Recreation Dams
38,146 dams in the US serve this purpose.
| Dam Name | Hazard | Height | Built | Type | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeler Dam Lauderdale | High Hazard | 175 ft | 1936 | Concrete | Alabama |
| Wheeler Lake Dam Paulding | Low Hazard | 25 ft | — | Earth | Georgia |
| Wheeler Lake Dam Wood | Low Hazard | 15 ft | 1960 | Earth | Texas |
| Wheeler Pond Dam Franklin | Low Hazard | 17 ft | 1824 | Earth | Massachusetts |
| Wheeler Pond Dam Hampden | Significant Hazard | 17 ft | 1956 | Masonry | Massachusetts |
| Wheeler Pond Dam Worcester | Significant Hazard | 11 ft | — | Earth | Massachusetts |
| Wheeler Reservoir Dam Washoe | High Hazard | 19 ft | — | Earth | Nevada |
| Wheelers Pond Dam Saluda | Low Hazard | 15 ft | 1950 | — | South Carolina |
| Wheeless Lake and Dam Houston | Low Hazard | — | 1958 | Gravity | Alabama |
| Wheelgate Lake Dam Phelps | Low Hazard | 27 ft | 1958 | Earth | Missouri |
| Wheelock Lake Dam Navarro | Low Hazard | 24 ft | 1960 | Earth | Texas |
| Whelans Dam Prince George | Unknown | 18 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Whelchel # 1 Dam Lumpkin | Low Hazard | 34 ft | 1987 | Earth | Georgia |
| Whelchel Lake Dam # 2 Lumpkin | Low Hazard | 26 ft | 1983 | Earth | Georgia |
| Whetstone Elmore | Low Hazard | — | 1957 | Earth | Alabama |
| Whetstone Creek Big Lake Dam Callaway | High Hazard | 47 ft | 1956 | Earth | Missouri |
| Whetstone Creek Wldlf Area Dam Sec-32 Callaway | Low Hazard | 22 ft | 1969 | Earth | Missouri |
| Whetstone Crk Wldlf Area Dam-Sec 8 Callaway | Low Hazard | 26 ft | 1941 | Earth | Missouri |
| Whetstone Crk Wldlf Area-Sec 6-Upper Callaway | Low Hazard | 19 ft | 1956 | Earth | Missouri |
| Whetstone Fishing Lake Orangeburg | High Hazard | 12 ft | 1958 | — | South Carolina |
| Whetstone Gulf Storage Dam Lewis | High Hazard | 23 ft | 1961 | Earth | New York |
| Whetstone Pond Dam Calhoun | High Hazard | 17 ft | 1961 | — | South Carolina |
| Wh Heatley Pond Dam Cottle | Low Hazard | 24 ft | 1986 | Earth | Texas |
| Whidby Lake Dam Cherokee | Low Hazard | 29 ft | — | Earth | Georgia |
| Whiddon Lake Dam Shelby | Low Hazard | 16 ft | 1958 | Earth | Texas |
| Whiddons Millpond Dam Tift | Low Hazard | 11 ft | 1900 | Earth | Georgia |
| Whipple Huntingdon | Low Hazard | 16 ft | 1920 | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| Whipple Lake Dam Peach | Low Hazard | 24 ft | 1940 | Earth | Georgia |
| Whippoorwill Dam Morgan | High Hazard | 40 ft | 1945 | Earth | Indiana |
| Whippoorwill Dam Rappahannock | High Hazard | 34 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Whippoorwill Dam Bollinger | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1959 | Earth | Missouri |
| Whip-Poor-Will Dam Morgan | High Hazard | 28 ft | 1956 | Earth | Indiana |
| Whippoorwill Grove Dam St. Tammany | Low Hazard | 20 ft | — | Earth | Louisiana |
| Whippoorwill Lake Dam Harris | High Hazard | 34 ft | 1950 | Earth | Georgia |
| Whippoorwill Lake Dam Maries | Low Hazard | 30 ft | 1972 | Earth | Missouri |
| Whippoorwill Lake Dam Franklin | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1963 | Earth | Kentucky |
| Whippoorwill Lake Dam Mecklenburg | Low Hazard | — | 1953 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Whip-Poor-Will Lake Dam Jennings | Low Hazard | 26 ft | 1973 | Earth | Indiana |
| Whippoorwill Pond Dam New London | Significant Hazard | 16 ft | — | Concrete | Connecticut |
| Whipporwill Schuylkill | Significant Hazard | 11 ft | — | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| Whiskey Chute Dam Chicot | Low Hazard | — | 1970 | Earth | Arkansas |
| Whiskey Creek Dam #2 Mason | Low Hazard | 17 ft | 1972 | Earth | Michigan |
| Whisler Number 1 Jones | Low Hazard | 20 ft | 1953 | Earth | South Dakota |
| Whispering Hills Lake Dam Jackson | High Hazard | 40 ft | 1930 | Earth | Missouri |
| Whispering Hills Recreation Lake Dam Holmes | Significant Hazard | 23 ft | 1968 | Earth | Ohio |
| Whispering Oaks Mariposa | Low Hazard | 31 ft | 1968 | Gravity | California |
| Whispering Oaks Subdiv. Dam Miami | Low Hazard | 28 ft | 1976 | — | Kansas |
| Whispering Pines Tangipahoa | Low Hazard | 15 ft | 1973 | Earth | Louisiana |
| Whispering Pines Dam Muscatine | Significant Hazard | 28 ft | 2006 | Earth | Iowa |
| Whispering Pines Lake Dam Stephens | Unknown | 29 ft | — | Earth | Georgia |