List of dams and reservoirs in West Virginia

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Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in West Virginia.

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).^[1]

Dams and reservoirs in West Virginia

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Beech Fork Dam, Beech Fork Lake, United States Army Corps of Engineers
Belleville Locks and Dam, on the Ohio River, USACE (on the Ohio border)
Bluestone Dam, Bluestone Lake, USACE
Brushy Fork Coal Impoundment
Burnsville Dam, Burnsville Lake, USACE
Cumberland Dam, unnamed reservoir on the Potomac River, privately owned (on Maryland border)
East Lynn Dam, East Lynn Lake, USACE
Hannibal Locks and Dam, on the Ohio River, USACE (on the Ohio border)
Hildebrand Lock and Dam, on the Monongahela River, USACE
Jennings Randolph Dam, Jennings Randolph Lake, USACE (on the Maryland border)
Little Beaver Dam, Little Beaver Lake, West Virginia Division of Commerce
London Locks and Dam, on the Kanawha River, USACE
Marmet Locks and Dam, on the Kanawha River, USACE
Morgantown Lock and Dam, on the Monongahela River, USACE
New Cumberland Locks and Dam, on the Ohio River, USACE (on the Ohio border)
Opekiska Lock and Dam, on the Monongahela River, USACE
Pike Island Locks and Dam, on the Ohio River, USACE (on the Ohio border)
Power Plant and Dam No. 4, unnamed reservoir on the Potomac River, privately owned (on Maryland border)
Power Plant and Dam No. 5, unnamed reservoir on the Potomac River, privately owned (on Maryland border)
R. D. Bailey Dam, R. D. Bailey Lake, USACE
Racine Locks and Dam, on the Ohio River, USACE (on the Ohio border)
Robert C. Byrd Lock and Dam, on the Ohio River, USACE (on the Ohio border)
Stonewall Jackson Dam, Stonewall Jackson Lake, USACE
Summersville Dam, Summersville Lake, USACE
Sutton Dam, Sutton Lake, USACE
Tygart River Reservoir Dam, Tygart River Reservoir, USACE
Wells Lock and Dam, on the Little Kanawha River, USACE (closed)
Willow Island Locks and Dam, on the Ohio River, USACE (on the Ohio border)
Winfield Locks and Dam, on the Kanawha River, USACE

References

^ "Major Dams of the United States". National Atlas of the United States. USGS. September 17, 2009. Archived from the original on August 14, 2009. Retrieved October 24, 2009.

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