This is a list of dams in Tennessee that have been removed as physical impediments to free-flowing rivers or streams.
Removals by watershed Cumberland River Several tributaries of the Cumberland River have seen dam removals. Metro Nashville removed an irrigation dam at McCabe Golf Course from Richland Creek in 2014. A cinder block dam on Sevenmile Creek behind the Edmondson Pike Branch Library was removed in 2015 to support the endangered Nashville crayfish, 580 of which were relocated ahead of demolition. The Nashville Zoo at Grassmere removed two small dams on the Cathy Jo Branch in 2017. Also removed that year was a fish barrier owned by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency meant to keep rough fish from Cordell Hull Lake out of the Roaring River.
Elk River Proposed removals The Harms Mill Dam is the only major barrier on the Elk River. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is leading a project to remove the dam, which has been awarded $500,000 from the National Fish Passage Program. This would result in stream miles opened to aquatic migration, support the round hickorynut and 45 other species of greatest conservation need, and increase safety for boaters.
Completed removals Dam Height Year removed Location Watercourse Watershed Nashville Zoo Dam Weir 1 2017 Nashville Cathy Jo Branch Cumberland River Nashville Zoo Dam Weir 2 2017 Nashville Chandler Cove Dam 2018 Nashville Mill Creek Culbertson Road Dam 2018 Nashville McRedmond Dam 2018 Nashville McCabe Golf Course Dam 2014 Nashville Richland Creek Sevenmile Dam 2015 Nashville Sevenmile Creek Roaring River Fish Dam 2017 Gainesboro Roaring River Harpeth River Dam 2012 Franklin Harpeth River Harpeth River Occidental Chem Pond Dam D 1995 Williamsport Duck Creek Duck River Monsanto Dam #7 1990 Columbia Duck River Tailings Pond No. 7 Dam 1990 Maury County Tributary to Duck River Monsanto Dam #3 1988 Columbia Tributary to Duck River Monsanto Dam #4 1990 Columbia Greenlick Creek Monsanto Dam #5A 1990 Columbia Monsanto Dam #9 1990 Columbia Helms Branch Rhone Poulenc Dam #20 1995 Mt. Pleasant Quality Creek Occidental Chem Dam #6 1991 Columbia Tributary to Rutherford Creek Hooker No. 6 Dam 1991 Maury County Tributary to Rutherford Creek Walkers Dam 1992 Columbia Walker Stream Gin House Lake Dam 1994 Munford Adkinson Creek Hatchie River Upper Citico Creek Dam 2015 Monroe County Citico Creek Little Tennessee River Ballard Mill Mine Dam 1992 Sweetwater Tributary to Fork Creek Spence Farm Pond Dam #5 1983 Adamsville Tributary to Snake Creek Tennessee River Bales Mill Dam Greene County Holly Creek Nolichucky River Lake Deforest Dam 1991 Oakfield Johnson Creek Forked Deer River London's Mill Dam (Tailings Pond Dam) 1995 Polk County Burra-Burra Creek Ocoee River Cities Service Company Dam 1995 Turtletown Brown's Mill Dam 2014 Lascassas East Fork Stones River Stones River Eblen-Powell Dam #1 LaFollette Ollis Creek Clinch River L. Thompson Dam #1 1990 L.C. Hancock Dam #1 1990
Planned and proposed removals Dam Expected year Location Watercourse Watershed Harms Mill Dam Lincoln County Elk River Elk River
See also List of dam removals in Alabama List of dam removals in Georgia (U.S. state) List of dam removals in North Carolina List of dam removals in Virginia
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