List of dams and reservoirs in Pennsylvania facts for kids

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 m³), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m³).

Dams and reservoirs in Pennsylvania

Kinzua Dam

Youghiogheny River Lake

Mahoning Creek Dam and Lake

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• 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 (failed 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 (abandoned)
• 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 (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 (Dam lowered by request of DEP-Division of Dam Services)
• 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, failed in 1889 causing the Johnstown Flood, privately owned
• 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 (demolished)
• 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

See also

• List of dams and reservoirs of the Susquehanna River