Recreation Dams
38,146 dams in the US serve this purpose.
| Dam Name | Hazard | Height | Built | Type | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yantacaw Brook Dam Essex | Significant Hazard | 8 ft | — | Earth | New Jersey |
| Yara Lake Dam Sumter | Low Hazard | 26 ft | — | Earth | Georgia |
| Yarboro Cemetery Lake Dam Grimes | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1961 | Earth | Texas |
| Yarboro Dam Grimes | High Hazard | 39 ft | 1910 | Earth | Texas |
| Yarbrough Calhoun | Low Hazard | — | 1957 | Earth | Alabama |
| Yarbrough Lake Dam Prentiss | Unknown | 25 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Yardley Road Lake Dam Morris | High Hazard | 30 ft | — | Earth | New Jersey |
| Yarger Lake Dam Morgan | Significant Hazard | 48 ft | 1973 | Earth | Missouri |
| Yarling Lake Dam Brown | High Hazard | 29 ft | 1950 | Earth | Indiana |
| Yaskot & Ahearn Spillway New Haven | Significant Hazard | 10 ft | 1880 | Concrete | Connecticut |
| Yates Elmore | High Hazard | 87 ft | 1928 | Gravity | Alabama |
| Yates Center Reservoir Dam (Multi-Purpose Dam) Woodson | Significant Hazard | 47 ft | 1990 | Earth | Kansas |
| Yates Dam Lamar | Low Hazard | 36 ft | 1957 | Earth | Alabama |
| Yates Dam Powhatan | Unknown | 15 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Yates Lake Neshoba | Low Hazard | 13 ft | 1970 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Yates Lake #2 Dam Walker | Low Hazard | 26 ft | 1948 | Earth | Georgia |
| Yates Lake #4 Dam Walker | Low Hazard | 32 ft | 1948 | Earth | Georgia |
| Yates Lake # 5 Dam Walker | Low Hazard | 26 ft | — | Earth | Georgia |
| Yates Lake Dam Madison | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1968 | Earth | Illinois |
| Yates Lake Dam Habersham | Low Hazard | 33 ft | 1992 | Earth | Georgia |
| Yates Lake Dam Neshoba | Low Hazard | 21 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Yates Lake Dam Dallas | Significant Hazard | — | 1973 | Earth | Alabama |
| Yates Lake Dam # 6 Walker | Low Hazard | 43 ft | — | Earth | Georgia |
| Yates Millpond Dam Wake | Low Hazard | — | 1880 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Yatesville Dam Lawrence | High Hazard | — | 1988 | Rockfill | Kentucky |
| Yawgoog Pond Washington | High Hazard | 14 ft | 1885 | Earth | Rhode Island |
| Yawn Lake Dam Dodge | Low Hazard | 20 ft | 1965 | Earth | Georgia |
| Yazoo County Sportsman and Conservation League Dam Yazoo | Low Hazard | 35 ft | 2001 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Yc1 Okaloosa | Unknown | 20 ft | — | Earth | Florida |
| Yeager Lakes Dam Kingman | High Hazard | 21 ft | 1929 | Earth | Kansas |
| Yegan Dam Burleigh | Low Hazard | 14 ft | 1947 | Other | North Dakota |
| Yeiser Lake Dam Butler | Low Hazard | 10 ft | 1997 | Earth | Kentucky |
| Yellowbanks Dam Polk | Low Hazard | 41 ft | 1986 | Earth | Iowa |
| Yellow Banks Lake Dam Warrick | Low Hazard | 32 ft | 1970 | Earth | Indiana |
| Yellow Creek Indiana | High Hazard | 62 ft | 1969 | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| Yellow Gate Lake Dam San Jacinto | High Hazard | 26 ft | 1958 | Earth | Texas |
| Yellow Jacket Lake Dam Wilkes | Low Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Yellow Lake Jefferson | Low Hazard | 15 ft | 1943 | Earth | Arkansas |
| Yellow Moccasin Dam Washington | Low Hazard | 20 ft | 2000 | Earth | Nebraska |
| Yellow Nugget Monroe | Low Hazard | — | 1967 | Earth | Tennessee |
| Yellow Rabbit Watershed Structure Lt-5-1 Benton | Low Hazard | 20 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Yellowsmoke Park Dam Crawford | High Hazard | 59 ft | 1980 | Earth | Iowa |
| Yellowstone Lafayette | High Hazard | 32 ft | 1953 | Gravity | Wisconsin |
| Yellowwood Lake Dam Brown | High Hazard | 41 ft | 1939 | Earth | Indiana |
| Yelton Dam Rutherford | Significant Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Yelton Lake Dam Bracken | Low Hazard | 35 ft | 1975 | Earth | Kentucky |
| Yelverton Pond Dam Hinds | Unknown | 14 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Yelvertons Lake Dam Hinds | Low Hazard | 12 ft | 1948 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Yergens & Anselmo Dam No 1 Pend Oreille | Low Hazard | — | 1970 | Earth | Washington |
| Yerger Lake Dam Madison | Low Hazard | 15 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |