Following is a complete list of the approximately 340 dams owned by the United States Bureau of Reclamation as of 2008.
The Bureau was established in July 1902 as the "United States Reclamation Service" and was renamed in 1923. The agency has operated in the 17 western states of the continental U.S., divided into five administrative regions. Within the United States Department of the Interior, it oversees water resource management, specifically the oversight and/or operation of numerous diversion, delivery, and storage projects it built throughout the western United States for irrigation, flood control, water supply, and attendant hydroelectric power generation.
Currently USBR is the largest wholesaler of water in the country, bringing water to more than 31 million people, and providing one in five Western farmers with irrigation water for 10 million acres of farmland, which produce 60% of the nation's vegetables and 25% of its fruits and nuts. USBR is also the second-largest producer of hydroelectric power in the western United States.
All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being tall with a storage capacity of at least , or of any height with a storage capacity of .
List of active dams
Agate Dam, Dry Creek, Oregon Agency Valley Dam, North Fork Malheur River, Oregon Alcova Dam, North Platte River, Wyoming Almena Dam, Prairie Dog Creek, Kansas Altus Dam, North Fork Red River, Oklahoma American Diversion Dam, Rio Grande, New Mexico American Falls Dam, Snake River, Idaho Anderson Ranch Dam, Boise River, Idaho Anderson-Rose Diversion Dam, Lost River, Oregon Angostura Dam, Cheyenne River, South Dakota Angostura Diversion Dam, Rio Grande, New Mexico Anita Dam, Yellowstone River, Montana Arbuckle Dam, Rock Creek, Oklahoma Arrowrock Dam, Boise River, Idaho Arthur R. Bowman Dam, Crooked River, Oregon Arthur V. Watkins Dam, Colorado River, Utah Avalon Dam, Pecos River, New Mexico B. F. Sisk Dam, San Luis Creek, California Barretts Diversion Dam, Beaverhead River, Montana Bartlett Dam, Verde River, Arizona Bartley Diversion Dam, Republican River, Nebraska Belle Fourche Dam, Owl Creek, South Dakota Belle Fourche Diversion Dam, Owl Creek, South Dakota Big Sandy Dam, Big Sandy River, Wyoming Black Canyon Diversion Dam, Payette River, Idaho Blue Mesa Dam, Gunnison River, Colorado Boca Dam, Little Truckee River, California Boise River Diversion Dam, Boise River, Idaho Bonny Dam, Republican River, Colorado Box Butte Dam, Niobrara River, Nebraska Boysen Dam, Wind River, Wyoming Bradbury Dam, Santa Ynez River, California Brantley Dam, Pecos River, New Mexico Bretch Diversion Dam, Elk Creek, Oklahoma Broadhead Diversion Dam, Provo River, Utah Buckhorn Dam, Grass Valley Creek, California Buffalo Bill Dam, Shoshone River, Wyoming Bull Lake Dam, Bull Lake Creek, Wyoming Bully Creek Dam, Bully Creek, Oregon Bumping Lake Dam, Bumping River, Washington Caballo Dam, Rio Grande, New Mexico Cambridge Diversion Dam, Republican River, Nebraska Camp Creek Diversion Dam, Camp Creek, California Camp Dyer Diversion Dam, Agua Fria River, Arizona Canyon Ferry Dam, Missouri River, Montana Carpinteria Dam, offstream storage, California Carson River Diversion Dam, Carson River, Nevada Carter Creek Diversion Dam, Carter Creek, Colorado Carter Lake Dam, offstream storage, Colorado Cascade Dam, Payette River, Idaho Casitas Dam, Coyote Creek, California Causey Dam, Ogden River, Utah Cedar Bluff Dam, Smoky Hill River, Kansas Chapman Diversion Dam, Chapman Gulch, Colorado Cheney Dam, Ninnescah River, Kansas Choke Canyon Dam, Frio River, Texas Clark Canyon Dam, Beaverhead River, Montana Cle Elum Dam, Cle Elum River, Washington Clear Creek Dam, Tieton River, Washington Clear Lake Dam, Lost River, California Cold Springs Dam, offstream storage, Oregon Como Dam, Rock Creek, Montana Conconully Dam, Salmon Creek, Washington Contra Loma Dam, offstream storage, California Corbett Diversion Dam, Shoshone River, Wyoming Crane Prairie Dam, Deschutes River, Oregon Crawford Dam, Iron Creek, Colorado Crystal Dam, Gunnison River, Colorado Culbertson Diversion Dam, Frenchman Creek, Nebraska Currant Creek Dam, Currant Creek, Utah Davis Creek Dam, Davis Creek, Nebraska Davis Dam, Colorado River, Arizona and Nevada Deadwood Dam, Deadwood River, Idaho Deaver Dam, offstream storage, Wyoming Deer Creek Dam and Reservoir, Provo River, Utah Deer Flat East Dike Dam, offstream storage, Idaho Deer Flat Lower Embankment, offstream storage, Idaho Deer Flat Middle Embankment, offstream storage, Idaho Deer Flat Upper Embankment, offstream storage, Idaho Deerfield Dam, Castle Creek, South Dakota Derby Diversion Dam, Truckee River, Nevada Dickinson Dam, Heart River, North Dakota Dille Diversion Dam, Big Thompson River, Colorado Dixon Canyon Dam, offstream storage, Colorado Dodson Diversion Dam, Milk River, Montana Dressler Diversion Dam, Nevada Dry Creek Diversion Dam, Dry Creek, Colorado Dry Falls Dam, Grand Coulee, Washington Dry Spotted Tail Diversion Dam, Dry Spotted Tail Creek, Nebraska Dunlap Diversion Dam, Niobrara River, Nebraska East Canyon Dam, Colorado River, Utah East Park Dam, Little Stony Creek, California East Portal Diversion Dam, Wind River, Colorado Easton Diversion Dam, Yakima River, Washington Echo Dam, Weber Basin, Utah Eden Dam, Little Sandy Creek, Wyoming El Vado Dam, Rio Chama, New Mexico Elephant Butte Dam, Rio Grande, New Mexico Emigrant Dam, Emigrant Creek, Oregon Enders Dam, Frenchman Creek, Nebraska Fish Lake Dam, Little Butte Creek, Oregon Flaming Gorge Dam, Green River, Utah Flatiron Afterbay Dam, Chimney Hollow Creek, Colorado Folsom Dam, American River, California Fontenelle Dam, Green River, Wyoming Fort Cobb Dam, Cobb Creek, Oklahoma Fort Shaw Diversion Dam and Canal, Sun River, Montana Foss Dam, Washita River, Oklahoma French Canyon Dam, Cowiche Creek, Washington Fresno Dam, Milk River, Montana Friant Dam, San Joaquin River, California Fruitgrowers Dam, Alfalfa Run, Colorado Fryingpan Diversion Dam, Fryingpan River, Colorado Funks Dam, Funks Creek, California Garnet Diversion Dam, Uncompahgre River, Colorado Gerber Dam, Miller Creek, Oregon Gibson Dam, Sun River, Montana Glen Annie Dam, Glen Annie Canyon, California Glen Canyon Dam, Colorado River, Arizona Glen Elder Dam, Solomon River, Kansas Glendo Dam, North Platte River, Wyoming Granby Dam, Colorado River, Colorado Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia River, Washington Granite Creek Diversion Dam, Colorado Granite Reef Diversion Dam, Salt River, Arizona Grassy Lake Dam, Grassy Creek, Wyoming Gray Reef Dam, North Platte River, Wyoming Green Mountain Dam, Blue River, Colorado Guernsey Dam, North Platte River, Wyoming Halfmoon Diversion Dam, Halfmoon Creek, Colorado Hanover Diversion Dam, Bighorn River, Wyoming Haystack Dam, offstream storage, Oregon Heart Butte Dam, Heart River, North Dakota Helena Valley Dam, Tenmile Creek, Montana Heron Dam, Colorado River, New Mexico Hoover Dam, Colorado River, Nevada and Arizona Horse Creek Diversion Dam, Horse Creek, Wyoming Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, Arizona Horseshoe Dam, Verde River, Arizona Horsetooth Dam, (offstream storage), Colorado Howard Prairie Dam, Little Butte Creek, Oregon Hubbard Dam, offstream storage, Idaho Hungry Horse Dam, South Fork Flathead River, Montana Hunter Creek Diversion Dam, Hunter Creek, Colorado Huntington North Dam, Huntington Creek, Utah Hyatt Dam, Keene Creek, Oregon Hyrum Dam, Little Bear Water, Utah Imperial Dam, Colorado River, California and Arizona Island Park Dam, Henrys Fork (Snake River), Idaho Isleta Diversion Dam, Rio Grande, New Mexico Ivanhoe Diversion Dam, Ivanhoe Creek, Colorado Jackson Gulch Dam, offstream storage, Colorado Jackson Lake Dam, Snake River, Wyoming James Diversion Dam, James River, South Dakota Jamestown Dam, James River, North Dakota Joes Valley Dam, Seely Creek, Utah John Franchi Diversion Dam, Fresno River, California Jordanelle Dam, Provo River, Utah Kachess Dam, Kachess River, Washington Keechelus Dam, Yakima River, Washington Keene Creek Dam, Keene Creek, Oregon Kent Diversion Dam, North Loup, Nebraska Keswick Dam, Sacramento River, California Keyhole Dam, offstream storage, Wyoming Kirwin Dam, Solomon River, Kansas Kortes Dam, North Platte River, Wyoming Laguna Diversion Dam, Colorado River, Arizona and California Lahontan Dam, Carson River, Nevada Lake Alice No 1 Dam, offstream equalizing reservoir, Nebraska Lake Alice No 1 and 1 Half, offstream equalizing reservoir, Nebraska Lake Alice No 2 Dam, offstream equalizing reservoir, Nebraska Lake Sherburne Dam, Swiftcurrent Creek, Montana Lake Tahoe Dam, Truckee River, California Lauro Dam, Diablo Creek, California Lemon Dam, Florida River, Colorado Lewiston Dam, Trinity River, California Lily Pad Diversion Inlet Dam, Ivanhoe Creek, Colorado Link River Dam, Link River, Oregon Little Hell Creek Diversion Dam, Little Hell Creek, Colorado Little Panoche Detention Dam, Little Panoche Creek, California Little Wood Dam, Little Wood River, Idaho Los Banos Creek Detention Dam, Los Baños Creek, California Lost Creek Dam, Lost Creek, Utah Lost River Diversion Dam, Lost River, Oregon Lovewell Dam, White Rock Creek, Kansas Lower Yellowstone Diversion Dam, Yellowstone River, Montana Malone Diversion Dam, Lost River, Oregon Mann Creek Dam, Mann Creek, Idaho Marble Bluff Dam, Little Truckee River, Nevada Martinez Dam, offstream storage, California Marys Lake Dike Dam, offstream storage, Colorado Mason Dam, Powder River, Oregon McGee Creek Dam, McGee Creek, Oklahoma McKay Dam, McKay Creek, Oregon McPhee Dam, Dolores River, Colorado Medicine Creek Dam, Medicine Creek, Nebraska Meeks Cabin Dam, Blacks Fork, Wyoming Merritt Dam, Snake River, Nebraska Middle Cunningham Creek Diversion Dam, Cunningham Creek, Colorado Midview Dam, offstream storage, Utah Midway Creek Diversion Dam, Midway Creek, Colorado Milburn Diversion Dam, Middle Loup, Nebraska Miller Diversion Dam, Miller Creek, Oregon Minatare Dam, offstream equalizing reservoir, Nebraska Minidoka Dam, Snake River, Idaho Monticello Dam, Putah Creek, California Moon Lake Dam, Lake Fork River, Utah Mormon Creek Diversion Dam, Mormon Creek, Colorado Mormon Flat Dam, Salt River, Arizona Mormon Island Auxiliary Dam, Blue Ravine, California Morrow Point Dam, Gunnison River, Colorado Mountain Park Dam, West Otter Creek, Oklahoma Mt Elbert Forebay Dam, offstream storage, Colorado Nambe Falls Dam, Colorado River, New Mexico Navajo Dam, San Juan River, New Mexico Nelson Dam, offstream storage, Montana New Melones Dam, Stanislaus River, California New Waddell Dam, Agua Fria River, Arizona Newton Dam, Colorado River, Utah Nimbus Dam, American River, California No Name Creek Diversion Dam, No Name Creek, Colorado Norman Dam, Little River, Oklahoma North Cunningham Creek Diversion Dam, Cunningham Creek, Colorado North Dam, Grand Coulee, Washington North Fork Diversion Dam, North Fork Creek, Colorado North Poudre Diversion Dam, Colorado Northside Diversion Dam, Stony Creek, California Norton Dam, Prairie Dog Creek, Kansas O'Neill Dam, San Luis Creek, California O'Sullivan Dam, Crab Creek, Washington Ochoco Dam, Ochoco Creek, Oregon Olympus Dam, Big Thompson River, Colorado Ortega Dam, offstream storage, California Owyhee Dam, Owyhee River, Oregon Pactola Dam, Rapid Creek, South Dakota Palisades Dam, Snake River, Idaho Palo Verde Diversion Dam, Colorado River, Arizona and California Paonia Dam, Muddy Creek, Colorado Paradise Diversion Dam, Milk River, Montana Parker Dam, Colorado River, Arizona and California Pathfinder Dam, North Platte River, Wyoming Pathfinder Dike Dam, North Platte River, Wyoming Pilot Butte Dam, offstream storage, Wyoming