Nom
État(s)
Coordonnées
Capacité
Superficie
Barrage
Rivière
Année[ n 1]
km3
Ha
Abiquiu Lake (en)
NM
36° 16′ 35″ N, 106° 28′ 31″ O
1471
5030
Abiquiu Dam (en)
Rio Chama (en)
1963
Alamo Lake Alamo Lake
AZ
34° 17′ 47″ N, 113° 32′ 43″ O
1287
6900
Alamo Dam (en)
Bill Williams River
1968
Allegheny Reservoir
NY PA
41° 57′ 36″ N, 78° 56′ 04″ O
1604
8570
Kinzua Dam
Allegheny River
1965
American Falls Reservoir[ 1]
ID
42° 54′ 29″ N, 112° 45′ 04″ O
2063
23000
American Falls Dam (en)
Snake River
1978
Amistad Reservoir (en)
COA TX
29° 28′ 14″ N, 101° 06′ 06″ O
6980
26300
Amistad Dam (en)
Rio Grande
1969
Arkabutla Lake (en)
MS
34° 44′ 34″ N, 90° 06′ 13″ O
1707
12000
Arkabutla Dam
Coldwater River (en)
1943
Banks Lake
WA
47° 47′ 54″ N, 119° 12′ 01″ O
1573
10900
Dry Falls Dam , North Dam (en)
Grand Coulee
1949
Beaver Lake (en)
AR
36° 21′ 17″ N, 93° 55′ 28″ O
2405
12800
Beaver Dam
White River
1966
Belton Lake (en)
TX
31° 08′ 00″ N, 97° 30′ 30″ O
2315
15110
Belton Dam
Leon River (en)
1954
Bighorn Lake
MT WY
45° 06′ 22″ N, 108° 11′ 13″ O
1704
7000
Yellowtail Dam
Bighorn River
1967
Broken Bow Lake
OK
34° 12′ 32″ N, 94° 41′ 00″ O
1688
7300
Broken Bow Dam
Mountain Fork (en)
1968
Brownlee Reservoir
ID OR
44° 35′ 34″ N, 117° 07′ 31″ O
1760
6100
Brownlee Dam (en)
Snake River
1958
Bull Shoals Lake (en)
AR MO
36° 29′ 52″ N, 92° 45′ 58″ O
7105
28830
Bull Shoals Dam
White River
1951
Canyon Ferry Lake (en)
MT
46° 31′ 15″ N, 111° 34′ 22″ O
2464
14237
Canyon Ferry Dam (en)
Missouri
1954
Cedar Creek ReservoirCedar Creek Reservoir (en)
TX
32° 16′ 08″ N, 96° 08′ 23″ O
1338
14000
Joe B. Hogsett Dam
Cedar Creek (en)
1965
Center Hill Lake (en)
TN
36° 01′ 42″ N, 85° 45′ 17″ O
2580
7370
Center Hill Lake (en)
Caney Fork
1948
Cherokee Lake
TN
36° 15′ 57″ N, 83° 22′ 17″ O
1901
11650
Cherokee Dam (en)
Holston River
1941
Dale Hollow Reservoir (en)
KY TN
36° 36′ 41″ N, 85° 18′ 40″ O
2104
11200
Dale Hollow Reservoir (en)
Obey River (en)
1943
DeGray Lake (en)
AR
34° 14′ 36″ N, 93° 11′ 29″ O
1699
7300
DeGray Lake (en)
Caddo River
1972
Don Pedro Reservoir [ 2]
CA
37° 46′ 46″ N, 120° 21′ 43″ O
2504
5240
New Don Pedro Dam (en)
Tuolumne River
1971
Douglas Lake
TN
35° 59′ 33″ N, 83° 22′ 20″ O
1802
11500
Douglas Dam (en)
French Broad River
1943
Dworshak Reservoir
ID
46° 36′ 38″ N, 116° 06′ 27″ O
4280
6644
Dworshak Dam
North Fork Clearwater River (en)
1973
Elephant Butte Reservoir (en)
NM
33° 18′ 35″ N, 107° 09′ 58″ O
2547
14562
Elephant Butte Dam (en)
Rio Grande
1916
Enid Lake (en)
MS
34° 09′ 05″ N, 89° 48′ 32″ O
1497
11000
Enid Dam
Yocona River (en)
1952
Eufaula Lake
OK
35° 17′ 19″ N, 95° 32′ 33″ O
4685
42000
Eufaula Dam (en)
Canadian River
1964
Falcon Lake (en)
TAM TX
26° 44′ 20″ N, 99° 13′ 48″ O
3263
35400
Falcon Dam (en)
Rio Grande
1954
Falls Lake
NC
36° 01′ 16″ N, 78° 42′ 46″ O
1259
5020
Falls Dam
Neuse River
1981
Flathead Lake
MT
47° 54′ 05″ N, 114° 06′ 09″ O
1501
51000
Kerr Dam (en)
Flathead River
1939
Flaming Gorge Reservoir (en)
UT WY
41° 05′ 37″ N, 109° 32′ 40″ O
4673
17000
Barrage de Flaming Gorge
Green River
1964
Fort Gibson Lake
OK
35° 57′ 10″ N, 95° 16′ 24″ O
1594
8100
Fort Gibson Dam (en)
Neosho River
1949
Fort Peck Lake [ 3]
MT
47° 45′ 23″ N, 106° 43′ 28″ O
23560
99000
Barrage de Fort Peck
Missouri
1940
Fontana Lake
NC
35° 26′ 13″ N, 83° 40′ 44″ O
1780
4140
Fontana Dam
Little Tennessee River
1944
F.D. Roosevelt Lake [ 4]
WA
48° 19′ 53″ N, 118° 10′ 27″ O
11795
32000
Grand Coulee Dam
Columbia River
1942
Grand lac des Cherokees
OK
36° 36′ 49″ N, 94° 50′ 54″ O
2062
18800
Pensacola Dam
Neosho River
1940
Greers Ferry Lake (en)
AR
35° 31′ 25″ N, 92° 07′ 21″ O
3508
16400
Greers Ferry Dam (en)
Little Red River (en)
1962
Grenada Lake (en)
MS
33° 49′ 54″ N, 89° 43′ 42″ O
3358
14500
Grenada Lake (en)
Yalobusha River (en)
1954
Guntersville Lake (en) [ 5]
AL
34° 30′ 38″ N, 86° 09′ 33″ O
1257
27500
Guntersville Dam (en)
Tennessee River
1939
Hugo Lake (en)
OK
34° 03′ 52″ N, 95° 24′ 56″ O
1572
14182
Hugo Lake Dam
Kiamichi River (en)
1974
Hungry Horse Reservoir
MT
48° 13′ 32″ N, 113° 47′ 56″ O
4277
9637
Hungry Horse Dam (en)
South Fork Flathead River (en)
1953
John H. Kerr Reservoir
NC VA
36° 34′ 23″ N, 78° 29′ 10″ O
4149
33700
John H. Kerr Dam
Roanoke River
1953
Jordan Lake
NC
35° 44′ 35″ N, 79° 01′ 36″ O
2031
12900
B. Everett Jordan Dam
Haw River
1983
Kaw Lake (en)
OK
36° 46′ 14″ N, 96° 49′ 43″ O
1320
15000
Kaw Dam
Arkansas River
1976
Kentucky Lake
KY TN
36° 31′ 26″ N, 88° 02′ 13″ O
7560
64900
Kentucky Dam (en)
Tennessee River
1944
Keystone Lake (en)
OK
36° 13′ 50″ N, 96° 17′ 50″ O
2143
21980
Keystone Dam
Arkansas River
1964
Lake Almanor
CA
40° 15′ 21″ N, 121° 10′ 08″ O
1613
11400
Canyon Dam (en)
North Fork Feather River (en)
1910
Lake Barkley (en)
KY TN
36° 52′ 14″ N, 87° 59′ 12″ O
2568
23440
Barkley Dam (en)
Cumberland River
1966
Lake Berryessa
CA
38° 35′ 25″ N, 122° 13′ 32″ O
1976
8400
Monticello Dam
Putah Creek
1957
Lake Cumberland (en)
KY
36° 55′ 05″ N, 85° 00′ 58″ O
7511
26520
Wolf Creek Dam (en)
Cumberland River
1951
Lake Elwell (en)
MT
48° 20′ 43″ N, 111° 15′ 10″ O
1869
6006
Tiber Dam
Marias River
1956
Lake Francis Case (en)
SD
43° 26′ 31″ N, 99° 12′ 33″ O
7031
41000
Fort Randall Dam
Missouri
1956
Lake Hartwell
GA SC
34° 29′ 44″ N, 82° 49′ 14″ O
4242
22640
Hartwell Dam (en)
Savannah River
1962
Lake Jocassee (en)
NC SC
34° 58′ 52″ N, 82° 56′ 17″ O
1462
3061
Jocassee Dam (en)
Keowee River (en)
1975
Lake Kemp
TX
33° 45′ 20″ N, 99° 08′ 52″ O
1283
6730
Lake Kemp Dam
Wichita River (en)
1923
Lake Koocanusa (en) [ 6]
BC MT
48° 49′ 03″ N, 115° 16′ 41″ O
7240
18900
Libby Dam (en)
Kootenai River
1975
Lake Lanier (en)
GA
34° 14′ 08″ N, 83° 57′ 09″ O
3150
19094
Buford Dam
Chattahoochee River
1956
Lake Livingston
TX
30° 44′ 39″ N, 95° 08′ 02″ O
2634
37000
Livingston Dam
Trinity River
1969
Lake Marion
SC
33° 27′ 23″ N, 80° 19′ 45″ O
1517
45000
Santee Dam
Santee River
1942
Lake Martin
AL
32° 51′ 41″ N, 85° 53′ 26″ O
2001
18000
Martin Dam (en)
Tallapoosa River
1927
Lake McClure (en) [ 7]
CA
37° 38′ 22″ N, 120° 16′ 50″ O
1273
2892
New Exchequer Dam (en)
Merced River
1967
Lake McConaughy (en)
NE
41° 15′ 38″ N, 101° 50′ 38″ O
2146
14400
Kingsley Dam (en)
N. Platte River
1941
Lake Mead [ 8]
AZ NV
36° 08′ 28″ N, 114° 25′ 46″ O
35703
65000
Hoover Dam
Colorado River
1936
Lake Meredith (en)
TX
35° 38′ 14″ N, 101° 39′ 32″ O
3003
8760
Sanford Dam
Canadian River
1965
Lake Mohave
AZ NV
35° 24′ 37″ N, 114° 38′ 12″ O
2243
10700
Davis Dam
Colorado River
1951
Lake Moultrie
SC
33° 18′ 23″ N, 80° 03′ 21″ O
1369
24000
Pinopolis Dam (en)
Cooper River
1942
Lake Murray (Caroline du Sud) (en)
SC
34° 03′ 52″ N, 81° 22′ 07″ O
2714
20000
Saluda Dam (en)
Saluda River (en)
1930
Lake Norman
NC
35° 31′ 52″ N, 80° 56′ 32″ O
1349
13160
Cowans Ford Dam (en)
Catawba River
1964
Lake Oahe
ND SD
45° 17′ 53″ N, 100° 18′ 08″ O
28987
150000
Oahe Dam
Missouri
1962
Lake of the Ozarks
MO
38° 09′ 40″ N, 92° 47′ 44″ O
2455
22000
Bagnell Dam
Osage River
1931
Lake Oroville [ 9]
CA
39° 34′ 15″ N, 121° 27′ 49″ O
4364
6396
Oroville Dam
Feather River
1968
Lake Ouachita
AR
34° 35′ 46″ N, 93° 18′ 58″ O
3414
19500
Blakely Mountain Dam
Ouachita River
1952
Lake Pend Oreille
ID
48° 08′ 58″ N, 116° 23′ 03″ O
1422
38300
Albeni Falls Dam (en)
Pend Oreille River
1951
Lake Pleasant (en) [ 10]
AZ
33° 53′ 22″ N, 112° 16′ 52″ O
1367
4870
New Waddell Dam (en)
Agua Fria River (en)
1994
Lake Powell [ 11]
AZ UT
37° 19′ 15″ N, 110° 47′ 37″ O
32336
66000
Glen Canyon Dam
Colorado River
1966
Lake Ray Roberts (en)
TX
33° 24′ 28″ N, 97° 01′ 30″ O
2383
11880
Ray Roberts Dam
Elm Fork Trinity River
1986
Lake Red Rock[ 12]
IA
41° 25′ 49″ N, 93° 09′ 30″ O
1771
26090
Red Rock Dam
Des Moines River
1969
Lac Sakakawea
ND
47° 45′ 57″ N, 102° 17′ 17″ O
29974
155000
Garrison Dam
Missouri
1953
Lake Sharpe
SD
44° 11′ 24″ N, 99° 40′ 54″ O
2356
23020
Big Bend Dam
Missouri
1966
Lake Strom Thurmond (en)
GA SC
33° 48′ 48″ N, 82° 19′ 01″ O
4712
28800
J. Strom Thurmond Dam
Savannah River
1954
Lake Tawakoni
TX
32° 48′ 29″ N, 95° 55′ 14″ O
2048
14500
Iron Bridge Dam
Sabine River
1960
Lake Texoma
OK TX
33° 54′ 39″ N, 96° 39′ 06″ O
6164
36000
Denison Dam
Red River
1943
Lake Travis
TX
30° 24′ 51″ N, 97° 59′ 28″ O
1400
7809
Mansfield Dam
Colorado River (Texas)
1942
Lake Umatilla (en)
OR WA
45° 47′ 25″ N, 120° 03′ 22″ O
3121
22000
John Day Dam
Columbia River
1971
Lake Wallula (en)
OR WA
46° 03′ 28″ N, 118° 56′ 31″ O
1665
15700
McNary Dam
Columbia River
1954
Lake Winnibigoshish (en)
MN
47° 26′ 16″ N, 94° 11′ 40″ O
1322
27400
Winnibigoshish Lake Dam
Mississippi River
1884
Leech Lake
MN
47° 09′ 48″ N, 94° 24′ 37″ O
1233
41662
Leech Lake Dam
Leech Lake River (en)
1885
Lewis Smith Lake (en)
AL
33° 57′ 24″ N, 87° 06′ 36″ O
1715
8600
Smith Lake Dam
Sipsey Fork
1961
Lewisville Lake (en)
TX
33° 06′ 34″ N, 96° 58′ 17″ O
2569
9320
Lewisville Dam
Elm Fork Trinity River
1955
Mark Twain Lake (en) [ 13]
MO
39° 39′ 16″ N, 91° 45′ 13″ O
2594
21500
Clarence Cannon Dam (en)
Salt River (Missouri) (en)
1983
Milford Lake [ 14]
KS
39° 09′ 39″ N, 96° 55′ 12″ O
1388
13000
Milford Dam
Republican River
1967
Millwood Lake (en)
AR
33° 44′ 47″ N, 93° 58′ 59″ O
2288
38500
Millwood Dam
Little River (en)
1966
Navajo Lake (en)
CO NM
36° 53′ 47″ N, 107° 27′ 48″ O
2108
6320
Navajo Dam
San Juan River
1962
New Melones Lake [ 15]
CA
37° 59′ 32″ N, 120° 31′ 46″ O
2985
5100
New Melones Dam
Stanislaus River
1979
Norfork Lake
AR MO
36° 21′ 33″ N, 92° 14′ 01″ O
2446
8900
Norfork Dam
North Fork River (en)
1944
Norris Lake (en)
TN
36° 17′ 25″ N, 83° 55′ 02″ O
2516
13800
Norris Dam
Clinch River
1936
Oologah Lake (en)
OK
35° 32′ 57″ N, 95° 36′ 13″ O
1874
23000
Oologah Lake (en)
Verdigris River
1963
Owyhee Reservoir (en)
OR
43° 27′ 41″ N, 117° 20′ 13″ O
1460
5500
Owyhee Dam (en)
Owyhee River
1932
Painted Rock Reservoir
AZ
33° 01′ 37″ N, 112° 52′ 00″ O
3073
21500
Painted Rock Dam (en)
Gila River
1960
Palisades Reservoir[ 16]
ID WY
43° 14′ 31″ N, 111° 07′ 11″ O
1728
6500
Palisades Dam (en)
Snake River
1957
Pathfinder Reservoir (en) [ 17]
WY
42° 25′ 17″ N, 106° 54′ 48″ O
1254
8900
Pathfinder Dam (en)
N. Platte River
1909
Perry Lake [ 18]
KS
39° 10′ 44″ N, 95° 27′ 29″ O
1749
10275
Perry Dam
Delaware River (Kansas)
1966
Pine Flat Lake [ 19]
CA
36° 51′ 39″ N, 119° 17′ 55″ O
1233
2420
Barrage de Pine Flat
Kings River
1954
Quabbin Reservoir
MA
42° 21′ 39″ N, 72° 18′ 06″ O
1571
9927
Winsor Dam (en) , Goodnough Dike (en)
Swift River (en)
1939
Red Lake Reservoir
MN
48° 04′ 24″ N, 95° 01′ 44″ O
4228
116810
Lower Red Lake Dam
Red Lake River
1931
Richard B. Russell Lake (en)
GA SC
34° 05′ 09″ N, 82° 38′ 34″ O
1836
10780
Richard B. Russell Dam (en)
Savannah River
1985
Richland-Chambers Reservoir (en)
TX
31° 58′ 46″ N, 96° 11′ 29″ O
2150
18110
Richland Creek Dam
Richland Creek (Texas) (en)
1987
Riffe Lake (en)
WA
46° 28′ 44″ N, 122° 17′ 41″ O
2078
4790
Mossyrock Dam (en)
Cowlitz River
1968
Ross Lake
BC WA
48° 51′ 04″ N, 121° 01′ 31″ O
1770
4700
Ross Dam
Skagit River
1949
Sam Rayburn Reservoir
TX
31° 12′ 37″ N, 94° 17′ 04″ O
4931
46300
Sam Rayburn Dam
Angelina River (en)
1965
San Luis Reservoir
CA
37° 03′ 22″ N, 121° 07′ 12″ O
2518
5100
San Luis Dam
San Luis Creek (Californie) (en)
1967
Sardis Lake (Mississippi) (en)
MS
34° 29′ 16″ N, 89° 38′ 37″ O
1865
23700
Sardis Dam
Little Tallahatchie River
1940
Seminoe Reservoir
WY
42° 02′ 07″ N, 106° 50′ 56″ O
1255
8211
Seminoe Dam (en)
N. Platte River
1939
Shasta Lake [ 20]
CA
40° 46′ 29″ N, 122° 18′ 01″ O
5615
12040
Shasta Dam
Sacramento River
1945
Smith Mountain Lake
VA
37° 04′ 48″ N, 79° 37′ 15″ O
2837
8300
Smith Mountain Dam (en)
Roanoke River
1963
Stockton Lake (en) [ 21]
MO
37° 36′ 43″ N, 93° 46′ 16″ O
2065
25600
Stockton Dam
Sac River (en)
1969
Strawberry Reservoir (en)
UT
40° 09′ 55″ N, 111° 07′ 32″ O
1365
6946
Soldier Creek Dam (en)
Strawberry River (Utah) (en)
1974
Table Rock Lake (en)
AR MO
36° 37′ 18″ N, 93° 24′ 28″ O
4270
21200
Table Rock Dam
White River
1958
Tenkiller Ferry Lake (en)
OK
35° 40′ 02″ N, 94° 58′ 55″ O
1518
8400
Tenkiller Ferry Dam
Illinois River (Oklahoma) (en)
1952
Theodore Roosevelt Lake (en)
AZ
33° 40′ 55″ N, 111° 06′ 49″ O
3590
12900
Theodore Roosevelt Dam
Salt River
1911
Toledo Bend Reservoir
LA TX
31° 29′ 18″ N, 93° 43′ 43″ O
5517
73500
Toledo Bend Dam
Sabine
1966
Truman Reservoir [ 22]
MO
38° 15′ 26″ N, 93° 26′ 18″ O
6398
84700
Harry S. Truman Dam
Osage River
1979
Trinity Lake [ 23]
CA
40° 53′ 00″ N, 122° 42′ 26″ O
3019
6691
Trinity Dam (en)
Trinity River (California)
1962
Tuttle Creek Lake [ 24]
KS
39° 21′ 15″ N, 96° 40′ 36″ O
3930
21760
Tuttle Creek Dam
Big Blue (Kansas)
1962
Wappapello Lake
MO
36° 56′ 50″ N, 90° 18′ 45″ O
1400
9400
Wappapello Dam
St. Francis River
1941
Watts Bar Lake (en)
TN
36° 46′ 20″ N, 84° 40′ 10″ O
1449
16000
Watts Bar Dam (en)
Tennessee River
1942
Weiss Lake (en)
AL
34° 11′ 02″ N, 85° 36′ 12″ O
1798
12200
Weiss Dam
Coosa River
1961
Wheeler Lake
AL
34° 42′ 44″ N, 87° 08′ 26″ O
1295
27200
Wheeler Dam (en)
Tennessee River
1936
Lake Whitney (Texas) (en)
TX
32° 51′ 12″ N, 96° 31′ 14″ O
2591
24000
Whitney Lake Dam
Brazos River
1951
Wright Patman Lake (en)
TX
33° 16′ 27″ N, 94° 13′ 02″ O
3274
48400
Wright Patman Dam
Sulphur River (en)
1953