bristol	Low Hazard	6 ft	1920	Other	Massachusetts
Ames Pond Dam Middlesex	High Hazard	11 ft	1920	Concrete	Massachusetts
Ames Pond Dam Plymouth	Significant Hazard	15 ft	1992	Earth	Massachusetts
Ames Pond Dike A Middlesex	High Hazard	11 ft	2003	Earth	Massachusetts
Ames Pond Dike B Middlesex	Significant Hazard	11 ft	—	Earth	Massachusetts
Amherst Portage	Significant Hazard	14 ft	1857	Gravity	Wisconsin
Amherst County Dam # 10 Amherst	Unknown	22 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Amherst County Dam # 11 Amherst	Unknown	34 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Amherst County Dam # 13 Amherst	Unknown	30 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Amherst County Dam # 2 Amherst	Unknown	31 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Amherst County Dam # 3 Amherst	Unknown	26 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Amherst County Dam # 4 Amherst	Unknown	24 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Amherst County Dam # 5 Amherst	Unknown	33 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Amherst County Dam # 6 Amherst	Unknown	26 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Amherst County Dam # 7 Amherst	Unknown	30 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Amherst County Dam # 9 Amherst	Unknown	21 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Amherst Lake Windsor	Significant Hazard	13 ft	—	Concrete	Vermont
Amicalola Falls Lake Dam Dawson	Unknown	31 ft	1941	Earth	Georgia
Amick Farms Dam Aiken	High Hazard	24 ft	1989	—	South Carolina
Amick Upground Reservoir Morrow	High Hazard	40 ft	1968	Earth	Ohio
Amidon Farm Dam Windham	Significant Hazard	12 ft	—	Earth	Connecticut
Amis Dam Smith	Low Hazard	26 ft	1972	Earth	Texas
Amistad Dam Val Verde	High Hazard	254 ft	1969	Concrete	Texas
Amite River Industries Number 2 Dam Amite	Low Hazard	14 ft	—	Earth	Mississippi
Amity Lake Dam Allegany	Significant Hazard	22 ft	1963	Earth	New York