Recreation Dams
38,146 dams in the US serve this purpose.
| Dam Name | Hazard | Height | Built | Type | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. W. Jones Dam Rutherford | Significant Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| W.W. Robinson Lake Dam Carroll | Low Hazard | 29 ft | — | Earth | Georgia |
| W W Weissinger #1 Dallas | Low Hazard | 15 ft | 1962 | Earth | Alabama |
| Wyandotte County Lake Dam Wyandotte | Significant Hazard | 98 ft | 1941 | Earth | Kansas |
| Wyandotte Lake Dam Crawford | Low Hazard | 18 ft | 1950 | — | Indiana |
| Wyard Dam Foster | Low Hazard | 13 ft | 1934 | Earth | North Dakota |
| Wyassup Lake Dam New London | Significant Hazard | 15 ft | 1920 | Earth | Connecticut |
| Wyatt-Grey Lake Dam Fayette | Low Hazard | 21 ft | 1956 | Earth | Georgia |
| Wyatt Lake Cumberland | Low Hazard | 22 ft | 1969 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Wyatt Lake Dam Shelby | Significant Hazard | — | 1968 | Earth | Alabama |
| Wyatt Lake Dam Montgomery | Low Hazard | 29 ft | 1975 | Earth | Missouri |
| Wyatt Lake Dam Haralson | Low Hazard | 31 ft | 1943 | Earth | Georgia |
| Wyatts Dam King and Queen | Unknown | 10 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Wyboo Plantation Dam Clarendon | Low Hazard | 15 ft | 1960 | — | South Carolina |
| Wycliff Avenue Dam Dallas | High Hazard | 24 ft | 1958 | Earth | Texas |
| Wye Mills Dam Queen Anne's | Significant Hazard | 20 ft | 1682 | Earth | Maryland |
| Wyldewood Lake Dam White | Low Hazard | 20 ft | 1964 | Earth | Arkansas |
| Wylie York | High Hazard | 119 ft | 1925 | Gravity | South Carolina |
| Wylie Hill No 1 Montgomery | Low Hazard | — | 1958 | Earth | Alabama |
| Wylie Hill No 2 Montgomery | Low Hazard | — | 1958 | Earth | Alabama |
| Wyndham Lake Dam Henrico | Significant Hazard | 17 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Wynn and Harrell No 1 Dam Lowndes | Significant Hazard | — | — | Earth | Alabama |
| Wynn and Harrell No 2 Dam Lowndes | Significant Hazard | — | — | Earth | Alabama |
| Wynne Lake Dam Grundy | Low Hazard | 25 ft | — | Earth | Missouri |
| Wynne Lake Dam Bleckley | Low Hazard | 19 ft | 1976 | Earth | Georgia |
| Wynn Lake Dam Banks | Low Hazard | 32 ft | 1957 | Earth | Georgia |
| Wynns Pond Dam Coweta | Low Hazard | 12 ft | 1900 | Rockfill | Georgia |
| Wynoochee Grays Harbor | High Hazard | 175 ft | 1972 | Gravity | Washington |
| Wyocena Columbia | Low Hazard | 14 ft | 1849 | Gravity | Wisconsin |
| Wyoming Lake Dam Kent | High Hazard | 13 ft | 1925 | Gravity | Delaware |
| Wyoming Upper Washington | High Hazard | 11 ft | 1885 | Masonry | Rhode Island |
| Wyre - Wynd New London | Low Hazard | 21 ft | 1913 | Masonry | Connecticut |
| Wyrosdick Pond Dam Butler | Low Hazard | — | 1969 | Earth | Alabama |
| Wysong Dam Grand Traverse | Significant Hazard | 11 ft | 1989 | Earth | Michigan |
| X Way Millpond Dam Scotland | Low Hazard | — | 1949 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Yacht Club Bay Dam Number 15 Tuscaloosa | Low Hazard | — | 1976 | Earth | Alabama |
| Yacht Club Bay Dam Number 8 Tuscaloosa | Low Hazard | — | 1976 | Earth | Alabama |
| Yachtmans Point Dam Davidson | High Hazard | — | 2004 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Yacovelli Lake Dam St. Francois | High Hazard | 20 ft | — | Earth | Missouri |
| Yadco Lake Dam Moore | Low Hazard | — | 1959 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Yadkin Falls Montgomery | High Hazard | 74 ft | 1919 | Gravity | North Carolina |
| Yadkin Narrows Stanly | High Hazard | 201 ft | 1917 | Gravity | North Carolina |
| Yadkin Recreation Park Dam Yadkin | Low Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Yager Lake Dam Oldham | High Hazard | 33 ft | 1950 | Earth | Kentucky |
| Yahou Calhoun | High Hazard | — | 1967 | Earth | Alabama |
| Yale Cowlitz | High Hazard | 323 ft | 1953 | Earth | Washington |
| Yamhill Vista Dam #5 Yamhill | Significant Hazard | 27 ft | — | Earth | Oregon |
| Yankee Hill Dam Lancaster | High Hazard | — | 1965 | Earth | Nebraska |
| Yankee Lake Dam Sullivan | High Hazard | 22 ft | 1844 | Earth | New York |
| Yanktonai Dam McLean | Significant Hazard | 21 ft | 1935 | Earth | North Dakota |