Recreation Dams

38,146 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Aquarena Dam Hays	Significant Hazard	7 ft	1849	Rockfill	Texas
Aqua-Terra Lake Dam Broome	Low Hazard	15 ft	1952	Earth	New York
Aquilla Dam Hill	High Hazard	104 ft	1983	Earth	Texas
Araniska Dam Alleghany	Low Hazard	—	—	Earth	North Carolina
Arapahoe Lake Arapahoe	Significant Hazard	20 ft	1974	Earth	Colorado
Arbor Dam 1 Tarrant	Low Hazard	30 ft	1982	Concrete	Texas
Arbor Dam 2 Tarrant	Low Hazard	32 ft	1982	Concrete	Texas
Arboretum Townhouse Dam Forsyth	High Hazard	—	2001	Earth	North Carolina
Arbor Pond Dam Dutchess	Low Hazard	27 ft	1987	Earth	New York
Arbor Shores Lake Dam Coweta	Unknown	27 ft	—	Earth	Georgia
Arbor Valley Lake Dam Clarke	High Hazard	58 ft	2008	Earth	Iowa
Arbuckle Murray	High Hazard	150 ft	1965	Earth	Oklahoma
Arby Williams Dam Lincoln	Low Hazard	23 ft	1980	Earth	Louisiana
Arcadia Dam Oklahoma	High Hazard	102 ft	1986	Earth	Oklahoma
Arcadia Woods Lake Dam Richland	High Hazard	22 ft	1937	—	South Carolina
Archbold Dam Loudoun	Unknown	27 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Archbold Upground Reservoir No. 1 Fulton	High Hazard	15 ft	1957	Earth	Ohio
Archbold Upground Reservoir No. 2 Fulton	High Hazard	22 ft	1961	Earth	Ohio
Archers Pond Dam Johnson	Low Hazard	11 ft	1940	Earth	Georgia
Archer Vly Dam Saratoga	Low Hazard	20 ft	—	Earth	New York
Archie Castle's Dam Wexford	Low Hazard	8 ft	1963	Earth	Michigan
Arch Johnson Pond Dam Moore	Low Hazard	—	—	Earth	North Carolina
Archusa Creek Water Park Lake Dam Clarke	Low Hazard	32 ft	1971	Earth	Mississippi
Ardarra Farm Dam Fauquier	Unknown	21 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Ardean Kimmell Dam No 2 Comanche	Low Hazard	22 ft	1975	Earth	Texas
Ardis Pond Dam Sumter	Low Hazard	11 ft	1800	—	South Carolina
Ardmore Rod & Gun Club Carter	Low Hazard	30 ft	1935	Earth	Oklahoma
Ardrey Park Dam Mecklenburg	High Hazard	—	—	Earth	North Carolina
Areharts Pond Dam Lexington	Low Hazard	7 ft	1955	—	South Carolina
Arena Lake Dam Somervell	Low Hazard	41 ft	1953	Earth	Texas
Arenas Dam St. Clair	Significant Hazard	20 ft	1950	Earth	Illinois
Arend Oohms Dam Columbia	Low Hazard	13 ft	1970	Earth	New York
Arends Hidden Acre Pond Orangeburg	Low Hazard	17 ft	1972	—	South Carolina
Arens Lake Dam Morgan	Significant Hazard	16 ft	1978	Earth	Indiana
Arenzo Lake Dam Rockdale	Low Hazard	34 ft	1986	Earth	Georgia
Argentine Dam Genesee	Significant Hazard	17 ft	1929	Earth	Michigan
Argo Dam Washtenaw	High Hazard	18 ft	1920	Gravity	Michigan
Argo Lake Dam Sumter	Low Hazard	13 ft	1948	Earth	Georgia
Argyle Lake Dam Osage	High Hazard	25 ft	1904	Earth	Missouri
Argyle Lake Dam McDonough	Significant Hazard	58 ft	1949	Earth	Illinois
Arivaca Pima	Significant Hazard	30 ft	1970	Earth	Arizona
Arkabutla Dam DeSoto	High Hazard	65 ft	1943	Earth	Mississippi
Arkdale Adams	Low Hazard	16 ft	1860	Gravity	Wisconsin
Arkla Lake Dam Miller	Significant Hazard	16 ft	1958	Earth	Arkansas
Arkno Name 350 Washington	Low Hazard	—	1964	Earth	Arkansas
Arling Saunders Pond Dam Allegany	Significant Hazard	13 ft	1954	Earth	New York
Arlington Dam (Lower) Madison	Low Hazard	25 ft	1970	Earth	Kentucky
Arlington Dam (Upper) Madison	Low Hazard	27 ft	1950	Earth	Kentucky
Arlington Reservoir Dam Middlesex	High Hazard	14 ft	1872	Earth	Massachusetts
Arlington Southwest Nature Preserve Dam Tarrant	High Hazard	24 ft	1989	Earth	Texas