List of dams and reservoirs in Pennsylvania facts for kids
Dams are like giant walls built across rivers. They create large lakes behind them, called reservoirs. These reservoirs are super important because they store water for many uses, like providing drinking water for towns, generating electricity, controlling floods, and offering fun places for boating and fishing.
Pennsylvania has many dams and reservoirs. Some of them are really big! A "major dam" is usually at least 50 feet (about 15 meters) tall, or it can hold a very large amount of water, enough to fill many Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Important Dams and Reservoirs in Pennsylvania
Here is a list of some of the important dams and the lakes (reservoirs) they create in Pennsylvania. Many of these are managed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), which is a government group that helps with water projects.
Kinzua Dam helps control floods and create the Allegheny Reservoir.
Youghiogheny River Lake is a popular spot for outdoor activities.
Mahoning Creek Dam and its lake.
- Adam T. Bower Memorial Dam, Lake Augusta, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 2, USACE
- Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 3, USACE
- Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 4, USACE
- Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 5, USACE
- Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 6, USACE
- Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 7, USACE
- Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 8, USACE
- Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 9, USACE
- Alvin R. Bush Dam, USACE
- Austin Dam (Bayliss Dam), unnamed reservoir, privately owned (this dam failed in 1911)
- Beaver Run Dam, Beaver Run Reservoir, Municipal Authority Of Westmoreland County
- Beltzville Dam, Beltzville Lake, USACE
- Braddock Locks & Dam, Monongahela River, USACE
- Brandonville Pumping Station Dam, NDS ID Number PA-661 Susquehanna River Basin, Davis Run, Schuylkill County
- Charleroi Locks & Dam, Monongahela River, USACE
- Conemaugh Dam, Conemaugh River Lake, USACE
- Crooked Creek Dam, Crooked Creek Lake, United States Army Corps of Engineers
- Curwensville Dam, Curwensville Lake, USACE
- Dashields Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE
- Davis Island Lock and Dam Site, Ohio River, USACE (no longer in use)
- DeHart Dam, Dehart Reservoir, City of Harrisburg
- Dock Street Dam, on the Susquehanna River, City of Harrisburg
- East Branch Clarion River Lake, USACE
- Elizabeth Locks & Dam, Monongahela River, USACE
- Emsworth Locks and Dams, Ohio River, USACE
- Francis E. Walter Dam, Francis E. Walter Reservoir, USACE
- George B. Stevenson Dam, USACE
- Grays Landing Lock & Dam, Monongahela River, USACE
- H. A. Stewart Dam, Latrobe Reservoir, City of Latrobe
- Holtwood Dam, Lake Aldred, Pennsylvania Power and Light
- Kinzua Dam, Allegheny Reservoir, USACE
- Lake Arthur Dam, Lake Arthur, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Laurel Creek Dam, Municipal Authority of the Borough of Lewistown
- Laurel Run Dam, Laurel Run Reservoir, Johnstown Water Authority (this dam failed)
- Letterkenny Dam, Letterkenny Reservoir on the Conodoguinet Creek, Letterkenny Industrial Development Authority and Franklin County General Authority
- Mahoning Creek Dam, Mahoning Creek Lake, USACE
- Maxwell Lock & Dam, Monongahela River, USACE
- Meadow Run Dam in Bear Creek, privately owned
- Meadow Grounds Dam, Meadow Grounds Lake, Pennsylvania Game Commission
- Montgomery Island Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE
- Mountain Lake Dam in Bear Creek, privately owned
- Nockamixon Dam, Lake Nockamixon, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Point Marion Lock and Dam, unnamed reservoir on the Monongahela River, USACE
- Quemahoning Dam, Quemahoning Reservoir, Cambria Somerset Authority
- Raystown Dam, Raystown Lake, USACE
- Rocky Glen Dam in Moosic, former amusement park now privately owned (the dam was made lower)
- Safe Harbor Dam, Lake Clarke, Safe Harbor Water Power Corporation
- Segriest Dam, Lebanon Reservoir, City of Lebanon
- Shenango Dam, Shenango River Lake, USACE
- South Fork Dam, privately owned (this dam failed in 1889, causing the Johnstown Flood)
- Tionesta Dam, Tionesta Lake, USACE
- Wallenpaupack Dam, Lake Wallenpaupack, Talen Energy
- Warrior Ridge Dam and Hydroelectric Plant, unnamed reservoir, privately owned
- Wrightsville Dam, unnamed reservoir (this dam was taken down)
- Yellow Creek Dam, Yellow Creek Lake
- York Haven Dam, Lake Fredrick reservoir on the Susquehanna River, Cube Hydro Partners
- Youghiogheny Dam, Youghiogheny River Lake, USACE
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