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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.

Reservoirs and manmade lakes with known dams

Dam Reservoir/Lake River
Bartlett's Ferry Dam Lake Harding Chattahoochee River
Bankhead Dam Bankhead Lake Black Warrior River
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
Claiborne Lock and Dam Claiborne Lake Alabama River
Demopolis Lock and Dam Demopolis Lake Tombigbee River
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
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
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
Weiss Dam Weiss Lake Coosa River
Wheeler Dam Wheeler Lake Tennessee River
William Bacon Oliver Lock and Dam Lake Oliver Black Warrior River
Wilson Dam Wilson Lake Tennessee River

See also

References

  1. Yawn, Andrew (February 20, 2017). "Alabama has the biggest dam problem in the U.S." Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved February 23, 2017. 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.
  2. ^ "Black Warrior and Tombigbee Lakes". U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Mobile District. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  3. ^ "Black Warrior Hydrologic Modifications". Rivers of Alabama. Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  4. "Coffeeville Lake: Overview". U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Mobile District. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  5. "Demopolis Lake: Overview". U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Mobile District. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved June 3, 2011.

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