This article lists the dams and reservoirs in Alabama. In 2015, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimated that the state has about 2,271 dams.[1]
Dam | Reservoir/Lake | River |
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Bartlett's Ferry Dam | Lake Harding | Chattahoochee River |
Bankhead Dam | Bankhead Lake | Black Warrior River[2][3] |
Bear Creek Dam | Bear Creek Reservoir | Bear Creek |
Big Creek Dam | Big Creek Lake | Big Creek |
Cedar Creek Dam | Cedar Creek Reservoir | Cedar Creek |
Coffeeville Lock and Dam | Coffeeville Lake | Tombigbee River[2][4] |
Claiborne Lock and Dam | Claiborne Lake | Alabama River |
Demopolis Lock and Dam | Demopolis Lake | Tombigbee River[2][5] |
Gantt Dam | Gantt Lake | Conecuh River |
Goat Rock Dam and Generating Plant | Goat Rock Lake | Chattahoochee River |
Guntersville Dam | Guntersville Lake | Tennessee River |
Holt Lock and Dam | Holt Lake | Black Warrior River[2][3] |
Howell Heflin Lock and Dam | Gainesville Lake | Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway |
Jordan Dam | Jordan Lake | Coosa River |
Lake Tuscaloosa Dam | Lake Tuscaloosa | North River |
Lay Dam | Lay Lake | Coosa River |
Little Bear Creek Dam | Little Bear Creek Reservoir | Little Bear Creek |
Logan Martin Dam | Logan Martin Lake | Coosa River |
Martin Dam | Lake Martin | Tallapoosa River |
Millers Ferry Lock and Dam | William "Bill" Dannelly Reservoir | Alabama River |
Mitchell Dam | Mitchell Lake | Coosa River |
Neely Henry Dam | Neely Henry Lake | Coosa River |
North Highlands Dam | Bibb Pond | Chattahoochee River |
Optimist Lake Dam | Milkhouse Creek Reservoir | Dog River Watershed |
Point A Dam | Point A Lake | Conecuh River |
R.L. Harris Dam | Lake Wedowee (a. k. a. R.L. Harris Lake) | Tallapoosa River |
Robert F. Henry Lock and Dam | R.E."Bob" Woodruff Lake | Alabama River |
Lewis Smith Dam | Lewis Smith Lake | Black Warrior River[2][3] |
Yates Dam | Lake Yates | Tallapoosa River |
Thurlow Dam | Lake Thurlow | Tallapoosa River |
Tom Bevill Lock and Dam | Aliceville Lake | Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway |
Upper Bear Creek Dam | Upper Bear Creek Reservoir | Bear Creek |
Walter Bouldin Dam | Jordan Lake | Coosa River |
Walter F. George Lock and Dam | Walter F. George Lake (a. k. a. Lake Eufaula) | Chattahoochee River |
Warrior Lock and Dam (a.k.a. Armistead I. Selden) | Warrior Lake | Black Warrior River[2][3] |
Weiss Dam | Weiss Lake | Coosa River |
Wheeler Dam | Wheeler Lake | Tennessee River |
William Bacon Oliver Lock and Dam | Lake Oliver | Black Warrior River[2][3] |
Wilson Dam | Wilson Lake | Tennessee River |
Spread across more than 132,000 miles of rivers and streams, the corps estimated in a 2015 survey that the state has about 2,271 dams.
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