Recreation Dams
38,146 dams in the US serve this purpose.
| Dam Name | Hazard | Height | Built | Type | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zachry Lake Dam Franklin | High Hazard | 38 ft | 1955 | Earth | Texas |
| Zack Hudson Dam Appomattox | Unknown | 30 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Zaiser Dam Des Moines | High Hazard | 61 ft | 2010 | Earth | Iowa |
| Zaleski Lake Dam Bell | Low Hazard | 7 ft | 1978 | Earth | Texas |
| Zalla Berling Dam Gallatin | Low Hazard | 32 ft | 1995 | Earth | Kentucky |
| Zamora Lake Dam Jefferson | High Hazard | — | 1955 | Earth | Alabama |
| Zander Lake Dam Callaway | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1977 | Earth | Missouri |
| Zander Lake Dam Lafayette | Low Hazard | 25 ft | — | Earth | Missouri |
| Zander Lake Dam Montgomery | High Hazard | 18 ft | 1968 | Earth | Missouri |
| Zanesville State Nursery Lake Dam Muskingum | High Hazard | 32 ft | — | Earth | Ohio |
| Zarges Pond Dam Macoupin | Low Hazard | 30 ft | 1978 | Earth | Illinois |
| Zaugg Dam Pocahontas | Low Hazard | 42 ft | 1998 | Earth | Iowa |
| Zebulon Outdoor Storage Dam Wake | High Hazard | — | 2022 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Zehner Mill Pond Dam Marshall | High Hazard | 9 ft | 1933 | Earth | Indiana |
| Zehr Pond Dam Henry | Unknown | 26 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Zeigler City Lake Dam Franklin | Significant Hazard | 19 ft | 1948 | Earth | Illinois |
| Zeigler Pond Dam Orangeburg | High Hazard | 16 ft | 1960 | — | South Carolina |
| Zeiner Pond Litchfield | Significant Hazard | 20 ft | 1911 | Earth | Connecticut |
| Zelene Smith Pond Dam Edgefield | Low Hazard | 20 ft | 1950 | — | South Carolina |
| Zelina Erie | Significant Hazard | 15 ft | 1974 | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| Zeman Lake Dam Jefferson | High Hazard | 34 ft | 1966 | Earth | Missouri |
| Zenina Lakes Upper Dam Madison | Low Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Zepernick Lake Dam Columbiana | Significant Hazard | 14 ft | 1950 | Earth | Ohio |
| Zero Hunting Club Lake Dam Grenada | Low Hazard | 15 ft | 2012 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Zero Manufacturing Company Dam Hampden | Significant Hazard | 18 ft | 1900 | Masonry | Massachusetts |
| Ziegenfuss Pond Dam Laurens | Low Hazard | 27 ft | 1951 | — | South Carolina |
| Zieglers Pond Dam Litchfield | Significant Hazard | 7 ft | — | Earth | Connecticut |
| Ziff Dam Pitkin | Low Hazard | 23 ft | 1992 | Earth | Colorado |
| Zimmerhanzel Lake Dam Williamson | Significant Hazard | 19 ft | 1968 | Earth | Texas |
| Zimmerman Lake Dam Moniteau | Low Hazard | 20 ft | 1976 | Earth | Missouri |
| Zimmerman Pond Dam Lexington | Low Hazard | 16 ft | 1935 | — | South Carolina |
| Zinsmeyer Lake Dam Franklin | High Hazard | 31 ft | 1967 | Earth | Missouri |
| Zion Lake Dam Jennings | Low Hazard | 21 ft | 1957 | Earth | Indiana |
| Zittrouer Pond Dam Effingham | Low Hazard | 15 ft | — | Earth | Georgia |
| Zoar Pond Dam Middlesex | Significant Hazard | 21 ft | — | Earth | Connecticut |
| Zoellner Dam Perry | High Hazard | 62 ft | — | Earth | Missouri |
| Zoldan Pond Dam Mahoning | Low Hazard | 31 ft | 2003 | Earth | Ohio |
| Zoo Lake No 1 Dam Taylor | High Hazard | 12 ft | 1966 | Earth | Texas |
| Zoo Lake No 2 Dam Taylor | High Hazard | 12 ft | 1927 | Earth | Texas |
| Zorinsky Dam Douglas | High Hazard | — | 1985 | Rockfill | Nebraska |
| Zosel Dam Okanogan | High Hazard | — | 1986 | Gravity | Washington |
| Zumwalt's Dam Hempstead | Low Hazard | 18 ft | 1984 | Earth | Arkansas |
| Zuni Lake Dam Crawford | High Hazard | 51 ft | 1977 | Earth | Missouri |
| Zunino Reservoir Dam Elko | High Hazard | 20 ft | 1909 | Earth | Nevada |
| Zupan Lake Dam Ashland | Low Hazard | 31 ft | 2000 | Earth | Ohio |
| Zurbuchen Lake Dam Clinton | Low Hazard | 33 ft | 1976 | Earth | Missouri |