La siguiente es una lista parcial de presas y embalses en los Estados Unidos. Se estima que hay 84.000 represas en los Estados Unidos , que incautan 600.000 millas (970.000 km) de río o aproximadamente el 17% de los ríos de la nación. [2]
Por estado
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
- Embalse Aurora
- Presa Barker - Embalse Barker
- Blue Mesa Presa - depósito azul del Mesa
- Embalse de Chatfield
- Embalse de Cherry Creek
- Embalse de Dillon
- Lago Electra
- Embalse de Elkhead
- Presa de Englewood
- Embalse de Green Mountain
- Presa Bruta - Embalse Bruto
- Represa Horsetooth - Embalse Horsetooth , construido como parte del proyecto Colorado-Big Thompson
- Embalse John Martin
- Presa del embalse McNulty
- Presa McPhee - Embalse McPhee
- Presa del punto Morrow - Morrow depósito del punto
- Presa Mount Elbert Forebay
- Embalse de Navajo
- Presa Olympus en Estes Park, Colorado , construida como parte del proyecto Colorado-Big Thompson
- Embalse de Quincy , en Aurora
- Represa Ralston
- Presa Ridgway - Embalse Ridgway , construido como parte del Proyecto Dallas Creek
- Silver Jack Presa - Silver Jack embalse , que forma parte del Proyecto Parque Bostwick
- Represa Trinidad
- Embalse de Vallecito
- Depósito de horquilla Williams
- Embalse de la montaña Wolford
Connecticut
- Presa del lago Beseck
- Candlewood Lake
- Presa de Leesville - Río Salmon
- Mansfield Hollow Presa - Mansfield Hollow Lake
- Presa de Saville - Embalse de Barkhamsted
- Presa Stevenson - Lago Zoar , en el río Housatonic
- Presa West Thompson - Río Quinebaug
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
- Presa Allatoona - Lago Allatoona
- Presa del ferry de Bartlett - Lago Harding
- Blue Ridge Presa - Blue Ridge embalse ; en el río Toccoa ; terminado en 1930; adquirida por la TVA en 1939
- Presa de Buford - Lago Lanier
- Carters Dam - Carter's Lake
- Presa de Chatuge - Embalse de Chatuge ; en el río Hiwassee ; terminado en 1942 por la TVA
- Lago Delano
- Lago Dorene
- Presa de Clark Hill (Presa de J. Strom Thurmond) - Lago Strom Thurmond , también en Carolina del Sur
- Cabra Rock Dam - Cabra Rock Lake
- Presa Hartwell - Lago Hartwell , también en Carolina del Sur
- Presa de Hickory Log Creek - Embalse de Hickory Log Creek (en construcción hasta octubre de 2007)
- Presa Jim Woodruff - Lago Seminole ; en el río Apalachicola ; construido por USACE
- Represa Kelly Barnes - Toccoa Falls , falló en 1977 matando a 39 personas
- Presa del lago Blackshear - Lago Blackshear
- Presa de Morgan Falls - Lago Bull Sluice
- Nottely Dam - Embalse de Nottely ; en el río Nottely ; terminado en 1942 por la TVA
- Oliver Dam - Lago Oliver
- Richard B. Russell de la presa - Richard B. Russell, Lago , también en Carolina del Sur
- Presa Sinclair - Lago Sinclair
- Presa Wallace - Lago Oconee
- Walter F. George Lake - en el río Chattahoochee ; construido por USACE
- Presa de West Point - West Point Lake
Hawai
Idaho
Illinois
- Presa Fordham
- Esclusa y presa de Kaskaskia
- Presa de Lake Holiday , [3] Lake Holiday
- Bloqueo y presa n. ° 27
- Presa McHenry
- Melvin Price Esclusas y presa, Alton
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Luisiana
- Presa de Bailey
- Presa del lago Sibley
- Embalse de Toledo Bend
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
- Embalse Ashley - (Artificial)
- Presa Assawompset Pond - Río Nemasket
- Presa Ballardvale - Río Shawsheen
- Presa de Barre Falls - Río Ware
- Presa Barstows Pond - Río Cotley
- Presa Birch Hill - Río Millers
- Presa de Buffumville - Little River
- Presa del estanque de Cleveland - Beaver Brook
- Presa de Conant Brook - Conant Brook
- Presa 1 sobre la fábrica de harodita - bloques de hormigón y granito - Three Mile River
- Presa 2 sobre la fábrica de harodita - hormigón - Three Mile River
- Presa en 60 Winnetuxet Road - Río Winnetuxet
- Presa en la fábrica Draka - Three Mile River
- Presa en Furnace Street - Stump Brook
- Represa en Robbins Pond / Bog Reservoir Connection - Stump Brook
- Represa en la Ruta 106 - Río Satucket
- Presa East Brimfield - Río Quinebaug
- Represa Fall Brook Route 28 - Fall Brook
- Primera presa sin nombre : río Segreganset
- Presa Forge Pond - Río Assonet
- Presa Forge Pond - Meadow Brook
- Embalse de Framingham No. 1 Represa y Gatehouse
- Embalse Framingham No. 2 Represa y Gatehouse
- Embalse Framingham No. 3 Represa y Gatehouse
- Presa del estanque Great Quittacas - Río Nemasket
- Gran Presa de Piedra - Río Merrimack
- Presa Happy Hollow Farm - Fall Brook
- Presa de High Street - Town River
- Presa Hodges Village - Río Francés
- Presa Holyoke - Río Connecticut
- Presa de Hunts Pond ( presa de Mill Street ) - Beaver Brook
- Presa Johnson Pond - Río Forge
- Presa Hewitt Pond - Río Forge
- Presa del estanque del rey - Pine Swamp Brook
- Presa de Knightville - Río Westfield
- Presa del lago Rico - Furnace Brook
- Presa de Littleville - Rama intermedia, río Westfield
- Monument Dam - Río Assonet
- Represa del puente de Morey - Mill River
- Muddy Cove Brook (Obstrucción 1) - puerta debajo de las vías del tren justo debajo de la Ruta 138 - Muddy Cove Brook
- Muddy Cove Brook (Obstrucción 2) - presa en la propiedad de Zeneca Inc. - Muddy Cove Brook
- Presa Muddy Cove Pond - Arroyo Muddy Cove
- Presa mística - Lago místico superior
- Presa de Oliver Mills - Río Nemasket
- Presa de Orchard Street - Presa Lot Brook
- Salida para Bleachery Reservoir (Este) - Rattlesnake Brook
- Salida para Bleachery Reservoir (occidental) - Rattlesnake Brook
- Presa de Plymouth Street - Río Taunton
- Presa de Richmond Pond - Estanque de Richmond
- Presa del río Segreganset - Río Segreganset
- Presa de Stump Brook - Stump Brook
- Presa de Swansea - Swansea, Massachusetts
- Presa del Hospital Estatal de Taunton - Mill River
- Presa Tisdale - Río Assonet
- Presa Tracy Pond - Río Forge
- Represa Tully - Río Millers
- Presa de Turners Falls - Río Connecticut
- Presa sin nombre sobre Berkley Street - Afluente sobre Berkley Street en Taunton (MA)
- Presa sin nombre en la Oficina del Departamento de Parques y Recreación de Raynham - Forge River
- Presa de Wachusett - Embalse de Wachusett
- Presa del parque War Memorial - Town River
- Presa de Wareham Street - Río Nemasket
- Presa de West Brittania - Mill River
- Presa West Hill - Río Oeste
- Presa de Westville - Río Quinebaug
- Presa de Whittenton Street - Mill River (eliminado)
- Presa de Willow Avenue - Meadow Brook
- Presa de Winnetuxet Road - Río Winnetuxet
- Presa de Winsor - Embalse de Quabbin
- Wrights Complex Lower Dam - mampostería de hormigón y piedra cortada - Quaboag River
Michigan
Minnesota
Misisipí
- Esclusa y presa de Aberdeen - Lago Aberdeen
- Jamie Whitten Lock y Dam
- Esclusa y presa John C. Stennis - Lago Columbus
- Presa de Okatibbee
- Embalse y aliviadero de Ross Barnett
- Lago de granada
Misuri
- Lago Amarugia
- Lago Atkinson
- Bean Lake
- Gran lago
- Lago Bilby Ranch
- Binder Lake
- Lago poni ciego
- Lago Blue Springs
- Bull Shoals Lake (se extiende hasta Arkansas )
- Lago Bushwacker
- Lagos de la ciudad de Cameron
- Lago Che-Ru
- Lago Clearwater
- Cooley Lake
- Lago Conejo
- Fellows Lake
- Lago de vuelo
- Forest Lake
- Halls Lake
- Henry Sever Lake
- Lago Hunnewell
- Indian Creek Lake
- Lago Kendzora
- Lago Girardeau
- Lago de los Ozarks
- Lago Paho
- Lago Springfield
- Lago Taneycomo
- Pequeño lago Compton
- Pequeño lago Dixie
- Lago comunitario de Little Prairie
- Longview Lake
- Lago inferior Taum Sauk
- Lago Manito
- Lago hoja de arce
- Lago Mark Twain
- Lago McDaniel
- Miller Community Lake
- Lago Montrose
- Lago del condado de Nodaway
- Lago Norfork (se extiende hasta Arkansas )
- Lago comunitario del condado de Perry
- Lago Pomme de Terre
- Lago Pony Express
- Lago comunitario del condado de Ray
- Lago Rocky Fork
- Lago comunitario de Sears
- Lagos Shawnee Mac
- Lago comunitario de Sims Valley
- Smithville Lake
- Stockton Lake
- Table Rock Lake (se extiende hasta Arkansas )
- Thomas Hill Lake
- Lago Tri-City
- Embalse Truman (lago más grande de Missouri)
- Upper Big Lake
- Lago Vandalia
- Lago Wappapello
- Weatherby Lake
- Williams Creek Lake
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Nuevo Mexico
- Lago Abiquiu
- Lago Bluewater
- Presa de Cochiti
- Lago Conchas
- Dique Elephant Butte
- Lago El Vado
- Presa de Galisteo
- Heron Lake
- Presa del cañón Jemez
- Lago Navajo
- Represa Santa Rosa
- Presa de los dos ríos
- Presa de Ute
Nueva York
Carolina del Norte
- Lake Adger - Green River (Carolina del Norte) ; completado en 1925
- Presa de Apalachia - Embalse de Apalachia ; en el río Hiwassee ; terminado en 1943 por la TVA
- Lake Blue Devil - Duke Power
- Presa de Cheoah : construida en 1919 y propiedad de Alcoa
- Cowans Ford Dam y Lake Norman - Duke Power
- Falls Lake - USACE
- Represa Fontana - Embalse Fontana ; en el río Little Tennessee ; terminado en 1944 por la TVA
- Presa de Gaston - Lago Gaston ; en el río Roanoke ; construido por Virginia Electric Power Company (VEPCO)
- Lago High Rock - en el río Yadkin ; construido en 1927 por USACE y operado hoy por Alcoa
- Presa de Hiwassee - Embalse de Hiwassee ; en el río Hiwassee ; terminado en 1940 por la TVA
- B. Everett Jordan Lake - en el río Haw ; construido por USACE
- Embalse de Little River - terminado en 1987
- Lake Lure - Duke Power
- Lago Michie - terminado en 1926, en el río Flat
- Presa de la isla de la montaña y lago de la isla de la montaña - Duke Power
- Lake Nottely - en el río Nottely ; construido entre 1941 y 1942; operado por la TVA
- Represa Randleman Lake , [4] terminada en 2003
- Represa Rocky Mount Mills : construida a principios del siglo XIX en un afloramiento rocoso que da nombre a la ciudad; diseñado para adaptarse a las necesidades de la fábrica de algodón
- Presa de Santeetlah : construida en 1928 y propiedad de Alcoa
- Embalse Tar River : propiedad de la ciudad de Rocky Mount y utilizado para el suministro de agua de la ciudad
- Presa Tuxedo - Cumbre del lago en el río Green (Carolina del Norte) ; completado en 1920
Dakota del Norte
Ohio
- Acton Lake
- Lago Alum Creek
- Lago Atwood
- Lago de la ciudad de la playa
- Presa de bolivar
- Lago Caesar Creek
- Charles Mill Lake
- Lago Choctaw
- Embalse de Clarence J. Brown
- Depósito Clearfork
- Lago Clendening
- Lago cometa
- Presa del lago Comet
- Cowan Lake
- Lago Deer Creek
- Presa de delaware
- Lago Dillon
- Presa de Dover
- Presa de Englewood
- Presa de Germantown
- Grand Lake St. Marys - Embalse del ahora desaparecido Canal de Miami y Erie
- Presa de Griggs
- Cerraduras y presa de Hannibal
- Presa Hoover
- Presa Huffman
- Embalse de LaDue
- Presa del lago glaciar
- Lago milton
- Lago Leesville
- Lago Liggett
- Presa del lago Liggett
- Presa de Lockington
- Madison Lake
- Presa del lago Madison
- Embalse Michael J. Kirwan
- Presa Mohawk
- Presa de Mohicanville
- Rama norte del lago del río Kokosing
- Presa O'Shaughnessy
- Paint Creek Lake
- Lago Piedmont
- Lago Pleasant Hill
- Presa de la Providencia
- Depósito de horquilla de sal
- Lago Senecaville
- Lago Tappan
- Presa de Taylorsville
- Presa de Tom Jenkins
- William Harsha Lake
- Wills Creek Lake
Oklahoma
- Embalse de la ciudad de Altus
- Lago Altus-Lugert
- American Horse Lake
- Lago de los Arbuckles
- Lago Arcadia
- Lago de la ciudad de Ardmore
- Lago Atoka
- Lago Bellcow
- Lago de abedul
- Lago Bixhoma
- Lago Black Kettle
- Lago Bluestem
- Lago Boomer
- Lago Broken Bow
- Embalse Brushy Creek
- Lago Burtschi
- Lago Canton
- Carl Albert Lake
- Carl Blackwell Lake
- Lago Carl Etling
- Lago carlton
- Carter Lake
- Lago de cedro
- Lago Chandler
- Lago Checotah
- Lago Chickasha
- Esclusa y presa de Chouteau
- Lago Claremore
- Clayton Lake
- Clear Creek Lake
- Lago de la ciudad de Cleveland
- Clinton Lake
- Lago de la ciudad de Coalgate
- Lago Comanche
- Copan Lake
- Embalse de Cordell
- Lago Crowder
- Lago municipal de Cushing
- Lago Dahlgren
- Lago de manantiales que gotea
- Lago Durant
- Lago Ellsworth
- Lago El Reno
- Lago Eucha
- Reservorio Foss
- Embalse de Fort Cobb
- Lago Fort Gibson
- Lago de suministro de fuerte
- Lago Fuqua
- Lago Greenleaf
- Grand Lake O 'the Cherokees
- Lago Great Salt Plains
- Lago Guthrie
- Lago Heyburn
- Lake Hudson (anteriormente llamado Markham Ferry Reservoir)
- Lago Hulah
- Lago Jean Neustadt
- Lago Jed Johnson
- Lago Keystone
- Embalse de Konawa
- Lago Lawtonka
- Liberty Lake
- Lago de la iglesia de Lloyd
- Embalse de McGee Creek
- Lago Nanih Waiyah
- Lago McMurtry
- Lago de montaña
- Lago murray
- Lago de Oklahoma
- Lago Okmulgee
- Lago Overholser
- Lago Ozzie Cobb
- Lago Pine Creek
- Lago de Pauls Valley
- Lago RC Longmire
- Raymond Gary Lake
- Embalse de Rock Creek
- Lagos gemelos de Shawnee
- Lago Skiatook
- Sooner Lake
- Lago Spavinaw
- Sportsman Lake
- Lago Stanley Draper
- Embalse de Tom Steed
- Lago Talequah
- Lago Thunderbird
- Lago Waurika
- Lago Wayne Wallace
- Esclusa y presa de WD Mayo
- Embalse de Webbers Falls
- Embalse de Wes Watkins
- Lago Wewoka
- Lago Wister
- Lago WR Holway
- Lago yahola
Oregón
- Embalse Antelope - Jack Creek, un afluente de Jordan Creek (afluente del río Owyhee)
- Lago Applegate - Río Applegate
- Embalse de Blue River - Blue River , un afluente del río McKenzie
- Presa Brownlee - Río Snake
- Bull Run Lake y embalses 1 y 2 - Bull Run River
- Embalse de Chickahominy - Chickahominy Creek, un afluente de Silver Creek
- Embalse de Cooper Creek - Cooper Creek, un afluente del río Umpqua
- Cottage Grove Lake - Coast Fork Río Willamette
- Embalse Cougar y presa Cougar - South Fork McKenzie River
- Embalse Crane Prairie - Río Deschutes
- Detroit Lake y Detroit Dam - North Santiam River
- Dexter Reservoir y Dexter Dam - Middle Fork Willamette River
- Devils Lake - Río D
- Embalse Dorena - Row River
- Emigrant Lake - Emigrant Creek, un afluente de Bear Creek (Rogue River)
- Embalse Fern Ridge - Long Tom River
- Foster Reservoir y Foster Dam - South Santiam River
- Gatehouse, Embalse de la ciudad de Portland No. 2
- Green Peter Reservoir y Green Peter Dam - Middle Santiam River
- Embalse Hells Canyon y Represa Hells Canyon - Snake River
- Henry Hagg Lake y Scoggins Dam - Scoggins Creek, un afluente del río Tualatin
- Colinas depósito del cala y colinas Creek Dam - Medio Tenedor río Willamette
- Presa John C.Boyle - Río Klamath
- Lago Billy Chinook y presa Round Butte : ríos Crooked , Deschutes y Metolius
- Lago Bonneville y represa Bonneville - Río Columbia
- Lago Celilo y The Dalles Dam - Columbia River
- Lago Umatilla y presa John Day - Río Columbia
- Lago Wallula y presa McNary - Río Columbia
- Lago Lookout Point - Río Willamette de Middle Fork
- Lago Lost Creek y presa William L.Jess - Rogue River
- Embalse McGuire - Río Nestucca
- Embalse McNulty (Condado de Malheur, Oregón)
- Embalse North Fork - Río Clackamas
- Embalse Owyhee - Río Owyhee
- Represa Oxbow - Río Snake
- Represa Pelton - Río Deschutes
- Lago Phillips - Río Powder
- Prineville Reservoir y Bowman Dam, también conocido como Prineville Dam - Crooked River
- Embalse de Silverton - Silver Creek
- Embalse Thief Valley - Powder River
- Embalse superior de McNulty
- Embalse de Warm Springs - Río Malheur
- Embalse de Wickiup - Río Deschutes
Pensilvania
Rhode Island
Carolina del Sur
- Presa Conestee Mill - Lago Conestee
- Presa Hartwell - Lago Hartwell , también en el estado estadounidense de Georgia
- Presa Clark Hill (Presa J. Strom Thurmond) - Lago Strom Thurmond , también en el estado estadounidense de Georgia
- Presa Jocassee - Lago Jocassee
- Presa de Keowee
- Embalse de Monticello - Jenkinsville, Carolina del Sur
- Presa de Pinopolis - Lago Moultrie
- Richard B. Russell de la presa - Richard B. Russell, Lago , también en el estado de Georgia
- Presa Saluda - Lago Murray
Dakota del Sur
Tennesse
- Boone Dam — Boone Lake; on the South Fork Holston River; finished in 1952 by the TVA
- Burgess Falls Dam; on the Falling Water River; built by City of Cookeville for electric generation after the flood of 1928 destroyed a previous earthen dam
- Calderwood Dam; on the Little Tennessee River; built in 1930 and owned by Alcoa
- Cedar Dam — Cedar Reservoir; on Haley Creek, tributary of the Beech River; finished in 1963 by the TVA
- Center Hill Dam — Center Hill Lake; on the Caney Fork; finished in 1948 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
- Cheatham Dam — Cheatham Lake; on the Cumberland River; finished in 1952 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
- Cherokee Dam — Cherokee Lake; on the Holston River; finished in 1941 by the TVA
- Chickamauga Dam — Chickamauga Lake; on the Tennessee River; built 1940 by the TVA
- Chilhowee Dam; on the Little Tennessee River; built in 1957 and owned by Alcoa
- Cordell Hull Dam — Cordell Hull Lake; on the Cumberland River; finished in 1973 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
- Dale Hollow Dam — Dale Hollow Reservoir on the Obey River completed in 1943 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
- Dogwood Dam — Dogwood Reservoir; on Big Creek, tributary of the Beech River; finished in 1965 by the TVA
- Douglas Dam — Douglas Lake; on the French Broad River; finished in 1943 by the TVA
- Elk River Dam — Woods Reservoir; on the Elk River; finished in 1952 by the Corps of Engineers, to provide cooling water for the U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center
- Fall Creek Falls Dam — Fall Creek Falls Reservoir; on Falls Creek; finished in 1970 by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
- Fort Loudoun Dam — Fort Loudoun Lake; on the Tennessee River; finished in 1943 by the TVA
- Fort Patrick Henry Dam — Fort Patrick Henry Lake; on the South Fork Holston River; finished in 1953 by the TVA
- Great Falls Dam — Great Falls Reservoir; on the Caney Fork; finished in 1916 by the Tennessee Electric Power Co.; acquired by the TVA in 1939
- Hales Bar Dam; on the Tennessee River, TVA dam mostly demolished in 1968, replaced by Nickajack Dam
- Herb Parsons Dam — Herb Parsons Lake; on Mary's Creek
- J. Percy Priest Dam — Percy Priest Lake; on the Stones River; finished in 1968 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
- Lost Creek Dam; flood control dam with no permanent reservoir; on Lost Creek, tributary of the Beech River; finished in 1963 by the TVA
- Melton Hill Dam — Melton Hill Lake; on the Clinch River; finished in 1963 by the TVA
- Nickajack Dam — Nickajack Lake; on the Tennessee River; finished in 1967 by the TVA
- Nolichucky Dam — Davy Crockett Lake; on the Nolichucky River; finished in 1913 by the Tennessee Eastern Electric Co.; acquired by the TVA in 1945; taken out of service in 1972
- Normandy Dam — Normandy Reservoir; on the Duck River; finished in 1976 by the TVA
- Norris Dam — Norris Lake; on the Clinch River; finished in 1936 by the TVA
- Ocoee Dam No. 1 — Parksville Reservoir; on the Ocoee River; finished in 1911 by the Eastern Tennessee Power Co.; acquired by the TVA in 1939
- Ocoee Dam No. 2 — Ocoee Reservoir No. 2; on the Ocoee River; finished in 1913 by the Eastern Tennessee Power Co.; acquired by the TVA in 1939
- Ocoee Dam No. 3 — Ocoee Reservoir No. 3; on the Ocoee River; finished in 1942 by the TVA
- Old Hickory Lock and Dam — Old Hickory Lake; on the Cumberland River; finished in 1957 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
- Pickwick Landing Dam — Pickwick Lake; on the Tennessee River; finished in 1938 by the TVA
- Pin Oak Dam — Pin Oak Reservoir; on Browns Creek, tributary of the Beech River; finished in 1964 by the TVA
- Pine Dam — Pine Reservoir; on Piney Creek, tributary of the Beech River; finished in 1964 by the TVA
- Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant — Raccoon Mountain Reservoir; on McNabb Branch but discharges into the Tennessee River; finished in 1978 by the TVA
- Radnor Dam — Radnor Lake; on Otter Creek; built by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company in 1914, for watering steam locomotives and supplying water for shipped livestock
- Redbud Dam — Redbud Reservoir; on Dry Creek, tributary of the Beech River; finished in 1965 by the TVA
- South Holston Dam — South Holston Lake; on the South Fork Holston River; finished in 1950 by the TVA
- Sycamore Dam — Sycamore Reservoir; on Dry Branch, tributary of the Beech River; finished in 1965 by the TVA
- Tellico Dam — Tellico Lake; on the Little Tennessee River; finished in 1979 by the TVA
- Tims Ford Dam — Tims Ford Lake; on the Elk River; finished in 1970 by the TVA
- Watauga Dam — Watauga Lake; on the Watauga River; finished in 1948 by the TVA
- Watts Bar Dam — Watts Bar Lake; on the Tennessee River; finished in 1942 by the TVA
- Walterhill Dam — Walterhill Floodplain State Natural Area; on Stones River; finished in early 1900s.
- Wilbur Dam — Wilbur Lake (tennessee); on the Watauga River; finished in 1912 by the Watauga Power Co.; acquired by the TVA in 1945
- New Shoal Creek Dam; on Shoal Creek (Sycamore River), (Lawrence County, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee)
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
- Beaver Creek Dam – flood control dam with no permanent reservoir; on Beaver Creek; finished in 1965 by the TVA
- Bosher's Dam (also called Bosher Dam) – on the James River; first built in 1823[5]
- Clear Creek Dam and Clear Creek Reservoir – on Clear Creek; finished in 1965 by the TVA
- Claytor Dam (hydroelectric) – on the New River; home of Claytor Lake State Park; between Dublin and Radford
- John H. Kerr Dam and John H. Kerr Lake – on the Roanoke River; built by USACE; reservoir covers parts of Virginia/North Carolina border
- Lake of The Woods Dam – near Fredericksburg
- Lake of the Woods Dam Number Two – near Fredericksburg
- Leesville Dam – on the Roanoke River; operated by Appalachian Power as part of the Smith Mountain pumped storage project
- Little River Dam (hydroelectric) – on the Little River; owned by the city of Radford
- Martinsville Dam – on the Smith River
- Martinsville Fish Dam – NRHP landmark on the Smith River
- Niagara Dam (hydroelectric) – on the Roanoke River near Vinton, Virginia; built in 1904
- Philpott Lake – near Roanoke
- Smith Mountain Dam (hydroelectric) and Smith Mountain Lake – on the Roanoke River; operated by Appalachian Power (American Electric Power)
- Walker's Dam – on the Chickahominy River; forms Chickahominy Lake; operated by Newport News Waterworks
Washington
- Blue Gulch Reservoir Dam
- Bonneville Dam – Lake Bonneville (between Washington and Oregon)
- Boundary Dam – Pend Oreille River
- Box Canyon Dam – Pend Oreille River
- Casad Dam – Union River
- Chief Joseph Dam – Rufus Woods Lake
- Culmback Dam – Spada Lake, Jackson Hydro Project
- Dry Falls Dam – Banks Lake
- Diablo Dam and Diablo Lake – Skagit River, Seattle City Light
- Elwha Dam – Lake Aldwell
- Glines Canyon Dam – Lake Mills
- Gorge Dam – Skagit River, Seattle City Light
- Grand Coulee Dam, largest hydroelectricity plant in the U.S. – Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake
- Howard A. Hanson Dam – Green River, Howard A. Hanson Reservoir
- Ice Harbor Lock and Dam, Lake Sacajawea, lower Snake River
- John Day Dam – Lake Umatilla (between Washington and Oregon)
- Lake Lawrence Dam – Lake Lawrence
- Little Goose Lock and Dam, Lake Bryan, lower Snake River
- Lower Granite Lock and Dam, Lower Granite Lake, lower Snake River
- Lower Monumental Lock and Dam, Lake Herbert G. West, lower Snake River
- Masonry Dam, Chester Morse Lake, Cedar River
- McNary Dam – Lake Wallula (between Washington and Oregon)
- Merwin Dam – Lake Merwin
- Mossyrock Dam – Riffe Lake
- Priest Rapids Dam – Priest Rapids Lake
- Rock Island Dam – Rock Island Pool
- Rocky Reach Dam – Lake Entiat
- Ross Dam and Ross Lake – Skagit River, Seattle City Light
- Roza Dam – Yakima River
- Swift Dam – Swift Reservoir
- The Dalles Dam – Lake Celilo (between Washington and Oregon)
- Tieton Dam – Rimrock Lake
- Wanapum Dam – Lake Wanapum
- Wells Dam – Lake Pateros
- Wynoochee Dam – Lake Wynoochee
- Yale Dam – Yale Lake
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Otras areas
District of Columbia
- Dalecarlia Reservoir
- Georgetown Reservoir
- McMillan Reservoir
Guam
Puerto Rico
Ver también
- Aqueduct (water supply)
- Drought
- Flood
- List of canals in the United States
- List of dams and reservoirs
- List of lakes of the United States
- List of rivers of the United States
- List of tallest dams in the United States
- List of United States Bureau of Reclamation dams
- List of waterways
enlaces externos
- Interactive map of major dams in the United States
Referencias
- ^ "Major Dams of the United States". National Atlas of the United States. USGS. September 17, 2009. Archived from the original on August 14, 2009. Retrieved October 24, 2009.
- ^ "Infrastructure Report Card: Dams". Retrieved February 21, 2017.
- ^ "Lake Holiday Dam". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. May 7, 1996. Retrieved March 28, 2009.
- ^ "Randleman Dam". Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
- ^ "VDGIF > Fishing > Bosher's Dam". Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2012.