Recreation Dams
38,146 dams in the US serve this purpose.
| Dam Name | Hazard | Height | Built | Type | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wetherall Lake Dam Fairfield | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1956 | Earth | Ohio |
| Wetherbee Lake Dam Mitchell | Low Hazard | 13 ft | 1965 | Earth | Georgia |
| Wetherell Pond Dam Norfolk | Low Hazard | 7 ft | — | Gravity | Massachusetts |
| Wetherington Lake Dam Lowndes | Low Hazard | 18 ft | 1952 | Earth | Georgia |
| Wetherington Pond Lowndes | Low Hazard | 8 ft | — | Earth | Georgia |
| Wetlands Enhancement Cell 3 4 5 Dam Douglas | Low Hazard | 8 ft | — | Earth | Nevada |
| Wetlands Enhancement Cell 7 Dam Douglas | Low Hazard | 6 ft | — | Earth | Nevada |
| Wetlands Enhancement Cell 8 Dam Douglas | Low Hazard | 5 ft | — | Earth | Nevada |
| Wetmore Lake Dam Benton | Low Hazard | 21 ft | 1965 | Earth | Arkansas |
| Wetzel, C.R. Lake Dam Chariton | Low Hazard | 20 ft | — | Earth | Missouri |
| W. E. Waters Montgomery | Low Hazard | 13 ft | 1988 | Earth | Alabama |
| Wexford Homeowners Lake Dam Hendricks | Significant Hazard | 33 ft | 2003 | Earth | Indiana |
| Weyauwega Waupaca | Low Hazard | 16 ft | 1852 | Concrete | Wisconsin |
| Weyerhaeuser Dam King | Low Hazard | — | 1970 | Earth | Washington |
| Weyerhauser Lumber Company Pond Dam Kemper | Unknown | 10 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Wey Lake Dam Vigo | Low Hazard | 36 ft | 1945 | Earth | Indiana |
| Weymouth Pond Somerset | Low Hazard | 7 ft | 1880 | Concrete | Maine |
| Weymouth Ranch Lower Lake Dam Moore | Significant Hazard | 23 ft | 1953 | Earth | Texas |
| Weyrehasuer Lake Dam Baldwin | Low Hazard | 26 ft | — | Earth | Georgia |
| Wf1 Walton | Unknown | 19 ft | — | Earth | Florida |
| Wf2 Walton | Unknown | 29 ft | — | Earth | Florida |
| W G Barnes Dale | Low Hazard | — | 1970 | Earth | Alabama |
| W Grimm Gasconade | Low Hazard | 20 ft | 1960 | Earth | Missouri |
| W G Williams Pond Dam Lauderdale | Low Hazard | 12 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Whale Pond Dam Potter | Low Hazard | 58 ft | 1964 | Earth | Texas |
| Whaley Lake Dam Dutchess | High Hazard | 19 ft | 1850 | Earth | New York |
| Whaley Lake Dam (North) Randolph | Low Hazard | 31 ft | 1976 | Earth | Georgia |
| Whaley Pond Dam Berkeley | Low Hazard | 11 ft | 1969 | — | South Carolina |
| Whaley Pond Dam Berkeley | High Hazard | 14 ft | 1975 | — | South Carolina |
| W H Amacker Lake Dam Pearl River | Unknown | 16 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Wham Brake Lake Ouachita | Low Hazard | 9 ft | 1950 | Earth | Louisiana |
| Wh and Carolyn Presley Dam Edgefield | Low Hazard | 24 ft | 1996 | — | South Carolina |
| Wharton Marion | Low Hazard | — | — | Earth | Tennessee |
| Whatcom Lake Dam Whatcom | High Hazard | — | 1937 | Gravity | Washington |
| Whatley Tallapoosa | Low Hazard | — | 1969 | Earth | Alabama |
| Whatley Lake Dam Randolph | Low Hazard | 21 ft | — | Earth | Georgia |
| Whatley Lake Dam Taylor | Low Hazard | 18 ft | 1963 | Earth | Georgia |
| W H Austin Pond Number 2 Dam DeSoto | Low Hazard | 18 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Wheatfields Apache | High Hazard | — | 1963 | Earth | Arizona |
| Wheatley Lake Dam North Lee | Low Hazard | 16 ft | 1944 | Earth | Georgia |
| Wheatley Pond Dam Kent | High Hazard | 8 ft | — | Gravity | Delaware |
| Wheatmore Farm Lake Dam Randolph | Low Hazard | — | 1936 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Wheaton Regional Park Dam Montgomery | Significant Hazard | 24 ft | 1962 | Earth | Maryland |
| Wheatons Brook Pond Windham | Significant Hazard | — | — | Earth | Connecticut |
| Wheeldon Dam Washington | Low Hazard | 24 ft | 1980 | Earth | Nebraska |
| Wheeler Chambers | Low Hazard | — | 1946 | Earth | Alabama |
| Wheeler Oconto | High Hazard | 20 ft | 1880 | Gravity | Wisconsin |
| Wheeler Branch Dam Somervell | High Hazard | 91 ft | 2008 | Earth | Texas |
| Wheeler Creek Dam Wexford | Significant Hazard | 21 ft | 1965 | Earth | Michigan |
| Wheeler Dam Madison | High Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |