Recreation Dams
38,146 dams in the US serve this purpose.
| Dam Name | Hazard | Height | Built | Type | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amlajack Lake Dam Coweta | Low Hazard | 16 ft | — | Earth | Georgia |
| Ammons Lake Dam Wake | Low Hazard | — | 1975 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Ammons Lake Dam Lower Wake | High Hazard | — | 1980 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Ammons Lake Dam Upper Wake | High Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Ammons Pond Dam Wake | Low Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Amon G Carter Dam Montague | High Hazard | 80 ft | 1956 | Earth | Texas |
| Amos Const Co Murray | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1940 | Earth | Oklahoma |
| Amos Lake Dam Phelps | Low Hazard | 27 ft | 1960 | Earth | Missouri |
| Amos Lake Dam Iredell | Low Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Amphibious Lake Dam Burlington | Low Hazard | 13 ft | 1967 | Earth | New Jersey |
| A. M. Puett Montezuma | Significant Hazard | 43 ft | 1960 | Earth | Colorado |
| Amsden Day | Low Hazard | 35 ft | 1937 | Earth | South Dakota |
| Amsden Lake Dam Wood | Significant Hazard | 16 ft | — | Earth | Texas |
| Amsterdam Slough Burnett | Significant Hazard | 14 ft | 1968 | Gravity | Wisconsin |
| Amston Lake Dam Tolland | Significant Hazard | 10 ft | 1910 | Earth | Connecticut |
| A M Tuck Dam Greenwood | Low Hazard | 35 ft | 1958 | — | South Carolina |
| Amwell #2 Dam Hunterdon | Significant Hazard | 19 ft | — | Earth | New Jersey |
| Amwell No. 1 Dam Hunterdon | Significant Hazard | 22 ft | — | Earth | New Jersey |
| Amwell No. 3 Dam Hunterdon | Significant Hazard | 26 ft | 1970 | Earth | New Jersey |
| A M Withers Estate Dam Greenwood | Low Hazard | 23 ft | 1969 | — | South Carolina |
| Amy Lake Dam Morgan | Low Hazard | 20 ft | 1977 | Earth | Indiana |
| Amy Lake Dam Morgan | Significant Hazard | 35 ft | 2003 | Earth | Indiana |
| Analomink Lake Monroe | Significant Hazard | 11 ft | 1910 | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| Anasagunticook Oxford | Significant Hazard | 11 ft | 1900 | Concrete | Maine |
| Anawalt Lake Dam McDowell | High Hazard | 34 ft | — | Earth | West Virginia |
| Ancel Dam Prince Edward | Unknown | 23 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Anchor Lake Dam Pearl River | High Hazard | 24 ft | 1965 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Anchors Landing Lower Dam Caldwell | Low Hazard | — | 2001 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Anchors Landing Upper Dam Caldwell | Low Hazard | — | 2001 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Ancora Pond Dam Camden | Significant Hazard | 8 ft | — | Earth | New Jersey |
| Anders Lake Dam Amite | Low Hazard | 18 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Anderson Santa Clara | High Hazard | 240 ft | 1950 | Rockfill | California |
| Anderson Barron | Low Hazard | 12 ft | 1868 | Gravity | Wisconsin |
| Anderson #1 Mellette | Low Hazard | 45 ft | 1956 | Earth | South Dakota |
| Anderson #1 Dam Forsyth | Low Hazard | 19 ft | 1955 | Earth | Georgia |
| Anderson #2 Mellette | Low Hazard | 28 ft | 1957 | Earth | South Dakota |
| Anderson # 2 Lake Dam (Lower) Forsyth | Low Hazard | 21 ft | 1960 | Earth | Georgia |
| Anderson Catfish Pond Dam Yazoo | Low Hazard | 20 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Anderson Dam Halifax | Unknown | 26 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Anderson Dam Kanawha | High Hazard | 39 ft | 1984 | Earth | West Virginia |
| Anderson Dam Chautauqua | Significant Hazard | 16 ft | 1954 | Earth | New York |
| Anderson Dam Rockingham | Low Hazard | — | 1996 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Anderson Dam Gadsden | Significant Hazard | 25 ft | — | Earth | Florida |
| Anderson Dam Laurens | Low Hazard | 34 ft | 1960 | — | South Carolina |
| Anderson Dam Buena Vista | Low Hazard | 27 ft | 1978 | Earth | Iowa |
| Anderson Dam Amelia | Low Hazard | 29 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Anderson Dam; Iver Grand Forks | Low Hazard | 13 ft | 1968 | Earth | North Dakota |
| Anderson Dam; Lawrence Barnes | Low Hazard | 20 ft | 1939 | Earth | North Dakota |
| Anderson Farm Lake Dam Mercer | Low Hazard | 41 ft | 1965 | Earth | Kentucky |
| Anderson Lake Noxubee | Low Hazard | 15 ft | 1970 | Earth | Mississippi |