Recreation Dams
38,146 dams in the US serve this purpose.
| Dam Name | Hazard | Height | Built | Type | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Lake Waushara | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1970 | Earth | Wisconsin |
| Alpine Lake Dam Warren | High Hazard | 118 ft | 2000 | Earth | Missouri |
| Alpine Lake Dam Rowan | High Hazard | — | 1962 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Alpine Lake Dam Franklin | Low Hazard | 34 ft | 1973 | Earth | Missouri |
| Alpine Main Alpine | High Hazard | 49 ft | 1891 | Rockfill | California |
| Al Salyer Cleveland | Low Hazard | 22 ft | — | Earth | Oklahoma |
| Alsey Lake Dam Scott | Significant Hazard | 27 ft | 1969 | Earth | Illinois |
| Alston Lake Dam Franklin | Low Hazard | 21 ft | 1970 | Earth | Georgia |
| Alsup Farm Pond Dam Brown | Low Hazard | 44 ft | 1968 | Earth | Illinois |
| Alsup Lake Dam Forsyth | Low Hazard | — | 1952 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Alta Lake Dam Irwin | Low Hazard | 13 ft | 1963 | Earth | Georgia |
| Alter Dam Howell | Low Hazard | 25 ft | 1974 | Earth | Missouri |
| Alter Lake No 2 Dam Arkansas | Low Hazard | — | 1968 | Earth | Arkansas |
| Althiser Lake Dam Callaway | High Hazard | 25 ft | 1967 | Earth | Missouri |
| Altiers Lake Dam Perry | High Hazard | 19 ft | 1949 | Earth | Ohio |
| Altman Lake Dam Bulloch | Low Hazard | 20 ft | 1948 | Earth | Georgia |
| Alton Box Club Dam Shannon | Low Hazard | 30 ft | 1976 | Earth | Missouri |
| Alton Lake Dam Leon | Low Hazard | 32 ft | 1977 | Earth | Texas |
| Alton Lake Dam Audrain | Low Hazard | 15 ft | 1964 | Earth | Missouri |
| Alton Pond Washington | Significant Hazard | 19 ft | 1920 | — | Rhode Island |
| Alton Power Dam Belknap | High Hazard | 16 ft | 1923 | Concrete | New Hampshire |
| Alton Stogner Lake Dam Walthall | Low Hazard | 15 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Alton Twin Lakes-South Lake Dam Madison | Significant Hazard | 32 ft | 1970 | Earth | Illinois |
| Alton-Wood River Sportsmens Reservoir Dam Madison | High Hazard | 33 ft | 1948 | Earth | Illinois |
| Altoona Eau Claire | High Hazard | 44 ft | 1938 | Buttress | Wisconsin |
| Aluma Oklahoma | High Hazard | 38 ft | 1921 | Earth | Oklahoma |
| Alumax Corp Dam Berkeley | Low Hazard | 15 ft | 1962 | — | South Carolina |
| Alum Creek Dam Delaware | High Hazard | — | 1974 | Gravity | Ohio |
| Alum Pond Dam Worcester | Significant Hazard | 9 ft | — | Earth | Massachusetts |
| Alverno Cheboygan | Low Hazard | 19 ft | 1902 | Earth | Michigan |
| Alverson Pond Dam Spartanburg | High Hazard | 23 ft | 1958 | — | South Carolina |
| Alvin Lincoln | Low Hazard | 36 ft | 1954 | Earth | South Dakota |
| Alvine Dam Lake | Low Hazard | 30 ft | 1974 | Earth | South Dakota |
| Alvin Gray Dam Beauregard | Low Hazard | 15 ft | 1986 | Earth | Louisiana |
| Alvin Mixon Conecuh | Low Hazard | — | 1940 | Earth | Alabama |
| Alvin R. Bush Dam Clinton | High Hazard | 165 ft | 1962 | Rockfill | Pennsylvania |
| Alvis Dam Goochland | Unknown | 23 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Alyson Pond Dam Wake | High Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Amacoy Rusk | Low Hazard | 20 ft | 1967 | Earth | Wisconsin |
| Amah Lee Lake Dam Henry | Low Hazard | 18 ft | 1960 | Earth | Georgia |
| Amana Society Wetland Dam Iowa | Low Hazard | 10 ft | 1995 | Earth | Iowa |
| Amanda Lake Dam Tyler | Low Hazard | 29 ft | 1959 | Earth | Texas |
| Amann Reservoir Dam Morrow | Significant Hazard | 32 ft | 1904 | Earth | Ohio |
| Amann Reservoir Upper Dam Morrow | Significant Hazard | 22 ft | 1964 | Earth | Ohio |
| Amarillo Citadel Dam Potter | Significant Hazard | 20 ft | 1986 | Earth | Texas |
| Amazon Lake Dam Owen | High Hazard | 27 ft | 1975 | Earth | Indiana |
| Amber La Plata | Low Hazard | 23 ft | 1989 | Earth | Colorado |
| Amberlake Dam Fayette | Low Hazard | 28 ft | 1984 | Earth | Georgia |
| Amber Lake Dam Cherokee | High Hazard | 32 ft | 1999 | Earth | Georgia |
| Ambrose Hyde | High Hazard | — | 1935 | Earth | South Dakota |