Recreation Dams
38,146 dams in the US serve this purpose.
| Dam Name | Hazard | Height | Built | Type | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Creek Bent | High Hazard | 32 ft | 1904 | Earth | Colorado |
| Adobe Creek Lake | High Hazard | 36 ft | 1962 | Earth | California |
| Adrian #1 Mellette | Low Hazard | 29 ft | 1945 | Earth | South Dakota |
| Adrian #2 Mellette | Low Hazard | 26 ft | 1956 | Earth | South Dakota |
| Adrian Resevoir Dam Bates | High Hazard | 27 ft | 1963 | Other | Missouri |
| Adriatic Lake Dam Franklin | Significant Hazard | 36 ft | 1969 | Earth | Missouri |
| Adventure Sports Center Pond Garrett | Low Hazard | 27 ft | 2007 | Earth | Maryland |
| Adventure Trek Camp Dam Jackson | Low Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| A E Britt Pond Dam Sunflower | Low Hazard | 8 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Aegon Dam Linn | High Hazard | 26 ft | 1997 | Earth | Iowa |
| Aero Plantation Lake Dam 1 Union | High Hazard | — | 1962 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Aero Plantation Lake Dam 2 Union | High Hazard | — | 1967 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Affolter Lake Dam Phelps | High Hazard | 30 ft | 1965 | Earth | Missouri |
| African Plains Dam Randolph | Low Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Afton Drive/Chappell Creek Dam Prince George | Unknown | 7 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| A G Doss Lake Dam Monroe | Low Hazard | 18 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Agee Lake Dam Chariton | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1960 | Earth | Missouri |
| Agency Pond Beauregard | Low Hazard | 8 ft | 1969 | Earth | Louisiana |
| Ag Engineering Farm Pond Lee | Low Hazard | — | 1948 | Earth | Alabama |
| Agfa Lake Dam Broome | Significant Hazard | 10 ft | — | Earth | New York |
| Ag Lee Dam Comanche | Low Hazard | 28 ft | 1968 | Earth | Texas |
| A G Mcinturff Lake Dam Lamar | Low Hazard | 24 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Agnes Sisson Recreational Pond Dam Schoharie | Significant Hazard | 18 ft | 1966 | Earth | New York |
| Agnew Hamilton | High Hazard | — | 1961 | Earth | Tennessee |
| Agnew Lake Mono | High Hazard | 30 ft | 1916 | Concrete | California |
| Agrirama Lake Dam Tift | Low Hazard | 10 ft | 1932 | Earth | Georgia |
| A G Taylor Estate Pond Dam Panola | Low Hazard | 20 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Ahern Big Pond Dam Wilcox | Low Hazard | 19 ft | 1971 | Earth | Georgia |
| Ah Johnson Reservoir Levee Matagorda | Low Hazard | 19 ft | 1971 | Earth | Texas |
| Ahmad Lake Dam Gasconade | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1977 | Earth | Missouri |
| A Hoda Lake Dam Hancock | Low Hazard | 13 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Aholt Farms East Lake Lower Dam St. Charles | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1977 | Earth | Missouri |
| Ah Parsons Pond Dam Williamsburg | Low Hazard | 8 ft | 1954 | — | South Carolina |
| Ahquabi Silt Dam #1 Warren | Low Hazard | 26 ft | 1995 | Earth | Iowa |
| Ahquabi Silt Dam #2 Warren | Low Hazard | 24 ft | 1995 | Earth | Iowa |
| Ahrens Lake Dam Richland | Significant Hazard | 34 ft | 1976 | Earth | Ohio |
| Aiken Lake Dam Lamar | Low Hazard | 29 ft | 1957 | Earth | Georgia |
| Aiken Outing Club Dam Aiken | High Hazard | 24 ft | 1960 | — | South Carolina |
| Aiken State Park Dam Aiken | Low Hazard | 12 ft | 1932 | — | South Carolina |
| Aimee Smiths Pond Dam Orangeburg | Unknown | 17 ft | — | — | South Carolina |
| Ainsworth Dam Simpson | Unknown | 23 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Ainsworth Number 2 Dam Simpson | Low Hazard | 17 ft | 1993 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Airfield Pond Dam Sussex | Significant Hazard | 10 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Airlie Dam Fauquier | Significant Hazard | 19 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Airport Center Dam #1 Guilford | Low Hazard | — | 1984 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Airport Marsh Dam Coos | Low Hazard | 11 ft | 1956 | Earth | New Hampshire |
| Airport Park Lake Dam Chickasaw | Low Hazard | 20 ft | 1979 | Earth | Iowa |
| Airstrip Reservoir Dam Jersey | High Hazard | 55 ft | 1957 | Earth | Illinois |
| A.I. Selden Lock and Dam Greene | Significant Hazard | — | 1958 | Gravity | Alabama |
| Aitken Lake Dam Parke | Significant Hazard | 31 ft | 1973 | Earth | Indiana |