Recreation Dams
38,146 dams in the US serve this purpose.
| Dam Name | Hazard | Height | Built | Type | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Dam No 5 Wood | Low Hazard | 14 ft | 1971 | Earth | Texas |
| Wells Family Pond Natchitoches | Low Hazard | 21 ft | 2004 | Earth | Louisiana |
| Wellsgate Lake Number 1 Dam Lafayette | Low Hazard | 26 ft | 1999 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Wellsgate Lake Number 2 Dam Lafayette | Unknown | 17 ft | 2000 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Wells Lake Dam Crisp | Low Hazard | 8 ft | 1968 | Earth | Georgia |
| Wells Lake Dam Columbia | Low Hazard | 14 ft | 1949 | Earth | Georgia |
| Wells Lake Dam St. Francois | High Hazard | 28 ft | 1972 | Earth | Missouri |
| Wells Lake Dam Burke | Low Hazard | 22 ft | 1950 | Earth | Georgia |
| Wells Lake Dam Drew | Low Hazard | — | 1968 | Earth | Arkansas |
| Wells Lake Dam Lower Cherokee | Low Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Wells Lake Dam No 3 Wood | Significant Hazard | 17 ft | — | Earth | Texas |
| Wells Lake Dam No 6 Wood | Significant Hazard | 14 ft | — | Earth | Texas |
| Wells Lake Dam No 7 Wood | Significant Hazard | — | — | Earth | Texas |
| Wells Lake Dam (South) Schley | Low Hazard | 31 ft | — | Earth | Georgia |
| Wells Lake Dam Upper Cherokee | Low Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Wells Mill Pond Dam Sumter | Low Hazard | 14 ft | 1925 | Earth | Georgia |
| Wells Mill Reservoir Dam Ocean | Low Hazard | 9 ft | — | Earth | New Jersey |
| Wells Pond Dam Tolland | Significant Hazard | 11 ft | 1920 | Earth | Connecticut |
| Wells Pond Dam Sullivan | Low Hazard | 10 ft | 1929 | Stone | New York |
| Wells Pond Dam Harris | Low Hazard | 30 ft | 1947 | Earth | Georgia |
| Wells Upper (West) Dam Cherokee | Low Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Wellsville City Lake Dam Montgomery | Low Hazard | 20 ft | 1940 | Earth | Missouri |
| Wellsville Lake Dam Montgomery | High Hazard | 5 ft | 1964 | Earth | Missouri |
| Welmet Lake Dam Sullivan | Low Hazard | 13 ft | 1900 | Earth | New York |
| Welschmeyer's Dam Osage | High Hazard | 28 ft | 1978 | Earth | Missouri |
| Welshmans Lake Dam St. Francois | High Hazard | 32 ft | 1973 | Earth | Missouri |
| Welton Corp Dam 1 Beaufort | Low Hazard | 8 ft | 1952 | — | South Carolina |
| Welton Corp Dam 2 Beaufort | Low Hazard | 10 ft | 1952 | — | South Carolina |
| We Morris Dam Spartanburg | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1967 | — | South Carolina |
| Wenas Dam Yakima | High Hazard | — | 1911 | Rockfill | Washington |
| Wenatchee Heights Reservoir No 2 Dam Chelan | High Hazard | — | 1998 | Earth | Washington |
| Wendall Marsh Dam Sullivan | Significant Hazard | 15 ft | — | Concrete | New Hampshire |
| Wendt Lake Dam Lincoln | Low Hazard | 30 ft | 1973 | Earth | Missouri |
| Wendt Lake Dam Oregon | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1965 | Earth | Missouri |
| Wendy Hill Dam Chatham | High Hazard | — | 1995 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Wendy Lake Dam White | High Hazard | 39 ft | — | Earth | Georgia |
| Wendy Road Pond Dam Fairfield | Significant Hazard | 11 ft | — | Earth | Connecticut |
| Wenger Dam James City | Unknown | 19 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Wenscott Reservoir Providence | High Hazard | 10 ft | 1865 | Rockfill | Rhode Island |
| Wensler Lake Dam Maries | Low Hazard | 24 ft | 1960 | Earth | Missouri |
| Wequaquet Lake Dam Barnstable | Significant Hazard | 7 ft | — | Concrete | Massachusetts |
| Werges Lake Dam Montgomery | Low Hazard | 22 ft | 1968 | Earth | Missouri |
| Werner Lake Dam Columbiana | Significant Hazard | 19 ft | 1955 | Earth | Ohio |
| Werner Woods Pond Dam Hartford | Significant Hazard | 24 ft | 1963 | Concrete | Connecticut |
| Wernick Lake Dam | Low Hazard | 21 ft | — | Earth | Georgia |
| Werrmann Lake Dam Warren | Low Hazard | 26 ft | — | Earth | Ohio |
| Werrys Lake Monroe | Low Hazard | 12 ft | 1929 | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| Werths Lake Dam Lafayette | Low Hazard | 22 ft | 1954 | Earth | Missouri |
| Wertz + Viall Pond Washington | Low Hazard | 6 ft | 1957 | Rockfill | Rhode Island |
| Weslake Dam St. Clair | Significant Hazard | 48 ft | 1962 | Earth | Illinois |