Recreation Dams
38,146 dams in the US serve this purpose.
| Dam Name | Hazard | Height | Built | Type | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Lake Dam Knox | Significant Hazard | 25 ft | 1971 | Earth | Ohio |
| Ashley Register Lake Dam Grady | Low Hazard | 28 ft | — | Earth | Georgia |
| Ashley Waterworks Reservoir Delaware | Significant Hazard | 12 ft | 1954 | Earth | Ohio |
| Ashmere Lake Dam Berkshire | High Hazard | 34 ft | 1875 | Earth | Massachusetts |
| Ashmore Lake Dam Hunt | Low Hazard | 19 ft | 1962 | Earth | Texas |
| Ashmore Lake Dam Lee | High Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Ashtabula County Outdoor Club Lake Dam Ashtabula | High Hazard | 22 ft | 1928 | Earth | Ohio |
| Ashton Fremont | High Hazard | 65 ft | 1917 | Earth | Idaho |
| Ashton Lake Dam Mills | Low Hazard | 16 ft | 1900 | Gravity | Texas |
| Ashton South Washington | High Hazard | 19 ft | — | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| Ashuelot Pond Dam Sullivan | High Hazard | 13 ft | 1872 | Concrete | New Hampshire |
| Ashuelot River Dam Cheshire | Low Hazard | 16 ft | 1919 | Stone | New Hampshire |
| Ashurst Lake Coconino | Low Hazard | 12 ft | 1954 | Earth | Arizona |
| Ashville Pond Washington | Significant Hazard | 9 ft | 1885 | Rockfill | Rhode Island |
| Askew Lake Dam North Henry | Unknown | 16 ft | 1958 | Earth | Georgia |
| Askins Pond Dam Florence | Low Hazard | 10 ft | 1960 | — | South Carolina |
| Asnacomet Pond Dam Worcester | Significant Hazard | 9 ft | — | Earth | Massachusetts |
| Aspenhoff Lake Dam Warren | High Hazard | 29 ft | 1965 | Earth | Missouri |
| Aspen Lake El Paso | Low Hazard | 21 ft | 1956 | Earth | Colorado |
| Aspen Lake Iron | Significant Hazard | — | — | Earth | Utah |
| Aspen Lodge Larimer | Significant Hazard | 16 ft | — | Earth | Colorado |
| Aspermont Lake Dam Stonewall | Low Hazard | 20 ft | 1925 | Earth | Texas |
| Aspetuck River Dam Fairfield | Significant Hazard | 12 ft | — | — | Connecticut |
| Assabet River Dam Middlesex | Low Hazard | 15 ft | 1924 | Other | Massachusetts |
| Assaf Lake Dam Washington | Low Hazard | 30 ft | 1968 | Earth | Missouri |
| Assam Minnehaha | Low Hazard | 30 ft | 1968 | Earth | South Dakota |
| A S Smoak Pond Dam Calhoun | Unknown | 20 ft | 1963 | — | South Carolina |
| Assoc Dev. Dam Okaloosa | Low Hazard | 20 ft | 1970 | Earth | Florida |
| Assumption Abbey Dam Stark | Low Hazard | 23 ft | 1945 | Earth | North Dakota |
| Assunpink #18 Dam Monmouth | High Hazard | 38 ft | — | Earth | New Jersey |
| Assunpink #19 Dam Monmouth | Significant Hazard | 36 ft | — | Earth | New Jersey |
| Assunpink #20 Dam Mercer | High Hazard | 26 ft | — | Earth | New Jersey |
| Assunpink #4 Dam Monmouth | High Hazard | 24 ft | — | Earth | New Jersey |
| Astleford No. 1 Mellette | Low Hazard | 27 ft | 1965 | Earth | South Dakota |
| Astleford No.2 Mellette | Low Hazard | 26 ft | 1966 | Earth | South Dakota |
| Astleford No.3 Mellette | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1936 | Earth | South Dakota |
| Aston Gss Montague | Low Hazard | 31 ft | 1979 | Earth | Texas |
| Atagahi Lake Dam Transylvania | High Hazard | — | 1973 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Atascadero Park San Luis Obispo | High Hazard | 18 ft | 1918 | Earth | California |
| Atco Lake Dam Camden | Significant Hazard | 8 ft | — | Earth | New Jersey |
| Athens Country Club Lake Dam Clarke | Low Hazard | 19 ft | — | Earth | Georgia |
| Athens Fish and Game Club Lake Dam Henderson | High Hazard | 28 ft | 1920 | Earth | Texas |
| Athey Lake Dam Crawford | Low Hazard | 20 ft | 1952 | Earth | Illinois |
| Atkins Dam Cumberland | Unknown | 11 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Atkins Dam Harnett | High Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Atkins Lake Dam Guilford | Low Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Atkinson Dam Albemarle | Unknown | 26 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Atkinson Dam Holt | Low Hazard | 11 ft | 1992 | Earth | Nebraska |
| Atkinson Lake Dam St. Clair | Low Hazard | 28 ft | 1962 | Earth | Missouri |
| Atkinson Lake Dam Johnston | Low Hazard | — | 1959 | Earth | North Carolina |