Liste over de største demningssjøene i USA , inkludert alle menneskeskapte innsjøer med en kapasitet større enn eller lik 1,2 km 3 . Tallene som er gitt gjelder magasinens maksimale lagringskapasitet (flombasseng), og ikke det vanlige lagringsvolumet (bevaringsbassenget). Denne forskjellen er betydelig i reservoarer som Lake Kentucky , som har full kapasitet nesten tre ganger så mye som bevaringsbassenget.
På grunn av sedimentering og andre faktorer som påvirker lagringskapasiteten til en tank over tid, kan det hende at noen oppførte data ikke gjenspeiler de aktuelle strømforholdene i noen tanker. For eksempel kan Lake Mead - det største reservoaret i USA - lagre over 40,1 km 3 når den først fylles, men sedimentoppbygging har redusert den til 35,7 km 3.
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Reservoaret er en eksisterende innsjø oppvokst av en demning; bare volumet tilført av demningen er oppført | Tank ikke helt i USA | Tank ut av strøm | NF = North Fork (samme som SF EF WF) |
Etternavn | Stat (er) | Kontaktinformasjon | Kapasitet | Område | Barrage | Elv | År |
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Abiquiu Lake (en) | NM | 36 ° 16 '35' N, 106 ° 28 '31' V | 1471 | 5030 | Abiquiu Dam (en) | Rio Chama (en) | 1963 |
Alamo Lake (en) | AZ | 34 ° 17 '47' N, 113 ° 32 '43' V | 1287 | 6900 | Alamo Dam (en) | Bill Williams River | 1968 |
Allegheny Reservoir | NY PA | 41 ° 57 '36' N, 78 ° 56 '04' V | 1604 | 8570 | Kinzua Dam | Allegheny River | 1965 |
American Falls Reservoir | ID | 42 ° 54 ′ 29 ″ N, 112 ° 45 ′ 04 ″ V | 2063 | 23000 | American Falls Dam (en) | Slangeelv | 1978 |
Amistad Reservoir (en) | COA TX | 29 ° 28 ′ 14 ″ N, 101 ° 06 ′ 06 ″ V | 6980 | 26300 | Amistad Dam (en) | Rio Grande | 1969 |
Arkabutla Lake (en) | MS | 34 ° 44 '34' N, 90 ° 06 '13' V | 1707 | 12000 | Arkabutla dam | Coldwater River (en) | 1943 |
Banksjøen | WA | 47 ° 47 '54' N, 119 ° 12 '01' V | 1573 | 10900 | Dry Falls Dam , North Dam (en) | Grand Coulee | 1949 |
Beaver Lake (i) | AR | 36 ° 21 '17' N, 93 ° 55 '28' V | 2405 | 12800 | Beaver Dam | Hvit elv | 1966 |
Belton Lake (en) | TX | 31 ° 08 ′ 00 ″ N, 97 ° 30 ′ 30 ″ V | 2315 | 15110 | Belton Dam | Leon River (en) | 1954 |
Bighorn innsjø | MT WY | 45 ° 06 '22' N, 108 ° 11 '13' V | 1704 | 7000 | Yellowtail Dam | Bighorn-elven | 1967 |
Broken Bow Lake | greit | 34 ° 12 '32' N, 94 ° 41 '00' V | 1688 | 7300 | Broken Bow Dam | Mountain Fork (en) | 1968 |
Brownlee Reservoir | ELLER ID | 44 ° 35 '34' N, 117 ° 07 '31' V | 1760 | 6100 | Brownlee Dam (en) | Slangeelv | 1958 |
Bull Shoals Lake (en) | AR MO | 36 ° 29 ′ 52 ″ N, 92 ° 45 ′ 58 ″ V | 7105 | 28830 | Bull stimer demning | Hvit elv | 1951 |
Canyon Ferry Lake (en) | MT | 46 ° 31 '15' N, 111 ° 34 '22' V | 2464 | 14237 | Canyon Ferry Dam (en) | Missouri | 1954 |
Cedar Creek Reservoir Cedar Creek Reservoir (en) | TX | 32 ° 16 ′ 08 ″ N, 96 ° 08 ′ 23 ″ V | 1338 | 14000 | Joe B. Hogsett Dam | Cedar Creek (en) | 1965 |
Center Hill Lake (en) | TN | 36 ° 01 '42' N, 85 ° 45 '17' V | 2580 | 7370 | Center Hill Lake (en) | Caney gaffel | 1948 |
Cherokee Lake | TN | 36 ° 15 '57' N, 83 ° 22 '17' V | 1901 | 11650 | Cherokee Dam (en) | Holston River | 1941 |
Dale Hollow Reservoir (en) | KY TN | 36 ° 36 ′ 41 ″ N, 85 ° 18 ′ 40 ″ V | 2104 | 11200 | Dale Hollow Reservoir (en) | Obey River (en) | 1943 |
DeGray Lake (en) | AR | 34 ° 14 '36' N, 93 ° 11 '29' V | 1699 | 7300 | DeGray Lake (en) | Caddo River | 1972 |
Don Pedro reservoar | DEN | 37 ° 46 '46' N, 120 ° 21 '43' V | 2504 | 5240 | Nye Don Pedro Dam (en) | Tuolumne River | 1971 |
Douglas Lake | TN | 35 ° 59 '33' N, 83 ° 22 '20' V | 1802 | 11500 | Douglas Dam (en) | French Broad River | 1943 |
Dworshak Reservoir | ID | 46 ° 36 ′ 38 ″ N, 116 ° 06 ′ 27 ″ V | 4280 | 6644 | Dworshak Dam | North Fork Clearwater River (en) | 1973 |
Elephant Butte Reservoir (en) | NM | 33 ° 18 ′ 35 ″ N, 107 ° 09 ′ 58 ″ V | 2547 | 14562 | Elephant Butte Dam (en) | Rio Grande | 1916 |
Enid Lake (en) | MS | 34 ° 09 '05' N, 89 ° 48 '32' V | 1497 | 11000 | Enid Dam | Yocona River (en) | 1952 |
Eufaula Lake | greit | 35 ° 17 '19' N, 95 ° 32 '33' V | 4685 | 42000 | Eufaula Dam (en) | Kanadisk elv | 1964 |
Falcon Lake (en) | TAM TX | 26 ° 44 ′ 20 ″ N, 99 ° 13 ′ 48 ″ V | 3263 | 35400 | Falcon Dam (en) | Rio Grande | 1954 |
Falls Lake | NC | 36 ° 01 '16' N, 78 ° 42 '46' V | 1259 | 5020 | Falls Dam | Neuse River | nitten åtti en |
Flathead Lake | MT | 47 ° 54 '05' N, 114 ° 06 '09' V | 1501 | 51000 | Kerr Dam (en) | Flathead River | 1939 |
Flaming Gorge Reservoir (en) | UT WY | 41 ° 05 ′ 37 ″ N, 109 ° 32 ′ 40 ″ V | 4673 | 17000 | Laming Gorge Dam (en) | Green River | 1964 |
Fort Gibson Lake | greit | 35 ° 57 '10' N, 95 ° 16 '24' V | 1594 | 8100 | Fort Gibson Dam (en) | Neosho River | 1949 |
Fort Peck Lake | MT | 47 ° 45 '23' N, 106 ° 43 '28' V | 23560 | 99000 | Fort Peck Dam | Missouri | 1940 |
Fontana Lake | NC | 35 ° 26 '13' N, 83 ° 40 '44' V | 1780 | 4140 | Fontana Dam | Little Tennessee River | 1944 |
FD Roosevelt Lake | WA | 48 ° 19 '53' N, 118 ° 10 '27' V | 11795 | 32000 | Grand Coulee Dam | Columbia-elven | 1942 |
Great Cherokee Lake | greit | 36 ° 36 ′ 49 ″ N, 94 ° 50 ′ 54 ″ V | 2062 | 18800 | Pensacola Dam (en) | Neosho River | 1940 |
Greers Ferry Lake (en) | AR | 35 ° 31 '25' N, 92 ° 07 '21' V | 3508 | 16400 | Greers Ferry Dam (en) | Little Red River (en) | 1962 |
Grenada Lake (en) | MS | 33 ° 49 '54' N, 89 ° 43 '42' V | 3358 | 14500 | Grenada Lake (en) | Yalobusha River (en) | 1954 |
Guntersville Lake (en) | AL | 34 ° 30 ′ 38 ″ N, 86 ° 09 ′ 33 ″ V | 1257 | 27500 | Guntersville Dam (en) | Tennessee River | 1939 |
Hugo Lake (en) | greit | 34 ° 03 ′ 52 ″ N, 95 ° 24 ′ 56 ″ V | 1572 | 14182 | Hugo lake dam | Kiamichi River (en) | 1974 |
Hungry Horse Reservoir | MT | 48 ° 13 '32' N, 113 ° 47 '56' V | 4277 | 9637 | Hungry Horse Dam (en) | South Fork Flathead River (en) | 1953 |
John H. Kerr Reservoir | NC VA | 36 ° 34 '23' N, 78 ° 29 '10' V | 4149 | 33700 | John H. Kerr Dam | Roanoke-elven | 1953 |
Jordan-sjøen | NC | 35 ° 44 ′ 35 ″ N, 79 ° 01 ′ 36 ″ V | 2031 | 12900 | B. Everett Jordan Dam | Haw river | 1983 |
Kaw Lake (en) | greit | 36 ° 46 '14' N, 96 ° 49 '43' V | 1320 | 15000 | Kaw dam | Arkansas River | 1976 |
Kentucky Lake | KY TN | 36 ° 31 ′ 26 ″ N, 88 ° 02 ′ 13 ″ V | 7560 | 64900 | Kentucky Dam (en) | Tennessee River | 1944 |
Keystone Lake (en) | greit | 36 ° 13 ′ 50 ″ N, 96 ° 17 ′ 50 ″ V | 2143 | 21980 | Keystone Dam | Arkansas River | 1964 |
Lake almanor | DEN | 40 ° 15 '21' N, 121 ° 10 '08' V | 1613 | 11400 | Canyon Dam (en) | North Fork Feather River (en) | 1910 |
Lake Barkley (in) | KY TN | 36 ° 52 '14' N, 87 ° 59 '12' V | 2568 | 23440 | Barkley Dam (en) | Cumberland River | 1966 |
Lake Berryessa | DEN | 38 ° 35 '25' N, 122 ° 13 '32' V | 1976 | 8400 | Monticello Dam | Putah-bekken | 1957 |
Lake Cumberland (en) | KY | 36 ° 55 '05' N, 85 ° 00 '58' V | 7511 | 26520 | Wolf Creek Dam (en) | Cumberland River | 1951 |
Lake Elwell (en) | MT | 48 ° 20 '43' N, 111 ° 15 '10' V | 1869 | 6006 | Tiber Dam | Marias River | 1956 |
Lake Francis Case (en) | SD | 43 ° 26 '31' N, 99 ° 12 '33' V | 7031 | 41000 | Fort Randall Dam | Missouri | 1956 |
Lake Hartwell | GA SC | 34 ° 29 ′ 44, N, 82 ° 49 ′ 14 ″ V | 4242 | 22640 | Hartwell Dam (en) | Savannah-elven | 1962 |
Lake Jocassee (en) | NC SC | 34 ° 58 '52' N, 82 ° 56 '17' V | 1462 | 3061 | Jocassee Dam (en) | Keowee River (en) | 1975 |
Lake kemp | TX | 33 ° 45 ′ 20 ″ N, 99 ° 08 ′ 52 ″ V | 1283 | 6730 | Lake kemp dam | Wichita River (en) | 1923 |
Koocanusa-sjøen (en) | BC MT | 48 ° 49 '03' N, 115 ° 16 '41' V | 7240 | 18900 | Libby Dam (en) | Kootenai River | 1975 |
Lake Lanier (en) | GA | 34 ° 14 '08' N, 83 ° 57 '09' V | 3150 | 19094 | Buford dam | Chattahoochee River | 1956 |
Lake Livingston | TX | 30 ° 44 ′ 39 ″ N, 95 ° 08 ′ 02 ″ V | 2634 | 37000 | Livingston Dam | Trinity River | 1969 |
Lake Marion | SC | 33 ° 27 '23' N, 80 ° 19 '45' V | 1517 | 45000 | Santee Dam | Santee River | 1942 |
Lake Martin | AL | 32 ° 51 '41' N, 85 ° 53 '26' V | 2001 | 18000 | Martin Dam (en) | Tallapoosa-elven | 1927 |
Lake McClure (i) | DEN | 37 ° 38 '22' N, 120 ° 16 '50' V | 1273 | 2892 | New Exchequer Dam (en) | Merced river | 1967 |
Lake McConaughy (en) | FØDT | 41 ° 15 ′ 38, N, 101 ° 50 ′ 38 ″ V | 2146 | 14400 | Kingsley Dam (en) | N. Platte River | 1941 |
Lake mjød | AZ NV | 36 ° 08 ′ 28 ″ N, 114 ° 25 ′ 46 ″ V | 35703 | 65000 | Hoover Dam | Colorado River | 1936 |
Lake Meredith (en) | TX | 35 ° 38 ′ 14 ″ N, 101 ° 39 ′ 32 ″ V | 3003 | 8760 | Sanford Dam | Kanadisk elv | 1965 |
Lake mohave | AZ NV | 35 ° 24 '37' N, 114 ° 38 '12' V | 2243 | 10700 | Davis-demningen | Colorado River | 1951 |
Lake Moultrie | SC | 33 ° 18 '23' N, 80 ° 03 '21' V | 1369 | 24000 | Pinopolis Dam (en) | Cooper River | 1942 |
Lake Murray (South Carolina ) | SC | 34 ° 03 ′ 52 ″ N, 81 ° 22 ′ 07 ″ V | 2714 | 20.000 | Saluda Dam (en) | Saluda River (en) | 1930 |
Lake Norman | NC | 35 ° 31 '52' N, 80 ° 56 '32' V | 1349 | 13160 | Cowans Ford Dam (en) | Catawba River | 1964 |
Lake oahe | ND SD | 45 ° 17 ′ 53 ″ N, 100 ° 18 ′ 08 ″ V | 28987 | 150.000 | Oahe Dam | Missouri | 1962 |
Ozarks innsjø | MO | 38 ° 09 ′ 40 ″ N, 92 ° 47 ′ 44 ″ V | 2455 | 22000 | Bagnell Dam | Osage River | 1931 |
Lake Oroville | DEN | 39 ° 34 '15' N, 121 ° 27 '49' V | 4364 | 6396 | Oroville Dam | Fjærelv | 1968 |
Ouachita-sjøen | AR | 34 ° 35 '46' N, 93 ° 18 '58' V | 3414 | 19500 | Blakely Mountain Dam | Ouachita River | 1952 |
Lake Hanging Ear | ID | 48 ° 08 ′ 58 ″ N, 116 ° 23 ′ 03 ″ V | 1422 | 38300 | Albeni Falls Dam (en) | Pend Oreille River | 1951 |
Lake Pleasant (en) | AZ | 33 ° 53 '22' N, 112 ° 16 '52' V | 1367 | 4870 | New Waddell Dam (en) | Agua Fria River (en) | 1994 |
Lake Powell | AZ UT | 37 ° 19 '15' N, 110 ° 47 '37' V | 32336 | 66000 | Glen Canyon Dam | Colorado River | 1966 |
Lake Ray Roberts (i) | TX | 33 ° 24 '28' N, 97 ° 01 '30' V | 2383 | 11880 | Ray Roberts Dam | Elm Fork Trinity River | 1986 |
Lake Red Rock | AI | 41 ° 25 '49' N, 93 ° 09 '30' V | 1771 | 26090 | Red Rock Dam | Des Moines River | 1969 |
Sakakawea Lake | ND | 47 ° 45 '57' N, 102 ° 17 '17' V | 29974 | 155000 | Garnison dam | Missouri | 1953 |
Lake sharpe | SD | 44 ° 11 '24' N, 99 ° 40 '54' V | 2356 | 23020 | Big Bend Dam | Missouri | 1966 |
Lake Strom Thurmond (en) | GA SC | 33 ° 48 ′ 48 ″ N, 82 ° 19 ′ 01 ″ V | 4712 | 28800 | J. Strom Thurmond Dam | Savannah-elven | 1954 |
Lake tawakoni | TX | 32 ° 48 ′ 29 ″ N, 95 ° 55 ′ 14 ″ V | 2048 | 14500 | Iron Bridge Dam | Sabine river | 1960 |
Lake texoma | OK TX | 33 ° 54 '39' N, 96 ° 39 '06' V | 6164 | 36000 | Denison dam | Rød elv | 1943 |
Lake travis | TX | 30 ° 24 ′ 51 ″ N, 97 ° 59 ′ 28 ″ V | 1400 | 7809 | Mansfield Dam | Colorado River (Texas) | 1942 |
Lake Umatilla (en) | ELLER WA | 45 ° 47 ′ 25 ″ N, 120 ° 03 ′ 22 ″ V | 3121 | 22000 | John day dam | Columbia-elven | 1971 |
Wallula-sjøen (en) | ELLER WA | 46 ° 03 ′ 28 ″ N, 118 ° 56 ′ 31 ″ V | 1665 | 15.700 | Mcnary dam | Columbia-elven | 1954 |
Lake Winnibigoshish (en) | MN | 47 ° 26 ′ 16, N, 94 ° 11 ′ 40 ″ V | 1322 | 27400 | Winnibigoshish Lake Dam | Mississippi elven | 1884 |
Leech Lake | MN | 47 ° 09 '48' N, 94 ° 24 '37' V | 1233 | 41662 | Leech Lake Dam | Leech Lake River (en) | 1885 |
Lewis Smith Lake (en) | AL | 33 ° 57 '24' N, 87 ° 06 '36' V | 1715 | 8600 | Smith Lake Dam | Sipsey Fork | 1961 |
Lewisville Lake (en) | TX | 33 ° 06 '34' N, 96 ° 58 '17' V | 2569 | 9320 | Lewisville dam | Elm Fork Trinity River | 1955 |
Mark Twain Lake (en) | MO | 39 ° 39 ′ 16 ″ N, 91 ° 45 ′ 13 ″ V | 2594 | 21500 | Clarence Cannon Dam (en) | Salt River (Missouri ) | 1983 |
Milford Lake | KS | 39 ° 09 '39' N, 96 ° 55 '12' V | 1388 | 13000 | Milford dam | Republikansk elv | 1967 |
Millwood Lake (en) | AR | 33 ° 44 '47' N, 93 ° 58 '59' V | 2288 | 38500 | Millwood Dam | Little River (en) | 1966 |
Navajo Lake (en) | CO NM | 36 ° 53 ′ 47 ″ N, 107 ° 27 ′ 48 ″ V | 2108 | 6320 | Navajo Dam | San Juan-elven | 1962 |
New Melones Lake | DEN | 37 ° 59 '32' N, 120 ° 31 '46' V | 2985 | 5100 | New Melones Dam | Stanislaus-elven | 1979 |
Norfork Lake | AR MO | 36 ° 21 ′ 33 ″ N, 92 ° 14 ′ 01 ″ V | 2446 | 8900 | Norfork Dam | North Fork River (en) | 1944 |
Norris Lake (en) | TN | 36 ° 17 '25' N, 83 ° 55 '02' V | 2516 | 13800 | Norris Dam | Clinch River | 1936 |
Oologah Lake (en) | greit | 35 ° 32 '57' N, 95 ° 36 '13' V | 1874 | 23000 | Oologah Lake (en) | Verdigris River | 1963 |
Owyhee Reservoir (en) | GULL | 43 ° 27 '41' N, 117 ° 20 '13' V | 1460 | 5500 | Owyhee Dam (en) | Owyhee River | 1932 |
Painted Rock Reservoir | AZ | 33 ° 01 ′ 37 ″ N, 112 ° 52 ′ 00 ″ V | 3073 | 21500 | Painted Rock Dam (en) | Gila-elven | 1960 |
Palisades Reservoir | ID WY | 43 ° 14 '31' N, 111 ° 07 '11' V | 1728 | 6500 | Palisades Dam (en) | Slangeelv | 1957 |
Pathfinder Reservoir (en) | WY | 42 ° 25 '17' N, 106 ° 54 '48' V | 1254 | 8900 | Pathfinder Dam (en) | N. Platte River | 1909 |
Perry innsjø | KS | 39 ° 10 '44' N, 95 ° 27 '29' V | 1749 | 10275 | Perry dam | Delaware River (Kansas) | 1966 |
Pine Flat Lake | DEN | 36 ° 51 '39' N, 119 ° 17 '55' V | 1233 | 2420 | Pine Flat Dam | Kings River | 1954 |
Quabbin Reservoir | MIN | 42 ° 21 ′ 39 ″ N, 72 ° 18 ′ 06 ″ V | 1571 | 9927 | Winsor Dam (en) , Goodnough Dike (en) | Swift River (en) | 1939 |
Red Lake Reservoir | MN | 48 ° 04 '24' N, 95 ° 01 '44' V | 4228 | 116810 | Nedre Red Lake Dam | Red Lake River (en) | 1931 |
Richard B. Russell Lake (no) | GA SC | 34 ° 05 '09' N, 82 ° 38 '34' V | 1836 | 10780 | Richard B. Russell Dam (no) | Savannah-elven | 1985 |
Richland Chambers Reservoir (en) | TX | 31 ° 58 '46' N, 96 ° 11 '29' V | 2150 | 18110 | Richland Creek Dam | Richland Creek (Texas ) | 1987 |
Riffe Lake (en) | WA | 46 ° 28 '44' N, 122 ° 17 '41' V | 2078 | 4790 | Mossyrock Dam (en) | Cowlitz-elven | 1968 |
Ross Lake | BC WA | 48 ° 51 ′ 04 ″ N, 121 ° 01 ′ 31 ″ V | 1770 | 4700 | Ross dam | Skagit River | 1949 |
Sam Rayburn Reservoir | TX | 31 ° 12 '37' N, 94 ° 17 '04' V | 4931 | 46300 | Sam rayburn dam | Angelina River (en) | 1965 |
San Luis reservoar | DEN | 37 ° 03 '22' N, 121 ° 07 '12' V | 2518 | 5100 | San Luis Dam | San Luis Creek (California ) | 1967 |
Sardis Lake (Mississippi ) | MS | 34 ° 29 '16' N, 89 ° 38 '37' V | 1865 | 23700 | Sardis Dam | Little Tallahatchie River | 1940 |
Seminoe reservoar | WY | 42 ° 02 '07' N, 106 ° 50 '56' V | 1255 | 8211 | Seminoe Dam (en) | N. Platte River | 1939 |
Shasta Lake | DEN | 40 ° 46 ′ 29 ″ N, 122 ° 18 ′ 01 ″ V | 5615 | 12040 | Shasta Dam | Sacramento River | 1945 |
Smith Mountain Lake | GÅ | 37 ° 04 ′ 48 ″ N, 79 ° 37 ′ 15 ″ V | 2837 | 8300 | Smith Mountain Dam (en) | Roanoke-elven | 1963 |
Stockton Lake (en) | MO | 37 ° 36 '43' N, 93 ° 46 '16' V | 2065 | 25600 | Stockton Dam | River Bag (en) | 1969 |
Strawberry Reservoir (en) | Ut | 40 ° 09 '55' N, 111 ° 07 '32' V | 1365 | 6946 | Soldier Creek Dam (en) | Strawberry River (Utah ) | 1974 |
Table Rock Lake (en) | AR MO | 36 ° 37 '18' N, 93 ° 24 '28' V | 4270 | 21200 | Rock Dam Table | Hvit elv | 1958 |
Tenkiller Ferry Lake (en) | greit | 35 ° 40 ′ 02 ″ N, 94 ° 58 ′ 55 ″ V | 1518 | 8400 | Tenkiller fergedam | Illinois River (Oklahoma ) | 1952 |
Theodore Roosevelt Lake (en) | AZ | 33 ° 40 '55' N, 111 ° 06 '49' V | 3590 | 12900 | Theodore Roosevelt Dam | Salt river | 1911 |
Toledo Bend Reservoir | THE TX | 31 ° 29 '18' N, 93 ° 43 '43' V | 5517 | 73500 | Toledo Bend Dam | Sabine | 1966 |
Truman reservoar | MO | 38 ° 15 '26' N, 93 ° 26 '18' V | 6398 | 84700 | Harry S. Truman Dam | Osage River | 1979 |
Trinity Lake | DEN | 40 ° 53 '00' N, 122 ° 42 '26' V | 3019 | 6691 | Trinity Dam (en) | Trinity River (California) | 1962 |
Tuttle Creek Lake | KS | 39 ° 21 '15' N, 96 ° 40 '36' V | 3930 | 21760 | Tuttle Creek Dam | Big Blue (Kansas) | 1962 |
Wappapello Lake | MO | 36 ° 56 '50' N, 90 ° 18 '45' V | 1400 | 9400 | Wappapello Dam | St. Francis River | 1941 |
Watts Bar Lake (en) | TN | 36 ° 46 ′ 20 ″ N, 84 ° 40 ′ 10 ″ V | 1449 | 16000 | Watts Bar Dam (en) | Tennessee River | 1942 |
Weiss Lake (en) | AL | 34 ° 11 ′ 02 ″ N, 85 ° 36 ′ 12 ″ V | 1798 | 12200 | Weiss Dam | Coosa River | 1961 |
Wheeler Lake | AL | 34 ° 42 '44' N, 87 ° 08 '26' V | 1295 | 27200 | Wheeler Dam (en) | Tennessee River | 1936 |
Lake Whitney (Texas ) | TX | 32 ° 51 '12' N, 96 ° 31 '14' V | 2591 | 24000 | Whitney Lake Dam | Brazos-elven | 1951 |
Wright Patman Lake (en) | TX | 33 ° 16 '27' N, 94 ° 13 '02' V | 3274 | 48400 | Wright patman dam | Sulphur River (en) | 1953 |