Recreation Dams
38,146 dams in the US serve this purpose.
| Dam Name | Hazard | Height | Built | Type | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workman Lake Dam Knox | Significant Hazard | 30 ft | — | Earth | Ohio |
| Works Lake Dam Duplin | Low Hazard | — | 1949 | Earth | North Carolina |
| World Challenge Lake No 1 Dam Smith | Low Hazard | 34 ft | 1974 | Earth | Texas |
| World Challenge Lake No 2 Dam Smith | Low Hazard | 36 ft | 1974 | Earth | Texas |
| World Challenge Lake No 3 Dam Smith | Low Hazard | 28 ft | 1975 | Earth | Texas |
| Worldwide Missionary Dam Sharp | High Hazard | 20 ft | 1978 | Earth | Arkansas |
| Worley Dam #2 Franklin | Unknown | 28 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Worley Lake Dam McCreary | Low Hazard | 26 ft | 1972 | Earth | Kentucky |
| Wormley Pond Dam York | Low Hazard | 11 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Worrell Pond Dam Franklin | Low Hazard | 11 ft | 1938 | Earth | New York |
| Worsham Brothers Dam Alcorn | Unknown | 12 ft | 1994 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Worsham Brothers Lake Dam Alcorn | Low Hazard | 12 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Worsham Lake Dam Twiggs | Low Hazard | 18 ft | 1960 | Earth | Georgia |
| Wortham Lake No 1 Dam Freestone | Significant Hazard | 19 ft | 1952 | Earth | Texas |
| Wortham Lake No 2 Dam Freestone | Low Hazard | 20 ft | 1923 | Earth | Texas |
| Wortham Pond Dam Granville | Low Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Worth County Community Lake Dam Worth | Low Hazard | 26 ft | 1957 | Earth | Missouri |
| Worthington Lake Dam Gasconade | Low Hazard | 28 ft | 1971 | Earth | Missouri |
| Worthington Pond Dam Tolland | Significant Hazard | 4 ft | — | Earth | Connecticut |
| Worthville Lake Dam Randolph | Low Hazard | — | 1920 | Masonry | North Carolina |
| Worthy Lake Dam Paulding | Low Hazard | 31 ft | 1973 | Earth | Georgia |
| W O Wilkerson Pond Dam Kemper | Low Hazard | 14 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Wow Youth Camp Dam Hall | Low Hazard | 29 ft | 1962 | Earth | Georgia |
| Wpa Pond Muskogee | Low Hazard | 20 ft | 1938 | Earth | Oklahoma |
| W Parks Lake Dam Newton | Low Hazard | 8 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| W.P. Franklin Lock and Dam Lee | Low Hazard | — | 1965 | — | Florida |
| W.P.Mclean Dam Number 1 Greene | Significant Hazard | — | 1950 | Earth | Alabama |
| W P Veazey Jr Pond Dam Tate | Low Hazard | 14 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| W P Veazey Jr Pond Number 2 Dam Tate | Low Hazard | 20 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Wraco Lodge Dam Roscommon | Low Hazard | 9 ft | 1928 | Earth | Michigan |
| Wral Dam Wake | Low Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Wray Lake Dam Benton | Low Hazard | 25 ft | — | Earth | Missouri |
| W R Carter Conecuh | Significant Hazard | — | 1960 | Earth | Alabama |
| W R Chapman Lake Dam No 1 Pike | Low Hazard | — | 1965 | Earth | Alabama |
| W R Chapman Lake Dam No 2 Pike | Low Hazard | — | 1976 | Earth | Alabama |
| Wreck Pond Dam Monmouth | Low Hazard | 20 ft | — | Earth | New Jersey |
| Wren Lake Dam Marshall | Low Hazard | 20 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Wren Lake Dam Butler | Low Hazard | 15 ft | 1973 | Earth | Missouri |
| Wren Lake Dam Harris | Low Hazard | 28 ft | 1950 | Earth | Georgia |
| W. Reynolds Dam Surry | High Hazard | — | — | Concrete | North Carolina |
| W R Farris Lake Number 1 Dam Warren | Low Hazard | 20 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| W R Farris Lake Number 2 Dam Warren | Low Hazard | 22 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| W R Farris Lake Number 3 Dam Warren | Low Hazard | 23 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Wright Iowa | Low Hazard | 13 ft | 1912 | Gravity | Wisconsin |
| Wright Dam Lamar | Low Hazard | 17 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Wright Dam Rockingham | Low Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Wright Dam Bollinger | Low Hazard | 26 ft | 1970 | Earth | Missouri |
| Wright Dam Prince George | Unknown | 20 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Wright Family Pond Sabine | Low Hazard | 30 ft | 2012 | Earth | Louisiana |
| Wright Gss Hill | Low Hazard | 26 ft | 1979 | Earth | Texas |