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The nearly 8100 major dams in the United States in 2006. The National Inventory of Dams defines a major dam as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
Box Canyon Reservoir: Gravity 90.0: 62 19 60,000 74,000 1956 Pend Oreille Public Utility District: Hydroelectric Chief Joseph Dam: Douglas/ Okanogan: Columbia River: Rock Island Pool: Gravity 2,620.0: 135 41 516,000 636,000 1979 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Hydroelectric Cle Elum Dam: Kittitas: Cle Elum River: Cle Elum Lake [n 1] Earthfill 165 ...
Baldwin Hills Reservoir (1947–1963) - failed December 14, 1963 St. Francis Dam (1926–1928) - failed March 12, 1928 San Clemente Dam - intentionally removed in 2015-2016 because of environmental issues
This is a list of operational hydroelectric power stations in the United States with a current nameplate capacity of at least 100 MW.. The Hoover Dam in Arizona and Nevada was the first hydroelectric power station in the United States to have a capacity of at least 1,000 MW upon completion in 1936.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Pennsylvania.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
Due to sedimentation and other factors that affect a reservoir's storage capacity over time, some data listed might not accurately reflect actual current conditions in certain reservoirs. For example, Lake Mead – the largest reservoir in the U.S. – could store more than 32.4 million acre-feet (40.1 km 3 ) when first filled, but sediment ...
Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area Reservoir; Mill Creek Reservoir; Miller Pond; Minsi Lake; Mitchell Lake; Mountain Springs Lake; Nessmuk Lake; North Lake; Number 2 Reservoir; Number 3 Reservoir; Number 5 Reservoir; Opossum Lake; Page Lake [1] Panther Hollow Lake; Parker Lake; Pinchot Lake; Pine Cradle Lake; Poe Lake; Promised Land Lake ...
Alcove Reservoir; Allegheny Reservoir; Amawalk Reservoir; Ashokan Reservoir; Basic Creek Reservoir; Beacon Reservoir, Dutchess County; Beacon Reservoir, Putnam County; Blake Falls Reservoir