Recreation Dams
38,146 dams in the US serve this purpose.
| Dam Name | Hazard | Height | Built | Type | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abeniki Lake Dam Coos | High Hazard | 40 ft | 1900 | Earth | New Hampshire |
| Abercrombie Lake Dam Upson | Low Hazard | 23 ft | 1959 | Earth | Georgia |
| Aberdeen Lake Dam Grays Harbor | High Hazard | — | 1928 | Earth | Washington |
| Aberdeen Lock and Dam Monroe | Significant Hazard | — | 1984 | Gravity | Mississippi |
| Aberdeen Town Lake Dam Moore | High Hazard | — | 1945 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Abernathy Dam Monroe | Low Hazard | 19 ft | 1960 | Earth | Georgia |
| Abernathy Lake Dam Bartow | Low Hazard | 35 ft | 1972 | Earth | Georgia |
| Abernathy Reservior Dam Arkansas | Low Hazard | 18 ft | 1956 | Earth | Arkansas |
| Abiquiu Dam Rio Arriba | High Hazard | 340 ft | 1963 | Earth | New Mexico |
| Able/Corbett Pond Dam Aiken | Low Hazard | 12 ft | 1955 | — | South Carolina |
| A B Mansell Lake Dam Madison | Low Hazard | 10 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Abna Lake Dam Fayette | Low Hazard | 24 ft | — | Earth | Georgia |
| Abner Stockman Dam Greenwood | Low Hazard | 19 ft | 1966 | — | South Carolina |
| Abney Lake Dam Walker | Unknown | 22 ft | 1971 | Earth | Georgia |
| Above Pond Dam Fairfield | Significant Hazard | 14 ft | — | Masonry | Connecticut |
| Abraham Lake Dam Robertson | Low Hazard | 14 ft | 1962 | Earth | Texas |
| Absher Lake Dam Perry | Low Hazard | 30 ft | 1980 | Earth | Missouri |
| Absher Lake Dam White | High Hazard | 15 ft | 1968 | Earth | Illinois |
| Acacia Country Club Lake Dam Cuyahoga | Significant Hazard | 38 ft | — | Earth | Ohio |
| Acacia Woods Lake Dam Rankin | High Hazard | 35 ft | 2001 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Acadiana Fish Farm Acadia | Low Hazard | 7 ft | 1970 | Earth | Louisiana |
| A & C Enterprise Dam Moore | Low Hazard | — | 1980 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Ackerman Pond Dam Williamsburg | Significant Hazard | 9 ft | 1955 | — | South Carolina |
| Ackley Lake Dam Henry | Significant Hazard | 29 ft | 1972 | Earth | Missouri |
| Ac Mcmillian Dam Hamilton | Low Hazard | 19 ft | 1970 | Earth | Texas |
| Acme (Pa-657) Westmoreland | High Hazard | 33 ft | 1975 | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| Acme Pond Dam Windham | High Hazard | 16 ft | 1846 | Earth | Connecticut |
| Acomita Cibola | High Hazard | — | 1938 | Earth | New Mexico |
| Acre Pond Susquehanna | High Hazard | 12 ft | 1825 | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| Acres Jacob Canadian | Low Hazard | 30 ft | 1960 | Earth | Oklahoma |
| Ac Skannal No 1 Bossier | Low Hazard | 14 ft | 1963 | Earth | Louisiana |
| Ac Skannal No 2 Bossier | Low Hazard | 14 ft | 1962 | Earth | Louisiana |
| Ac Skannal No 3 Bossier | Low Hazard | 17 ft | 1964 | Earth | Louisiana |
| Ac Skannal No 4 Bossier | Low Hazard | 23 ft | 1956 | Earth | Louisiana |
| A C Thomas Dam Hampton | Low Hazard | 22 ft | 1960 | — | South Carolina |
| Actman Catfish Pond Dam Tallahatchie | Low Hazard | 8 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Acton Lake Shelby | Low Hazard | — | 1955 | Earth | Alabama |
| Acton Lake Dam Butler | High Hazard | 62 ft | 1956 | Earth | Ohio |
| Acuff & Ayers Lake Dam Bollinger | High Hazard | 30 ft | 1968 | Earth | Missouri |
| Ada City Lake Pontotoc | Significant Hazard | 32 ft | 1907 | Earth | Oklahoma |
| Adair Lake Dam Clayton | Unknown | 20 ft | 1950 | Earth | Georgia |
| Adam and Lindsay Smith Dam Davis | Low Hazard | 27 ft | 2016 | Earth | Iowa |
| Adamant Pond Washington | Significant Hazard | 10 ft | 1870 | Concrete | Vermont |
| Adam/Brey Dam Davis | Low Hazard | 23 ft | 1974 | Earth | Iowa |
| Adams Brook Pike | Low Hazard | 10 ft | 1932 | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| Adams Dam Shelby | Significant Hazard | — | 1965 | Earth | Alabama |
| Adams Dam Henderson | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1968 | Earth | Texas |
| Adams Egg Farm Lake Dam Hinds | Low Hazard | 12 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Adams Lake and Dam Houston | Low Hazard | — | 1958 | Gravity | Alabama |
| Adams Lake Control Structure LaGrange | Low Hazard | 7 ft | 1952 | — | Indiana |