Reservoir report
West-Virginia reservoirs & dams
Every documented dam and reservoir in West-Virginia — with normal storage capacity, dam height, max discharge, hazard classification, and drainage area. Sourced from USACE NID and state water-resource agencies.
Dams in West-Virginia
487
Total storage
2,309,793ac·ft
High-hazard dams
346
Updated
May 16
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Reservoir report
West Virginia is home to numerous reservoirs and dams that play a crucial role in providing water for the state's residents, industries, and agriculture. Some of the major reservoirs in the state include Sutton Lake, Summersville Lake, and Bluestone Lake. These reservoirs are fed by various streams, rivers, and creeks, including the Elk River, Gauley River, and New River. The snowpack and mountains in the area also contribute to the water supply, as melting snow and rainfall runoff from the mountains flow into the streams and rivers.
The hydrology in West Virginia is affected by seasonal trends, with higher streamflows and river levels typically occurring in the spring and early summer due to snowmelt and increased rainfall. However, drought conditions can also occur, leading to lower water levels in reservoirs and streams. In recent years, there have been record levels of precipitation, causing flooding and damage to some of the state's dams and reservoirs. Overall, the management and maintenance of these reservoirs and dams are critical for ensuring a reliable and sustainable water supply for West Virginia.
The hydrology in West Virginia is affected by seasonal trends, with higher streamflows and river levels typically occurring in the spring and early summer due to snowmelt and increased rainfall. However, drought conditions can also occur, leading to lower water levels in reservoirs and streams. In recent years, there have been record levels of precipitation, causing flooding and damage to some of the state's dams and reservoirs. Overall, the management and maintenance of these reservoirs and dams are critical for ensuring a reliable and sustainable water supply for West Virginia.
West-Virginia at a glance
Storage, hazard, and history
How the West-Virginia dam inventory breaks down -- aggregate stats computed across every documented dam in the state.
Hazard classification
- High346
- Significant78
- Low28
- Unknown35
USACE downstream-consequence rating, not failure likelihood.
Notable dams
- Tallest Chess Refuse Disposal Area No. 1 780 ft
- Oldest Terra Alta Lake 1820
- Total storage All West-Virginia dams 2,309,793 ac·ft
Built by decade
Most U.S. dams were built mid-20th century during the federal water-development era.
Full inventory
West-Virginia dams & reservoirs
Every documented dam in West-Virginia. Sortable by any column; quickly filterable by name. Numeric columns heat-mapped from light to deep based on value. Tap any dam for the full report.
| Name | Year built | Normal storage | Dam height | Max discharge | Hazard | Drainage area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teter Creek Lake Dam # 1 | 1957 | 315 | 32 | · | High | 3 |
| Belington Water Supply Dam | 1957 | 77 | 19 | · | Significant | 1 |
| Sleepy Creek Dam | 1962 | 2,460 | 38 | · | High | 9 |
| Cherry Run Lake | 1974 | 10 | 36 | · | Undetermined | · |
| Sleepy Hollow Creek Dam | 1969 | 104 | 47 | · | Significant | · |
| Tilhance Farms | 1989 | 0 | 20 | · | High | 0 |
| Stonebridge Lake Dam | · | 83 | 28 | · | High | · |
| Duncan Run Estates Dam | · | 51 | 21 | · | Significant | 2,696 |
| Moccasin Hollow Impoundment | 1999 | 2,121 | 310 | 1,611 | High | 0 |
| Bean Hollow Slurry Impoundment (Plant 1 Crdf) | · | · | 415 | · | High | · |
| Jake Gore Slurry Impoundment | · | · | 610 | · | High | · |
| Jarrells Branch Slurry Impoundment | · | · | 520 | · | High | · |
| Rocklick Slurry Impoundment | · | · | 540 | · | High | · |
| Cherry Tree Hollow Refuse Facility | · | · | 385 | · | High | · |
| Chess Refuse Disposal Area No. 1 | · | · | 780 | · | High | · |
| Bragg Fork Slurry Impoundment | · | · | 155 | · | High | · |
| Sutton Dam | 1960 | 60,100 | 0 | 222,240 | High | 537 |
| Salt Lick Creek No. 4 Dam | 1967 | 26 | 40 | · | High | · |
| Salt Lick Creek No. 6 Dam | 1966 | 19 | 50 | · | High | · |
| Salt Lick Creek No. 7 Dam | 1966 | 30 | 52 | · | High | 2 |
| Salt Lick Creek No. 8 Dam | 1965 | 55 | 73 | · | High | 5 |
| Salt Lick Creek No. 9 Dam | 1967 | 100 | 62 | · | High | 10 |
| Burnsville Dam | 1976 | 14,400 | 0 | 123,500 | High | 165 |
| Harmon Creek #1 | 1974 | 33 | 84 | · | High | 2 |
| Harmon Creek No. 3 Dam | 1970 | 9 | 77 | · | High | 1 |
| Harmon Creek No. 4 Dam | 1970 | 14 | 64 | · | High | 1 |
| Harmon Creek #13 | 1973 | 13 | 72 | · | High | 1 |
| Harmon Creek No. 14 Dam | 1968 | 36 | 76 | · | High | 3 |
| Harmon Creek No. 2 Dam | 1973 | 26 | 71 | · | High | · |
| Burek Farm Pond | 1988 | 0 | 28 | 4,263 | High | · |
| Castleman's Run Lake No. 1 | 1961 | 233 | 34 | · | High | 9 |
| Culloden Water Supply Dam | 1963 | 54 | 25 | · | High | · |
| Lake Of Eden | 1971 | 17 | 25 | · | High | 0 |
| Melody T Ranch Lake | 1962 | 42 | 34 | · | Low | · |
| Lakeview Dam | 1965 | 35 | 35 | 978 | High | 0 |
| Hatfield Lake Dam | 1955 | 29 | 28 | 1,974 | High | 0 |
| Trout Lake | 1991 | 100 | 32 | · | Low | · |
| Taylor Fork Cr Dam | 1973 | 56 | 52 | · | Undetermined | 8 |
| Big Branch Coal Refuse Facility | 1997 | 3,864 | 260 | 58 | High | 1 |
| Crystal Lake | 1924 | 162 | 17 | · | Significant | · |
| Us Rte 50 Impoundment Dam | 1969 | 20 | 40 | · | High | · |
| Hawks Nest | 1936 | 7,080 | 85 | 335,000 | High | 6,856 |
| Plum Orchard Lake Dam | 1961 | 2,578 | 52 | · | High | 4 |
| Kingston Coal Refuse Disposal Area | · | · | 8 | · | Low | · |
| Boley Lake Dam | 1965 | 200 | 40 | · | High | 0 |
| Cedar Branch Dam | 1979 | 100 | 23 | · | High | 1 |
| Coal Run No. 2 Dam | 1940 | 3 | 65 | · | Undetermined | · |
| U. T. Barren Branch Dam | 1940 | 20 | 50 | · | Undetermined | · |
| The Summit - Dam A | 2013 | 291 | 73 | · | High | 1 |
| The Summit - Dam A1 | 2013 | 358 | 40 | · | High | 474 |
| The Summit - Dam B | 2012 | 324 | 81 | · | High | 1 |
| The Summit - Dam 1.2 | 2012 | 84 | 34 | · | High | 83 |
| Mt. Storm Lake Dam | 1964 | 44,000 | 153 | · | High | 31 |
| Pond No. #1 Dam | 1991 | 0 | · | · | Significant | · |
| New Creek No. 12 Dam | 1968 | 46 | 77 | · | High | 2 |
| New Creek No. 14 Dam | 1964 | 1,100 | 110 | · | High | 5 |
| Lunice Creek No. 9 | 1967 | 54 | 87 | · | High | · |
| Lunice Creek No. 10 | 1970 | 54 | 87 | · | High | · |
| Lunice Creek No. 11 | 1968 | 78 | 83 | 21,100 | High | 3 |
| Patterson Creek No. 1 Dam | 1966 | 75 | 52 | · | High | · |
| Patterson Creek # 2 Dam | 1972 | 37 | 58 | 15,646 | High | · |
| Patterson Creek No. 3 Dam | 1972 | 35 | 56 | 14,647 | High | 3 |
| Patterson Creek No. 4 Dam | 1966 | 1,989 | 69 | · | High | 8 |
| Patterson Creek No. 6 Dam | 1967 | 22 | 82 | · | High | 2 |
| Patterson Creek No. 12 Dam | 1969 | 96 | 75 | · | High | 9 |
| Patterson Creek No. 13 Dam | 1967 | 89 | 86 | · | High | 7 |
| Patterson Creek No. 41 Dam | 1969 | 5,480 | 88 | · | High | 30 |
| Patterson Creek No. 49 Dam | 1966 | 32 | 48 | · | High | 2 |
| N&S Mill Creek No.16 | 1984 | 47 | 67 | · | High | 0 |
| N&S Mill Creek No. 3 Dam | 1982 | 91 | 89 | · | High | 2 |
| N&S Mill Creek No.4 | 1980 | 56 | 68 | · | High | 2 |
| Mill Run Ws Dam | · | 88 | 17 | 917 | Significant | 1 |
| N & S Mill Creek Site No. 7 | 1993 | 840 | 75 | 43,702 | High | · |
| Mackenzie Lake Dam | 2010 | 0 | 15 | · | Low | · |
| Summit Lake | 1955 | 290 | 34 | 2,352 | High | 1 |
| Sherwood Lake | 1957 | 1,780 | 33 | 5,000 | High | 6 |
| Howard Creek No. 12 Dam | 1995 | 459 | 87 | 59,760 | High | · |
| Dawson Dam | 2009 | 398 | 33 | · | High | 235 |
| Ferndale Farms Recreation Lake | 1971 | 390 | 23 | · | Significant | · |
| Compressor Lake Dam | 1971 | · | 19 | · | Significant | 2,223 |
| Boone Farms Lake Dam | 1971 | 24 | 31 | · | Significant | · |
| Crooked Run Lake Dam | 1956 | 15 | 25 | · | Undetermined | · |
| Wilson Big Hollow Dam | · | 0 | 32 | · | Significant | · |
| New Cumberland Locks And Dam | 1963 | 74,000 | 0 | 209,000 | Significant | 23,873 |
| Tomlinson Lake Dam | 1936 | 325 | 38 | · | Significant | · |
| Cherry Lake Dam | 1972 | 0 | 21 | · | High | 0 |
| Woodland Lake Dam | 1969 | 12 | 26 | · | Undetermined | 0 |
| Warden Lake | 1959 | 382 | 30 | · | High | 10 |
| South Fork No. 1 Dam | 1963 | 96 | 122 | 12,225 | High | · |
| South Fork No. 2 Dam | 1962 | 58 | 123 | 9,937 | High | · |
| South Fork No. 4 Dam | 1965 | 181 | 117 | 46,840 | High | · |
| South Fork No. 5 Dam | 1965 | 40 | 107 | 17,959 | High | · |
| Rockcliff | 1968 | 191 | 66 | 7,326 | Low | 3 |
| Lost River #4 Dam | 1996 | 605 | 91 | 99,796 | High | · |
| Lost River #27 Dam | 1998 | 0 | · | · | High | · |
| Lost River #10 Dam | 2005 | 0 | · | · | High | · |
| Upper Salem Dam | 1970 | 450 | 49 | · | High | · |
| Buffalo Lake Dam | 1956 | 927 | 50 | 10,000 | High | 6 |
| Joyce Lake | 1963 | 79 | 36 | · | Significant | · |
| Salem Fork No.9 | 1958 | 10 | 36 | 2,940 | High | 1 |
| Salem Fork No.11 | 1956 | 4 | 30 | 4,948 | High | 1 |
| Salem Fork No.11a | 1954 | 4 | 24 | 1,656 | High | 0 |
| Salem Fork #12 | 1955 | 2 | 36 | 1,232 | High | · |
| Salem Fork #13 | 1955 | 3 | 26 | 1,389 | High | 0 |
| Salem Fork #14 | 1958 | 6 | 39 | 2,587 | High | · |
| Salem Fork No.15 | 1956 | 37 | 27 | 1,532 | High | · |
| Lower Salem Ws | 1955 | 145 | 49 | · | High | · |
| Lake Floyd Dam | 1923 | 271 | 25 | · | Significant | 2 |
| Deegan Lake | 1950 | 163 | 31 | 82 | High | 2 |
| Salerno Dam | 1965 | 5 | 30 | · | Undetermined | · |
| Maple Lake | 1929 | 250 | 28 | 604 | Significant | 2 |
| Hinkle Lake | 1923 | 33 | 20 | · | High | 2 |
| Wilderness Water Park Dam | · | 0 | 15 | · | High | · |
| New Lumberport Dam | 1981 | 0 | 13 | · | High | · |
| Harrison Power Station Sediment Pond | · | 0 | · | · | Significant | · |
| Hartland Dam | 1931 | 276 | 14 | · | Low | 384 |
| Antero Resources Rossco Pond Dam | 2010 | 0 | 41 | · | Undetermined | · |
| Margaret Freshwater Impoundment | · | · | 55 | · | High | · |
| Main North Holding Pond | · | · | 55 | · | High | · |
| Nolan Run Slurry Impoundment | · | · | 133 | · | High | · |
| Edgell Amd Impoundment | · | · | 64 | · | High | · |
| Cedar Lake Dam No.1 | 1952 | 59 | 32 | · | Significant | 0 |
| Cedar Lake Dam No.2 | 1952 | 19 | 32 | · | Significant | 0 |
| Hutchinson Farm Pond | 1966 | 48 | 18 | · | Undetermined | · |
| Rollins Lake Dam No.1 | 1956 | 143 | 9 | · | Significant | · |
| Rollins Dam No.2 | 1956 | 143 | 7 | · | Significant | · |
| Turkey Run Lake | 1964 | 64 | 33 | · | High | · |
| Wv Baptist Church Camp Lake | 1967 | 30 | 20 | · | Undetermined | · |
| Mill Creek No.4 | 1976 | 139 | 50 | · | High | 3 |
| Mill Creek No.5 | 1976 | 220 | 53 | · | High | 7 |
| Mill Creek No.8 | 1981 | 122 | 67 | 7,626 | High | 3 |
| Mill Creek No.13 | 1986 | 2,623 | 92 | · | High | · |
| Pocatalico Structure No.28 | 1987 | 4,750 | 88 | · | High | 16 |
| Mill Creek #9 Dam | 1991 | 187 | 60 | · | High | 5 |
| Mill Creek #10 Dam | 1997 | 2,792 | 69 | 49,161 | High | · |
| Shannondale Club Ltd. Dam | 1965 | 951 | 86 | 9,400 | Significant | 4 |
| Keys Ferry Acres Lake No.1 | 1960 | 12 | 18 | · | High | 0 |
| Millville | 1905 | 1,200 | 12 | 179,200 | Low | 3,054 |
| Lake Forest Dam | · | 61 | 30 | · | Low | · |
| Lake Chaweva Dam | 2002 | 288 | 36 | · | High | 2 |
| Holz Dam | 1972 | 140 | 203 | · | High | 64 |
| Ward Impoundment (Upper) Dam | 1965 | 3,100 | 139 | · | High | 266 |
| Elk-Two Mile No.12 | 1975 | 16 | 63 | 4,045 | High | · |
| Elk-Two Mile No.13 | 1977 | 28 | 48 | 3,863 | High | 0 |
| London Locks And Dam | 1934 | 15,800 | 0 | 12,700 | Significant | 8,490 |
| Marmet Locks And Dam | 1934 | 30,600 | 0 | 13,200 | Significant | 8,816 |
| Blake's Creek Site No.7 | 1970 | 194 | 46 | 14,400 | High | 2 |
| Scott's Run Cinder Barrier | 1955 | 330 | 179 | · | High | 0 |
| Fly Ash Settling Basin Dam | 1974 | 580 | 28 | 3,100 | High | 72 |
| Cunningham Flyash Pond | 1971 | 112 | 31 | · | Significant | 12 |
| Finney Branch Embankment | 1971 | 0 | 28 | · | Significant | 14 |
| Anderson Dam | 1984 | 65 | 39 | · | High | 2 |
| Graff/Lane Sw Dam | · | 0 | · | · | High | · |
| Union Carbide H & F Club #3 | 1949 | 51 | 20 | · | Low | 6 |
| Elk Two Mile #14 Dam | 1996 | 40 | 60 | 6,200 | High | · |
| Ward Impoundment (Lower) Dam | · | 1,050 | 152 | · | Significant | 328 |
| Campbells Creek Slurry Impoundment | 1999 | 2,155 | 355 | 32 | High | 0 |
| Don White Dam | 2006 | 0 | 65 | · | High | · |
| Polk Creek No.1 | 1964 | 9 | 46 | 2,608 | High | 0 |
| Polk Creek No.4 | 1964 | 19 | 53 | 2,009 | High | 0 |
| Polk Creek No.5 | 1967 | 13 | 45 | 1,948 | High | 0 |
| Polk Creek No.6 | 1966 | 11 | 42 | 3,487 | High | 0 |
| Polk Creek No.7 | 1967 | 37 | 52 | 6,580 | High | 1 |
| Polk Creek No.8 | 1963 | 28 | 58 | 6,261 | High | 1 |
| Polk Creek No.9 | 1965 | 27 | 55 | 5,323 | High | 1 |
| Polk Creek No.13 | 1967 | 43 | 46 | 11,353 | High | 3 |
| Jackson Mill Dam | 1960 | 12 | 29 | · | Significant | · |
| Weston Dam | 1924 | 180 | 15 | 11,100 | Low | 120 |
| Bendale Dam | 1924 | 180 | 14 | 7,900 | Low | 104 |
| Lake Riley | 1948 | 64 | 28 | · | Undetermined | 0 |
| Stonecoal Creek Dam & Reservoir | 1972 | 21,100 | 110 | · | High | 19 |
| Stonewall Jackson Dam | 1986 | 48,170 | 0 | 48,000 | High | 102 |
| Murphy Creek Dam | · | 0 | 35 | · | Undetermined | · |
| Right Fork Dam | · | 0 | 29 | · | Undetermined | · |
| Lee's Fishing Lake Dam | 1963 | 14 | 30 | · | High | 0 |
| Upper Mud River No.2a | 1992 | 4,494 | 75 | 87,000 | High | 51 |
| Holden #22 Slurry Impoundment | · | · | 355 | · | High | · |
| Rock House Branch Slurry Impoundment | · | · | 482 | · | High | · |
| Tinsley Branch Refuse Impoundment | 2005 | 8,921 | 405 | 64 | Undetermined | 1 |
| Amonate Slurry Impoundment | · | · | 384 | · | High | · |
| Berwind Lake | 1959 | 248 | 32 | · | High | 4 |
| Mod Branch #1 Dam | 1976 | 3 | 40 | · | Undetermined | · |
| Twin Branch No.1 Dam | 1920 | 78 | 52 | · | High | 1 |
| Mod Branch Dam No.5 | 1970 | 41 | 43 | · | Undetermined | 1 |
| Mod Branch Dam No.3 | 1970 | 15 | 28 | · | Undetermined | · |
| Mod Branch Dam No.4 | 1970 | 19 | 35 | · | Undetermined | · |
| Anawalt Lake Dam | · | 87 | 34 | 2,558 | High | · |
| Lewellyn Amd Impoundment | · | · | 122 | · | High | · |
| Rachel Hunting & Fishing Dam | 1955 | 111 | 32 | · | High | · |
| Upper Buffalo No.2 | 1970 | 54 | 61 | · | High | 2 |
| Upper Buffalo No.39 | 1969 | 35 | 58 | · | High | 1 |
| Rock Lake Dam | 1929 | 100 | 17 | · | Significant | 6 |
| Laurel Run Lake | 1957 | 34 | 15 | · | High | · |
| Upper Buffalo No.22 Dam | 1975 | 53 | 66 | · | High | 2 |
| Mannington Water Supply Dam | 1964 | 228 | 56 | · | High | · |
| Upper Buffalo No.4 | 1984 | 330 | 50 | · | High | 2 |
| Upper Buffalo No.16 | 1981 | 580 | 69 | · | High | 887 |
| Upper Buffalo Creek 37a | 1990 | 34 | 55 | · | High | 2 |
| Falls Run Dam | · | 16 | 31 | · | Undetermined | · |
| Upper Buffalo #33a Dam | 1992 | 51 | 51 | · | High | · |
| Conner Run Refuse Impoundment | 1976 | 13,500 | 267 | · | High | 2 |
| Upper Grave No.1 | 1959 | 100 | 68 | · | High | 0 |
| Upper Grave No.3 | 1958 | 1 | 48 | · | High | 0 |
| Upper Grave No.4 | 1958 | 5 | 46 | · | High | 0 |
| Upper Grave No.5 | 1962 | 4 | 55 | · | High | 0 |
| Mitchell Bottom Ash Ponds | 1975 | 420 | 30 | · | Significant | · |
| Upper Grave No.7 | 1959 | 6 | 42 | · | High | 0 |
| Upper Grave No.8 | 1959 | 3 | 44 | · | High | 0 |
| Upper Grave No.9 | 1963 | 6 | 50 | · | High | 35 |
| Wheeling Creek No.18 | 1978 | 160 | 84 | · | High | 5 |
| Lucey Pond Dam | · | 24 | 29 | · | Low | 422 |
| Christopher Lower Multipurpose Pond | 2012 | 18 | 28 | · | High | · |
| Christopher Upper Multipurpose Pond | 2012 | 6 | 27 | · | High | · |
| Wheeling Creek No.25 | 1978 | 195 | 85 | · | High | 15 |
| Wheeling Creek No.23 | 1978 | 193 | 90 | · | High | 8 |
| Kaliya Ghat Dam | 1984 | 14 | 49 | · | Significant | · |
| Wheeling Creek #3 | 1995 | 222 | 85 | · | High | 76 |
| Browns Run Impoundment | · | · | 246 | · | High | · |
| Racine Locks And Dam | 1971 | 153,700 | 0 | 56,800 | Significant | 40,130 |
| Robert C. Byrd Locks And Dam | 1937 | 390,600 | 0 | 75,100 | Significant | 53,300 |
| Aep Proj. 1301 Ash Pond | 1978 | 955 | 30 | · | Significant | · |
| Mc Clintic #16 Dam | · | 138 | 30 | · | Undetermined | 2 |
| Mcclintic #23 Dam | · | 67 | 31 | 75 | High | · |
| Sporn Unit 5 Flyash Dam | · | 1,840 | 65 | 18 | Significant | 0 |
| Sporn Bottom Ash Dam | · | 205 | 42 | · | Significant | · |
| Mcclintic Pond #7a Dam | · | 57 | 12 | · | High | 156 |
| Mcclintic Pond #7b Dam | · | 25 | 14 | · | High | 295 |
| Mcclintic Pond #11 | · | 13 | 13 | 2,436 | High | 111 |
| Huffman Dam | 2010 | 0 | 35 | · | High | · |
| R. C. Byrd On-Site Fish Hatchery Dam | · | 0 | · | · | Significant | · |
| Little Broad Run #6 Dam | · | 0 | · | · | High | · |
| Little Broad Run #7 Dam | · | 0 | · | · | High | · |
| New Bramwell Dam | 1970 | 27 | 37 | · | High | 0 |
| Brush Creek No.4 | 1962 | 4 | 38 | · | High | 0 |
| Brush Creek No.5 | 1962 | 4 | 30 | · | High | 0 |
| Brush Creek No.6 | 1962 | 5 | 28 | · | High | 0 |
| Brush Creek No.7a | 1968 | 5 | 27 | · | High | 0 |
| Brush Creek No.9 | 1962 | 254 | 36 | · | High | 1 |
| Brush Creek No.10 | 1963 | 16 | 47 | · | High | 1 |
| Brush Creek No.12 | 1965 | 9 | 38 | · | High | 1 |
| Brush Creek No.14 | 1966 | 293 | 36 | · | High | 11 |
| Brush Creek No.15 | 1967 | 1,583 | 76 | · | High | 3 |
| Daves Fork No.1 | 1959 | 3 | 32 | · | High | 0 |
| Daves Fork No.2 | 1959 | 4 | 36 | · | High | 0 |
| Daves Fork No.3 | 1959 | 35 | 34 | · | High | · |
| Bluewell Water Supply Dam No.1 | 1966 | 175 | 36 | · | High | 1 |
| Bluewell Water Supply Dam No.2 | 1966 | 165 | 36 | · | High | 0 |
| Jimmy Lewis Dam | 1965 | 130 | 33 | · | High | 2 |
| Ada Dam | 1924 | 244 | 62 | · | High | 1 |
| Horton Dam | 1929 | 384 | 76 | · | High | 1 |
| Laurel Creek Dam | 1975 | 276 | 22 | · | Significant | 5 |
| Brush Creek No. 19a | 1975 | 974 | 48 | · | High | 2 |
| New Creek Dam No.1 | 1957 | 11 | 42 | · | High | 0 |
| New Creek Dam No.5 | 1957 | 20 | 35 | · | High | 1 |
| New Creek Dam No.7 | 1958 | 15 | 51 | · | High | 1 |
| New Creek Dam No.9 | 1963 | 39 | 58 | · | High | 1 |
| New Creek Dam No.16 | 1960 | 36 | 101 | · | High | 1 |
| New Creek Dam No.17 | 1960 | 25 | 68 | 11,841 | High | 2 |
| Patterson Creek No.14 | 1965 | 20 | 63 | · | High | 2 |
| Patterson Creek No.15 | 1965 | 149 | 85 | · | High | 18 |
| Patterson Creek No.20 | 1967 | 22 | 61 | · | High | 2 |
| Patterson Creek No.22 | 1964 | 35 | 54 | · | Significant | 3 |
| Patterson Creek No.26 | 1967 | 21 | 49 | · | High | 2 |
| Patterson Creek No.27 | 1970 | 13 | 39 | · | High | 1 |
| Patterson Creek No.36 | 1972 | 12 | 38 | · | High | 1 |
| Patterson Creek No.37 | 1972 | 35 | 47 | · | High | 3 |
| Patterson Creek No.38 | 1966 | 39 | 51 | · | Significant | 3 |
| Patterson Creek No.44 | 1969 | 2 | 34 | · | High | 1 |
| Patterson Creek No.45 | 1969 | 8 | 42 | · | High | 1 |
| Patterson Creek No.46 | 1965 | 207 | 67 | · | High | 2 |
| Patterson Creek No.47 | 1966 | 8 | 31 | · | Significant | 1 |
| Patterson Creek No.52 | 1968 | 12 | 36 | · | Significant | 1 |
| Patterson Creek No.24 | 1963 | 14 | 36 | · | Significant | 1 |
| Old Keyser Reservoir | 1911 | 44 | 25 | · | High | · |
| Patterson Creek No.25 | 1975 | 15 | 59 | · | High | 1 |
| Patterson Creek No.28 | 1973 | 59 | 50 | · | High | 7 |
| Patterson Creek No.48 | 1974 | 27 | 71 | · | High | 2 |
| New Creek Dam No.10 | 1968 | 20 | 63 | · | High | 1 |
| Patterson Creek No.21 | 1984 | 251 | 74 | · | High | 6 |
| Patterson Creek No.32 | 1983 | 30 | 65 | 21,920 | High | 2,204 |
| Patterson Creek No.30 | 1988 | 18 | 64 | · | High | 1 |
| Patterson Creek #50 Dam | 1990 | 126 | 73 | 46,800 | High | 11 |
| Lakewood Dam | 1990 | 913 | 74 | · | High | 1 |
| Markwood Cedar Lake Dam | · | 26 | 34 | · | Low | 22 |
| Laurel Creek Lake No.1 | 1960 | 408 | 47 | · | High | 11 |
| Delbarton Slurry Impoundment | 2004 | 14,526 | 760 | 35 | High | 0 |
| Nile Stone Slurry Impoundment | 1993 | 1,500 | 272 | 4,560 | High | 0 |
| Aldrich Branch Slurry Impoundment | · | · | 560 | · | High | · |
| Twelvepole Refuse Impoundment | · | · | 235 | · | High | · |
| Ben Creek Slurry Impoundment | · | · | 358 | · | High | · |
| Ragland Slurry Impoundment | · | · | 370 | · | High | · |
| Coopers Rock Trout Pond | 1954 | 25 | 24 | · | Undetermined | 0 |
| Morgantown Lock And Dam | 1950 | 6,200 | 0 | 64,200 | Low | 2,648 |
| Hildebrand Lock And Dam | 1960 | 7,600 | 0 | 101,000 | Low | 2,544 |
| Opekiska Lock And Dam | 1967 | 14,400 | 0 | 117,000 | Low | 2,530 |
| Cobun Creek #1 Dam | 1956 | 185 | 57 | · | Significant | 12 |
| Lough Lake | 1950 | 13 | 25 | · | High | 0 |
| Lynch Lake | 1947 | 20 | 25 | · | High | 0 |
| Wildwood Lake | 1965 | 280 | 29 | · | Significant | · |
| Paradise Lake | 1968 | 79 | 16 | · | Significant | · |
| Lake Lynn | 1926 | 43,000 | 125 | 162,500 | High | 1,413 |
| Crooked Run (Ft Martin) #3 | 1983 | 3 | 38 | · | High | 0 |
| Pikewood #3 Dam | · | 18 | 27 | 92 | Low | · |
| Cobun Creek #2 Dam | · | 0 | · | · | High | · |
| Hughes Hollow Slurry Imp. | · | · | 50 | · | High | · |
| Wilson Hollow Slurry Imp | · | · | 197 | · | High | · |
| Moncove Lake | 1959 | 846 | 33 | 16,290 | High | 2 |
| Forest Run No. 1 Dam | · | 0 | 12 | · | Undetermined | · |
| Forest Run No. 2 Dam | · | 0 | 27 | · | Undetermined | · |
| Cacapon Reservoir Dam | 1974 | 62 | 36 | · | High | 1 |
| Cacapon State Park Lake | 1937 | 53 | 23 | · | High | · |
| Warm Springs No. 1 | 1957 | 2 | 39 | · | High | 0 |
| Warm Springs No. 2 | 1956 | 2 | 36 | · | High | 0 |
| Warm Springs No. 3 | 1955 | 6 | 48 | · | High | 0 |
| Warm Springs No. 4 | 1961 | 3 | 41 | · | High | 1 |
| Warm Springs No. 5 | 1956 | 4 | 37 | · | High | 0 |
| Warm Springs No. 6 | 1958 | 2 | 28 | · | High | · |
| Warm Springs No. 7 | 1958 | 2 | 36 | · | High | 0 |
| Warm Springs No. 9 | 1956 | 3 | 32 | · | High | 2 |
| Old Cacapon Power Dam | 1904 | 340 | 17 | · | Low | · |
| Coolfont Dam | 1963 | 73 | 14 | · | Significant | 3 |
| Un. Lake On Trib. Of Sleepy Cr | 1960 | 20 | 29 | · | Undetermined | 0 |
| Grasshopper Hollow Tailings Dam | 1965 | 1,030 | 129 | · | High | 0 |
| Summersville Dam | 1965 | 191,540 | 0 | 412,000 | High | 803 |
| Summersville Dam - Dike 1 | 1965 | 0 | 80 | · | High | · |
| Summersville Dam - Dike 2 | 1965 | 61,540 | 100 | · | High | · |
| Sugar Camp Branch Coal Refuse Impoundment | 2006 | 17,000 | 150 | 75,200 | High | 1 |
| Indian Rocks Park Dam | · | 0 | 20 | · | High | · |
| Bear Rocks Lake No.1 | 1951 | 20 | 25 | · | High | 1 |
| Bear Rocks Lake No.2 | 1948 | 91 | 35 | · | High | 1 |
| Bear Rocks Lake No.3 | 1948 | 15 | 23 | · | High | 1 |
| Tunnel Ridge Slurry Cell A | · | · | 60 | · | High | · |
| Pike Island Locks And Dam | 1965 | 89,300 | 0 | 197,500 | Significant | 24,639 |
| Millcrest Farm Pond | 1965 | 56 | 56 | · | High | · |
| Schenk Lake | 1953 | 15 | 30 | · | High | 0 |
| Wheeling Creek No. 7 | 1968 | 302 | 98 | · | High | 29 |
| Cunningham Hollow Slurry Impoundment | 2003 | 1,785 | 363 | 28 | High | 0 |
| South Fork No. 6 | 1963 | 93 | 106 | 11,835 | High | · |
| South Fork No. 9 | 1963 | 54 | 99 | 8,270 | High | · |
| South Fork No.10 | 1960 | 62 | 76 | 7,218 | High | · |
| South Fork No.11 | 1962 | 56 | 89 | 9,669 | High | · |
| South Fork No.12 | 1960 | 42 | 64 | 5,918 | High | · |
| South Fork No.13 | 1960 | 74 | 80 | 25,143 | High | · |
| South Fork No.14 | 1971 | 136 | 73 | 31,800 | High | · |
| South Fork No.15 | 1970 | 74 | 88 | 28,434 | High | 6 |
| South Fork No.16 | 1961 | 60 | 74 | 11,420 | High | · |
| South Fork No.18 | 1968 | 90 | 76 | 13,424 | High | · |
| South Fork No.21 | 1966 | 56 | 95 | 24,049 | High | · |
| South Fork No.27 | 1960 | 39 | 71 | 10,688 | High | · |
| South Fork No.32 | 1962 | 8 | 60 | 4,451 | High | · |
| South Fork No. 33 | 1972 | 19 | 60 | 5,984 | High | · |
| South Fork No. 35 | 1968 | 11 | 65 | 3,594 | High | · |
| South Fork No. 36 | 1968 | 58 | 54 | 16,567 | High | · |
| South Fork No. 37 | 1965 | 102 | 98 | 51,953 | High | · |
| South Fork No. 19 | 1982 | 203 | 81 | 55,441 | High | · |
| South Fork No. 17 | 1975 | 190 | 112 | 64,427 | High | 17 |
| Willow Island Locks And Dam | 1976 | 177,600 | 0 | 46,800 | Significant | 26,900 |
| Mcelroy Run Dam | 1978 | 0 | 243 | · | High | · |
| Watoga Lake Dam | 1934 | 170 | 42 | 16,641 | High | 2 |
| Lake Buffalo | 1968 | 278 | 43 | 2,332 | Low | 5 |
| Marlin Run No. 1 | 1961 | 12 | 71 | · | High | 1 |
| Lake Sam Hill | 1958 | 160 | 35 | · | Significant | 2 |
| Seneca Lake | 1952 | 40 | 23 | 1,017 | Significant | 1 |
| Burns Lower Farm Lake | 1962 | 16 | 24 | · | Undetermined | · |
| Shavers Fork Dam | 1999 | 0 | · | · | Significant | · |
| Silver Creek Dam | · | 0 | · | · | Significant | · |
| Alpine Lake | 1971 | 0 | 35 | · | High | · |
| Lake O' Woods Dam | 1938 | 1,000 | 26 | 13,000 | High | 5 |
| Upper Deckers No. 1 | 1969 | 96 | 52 | · | Significant | 5 |
| Upper Deckers No. 2 | 1966 | 42 | 34 | · | High | 3 |
| Upper Deckers No. 3 | 1968 | 15 | 14 | 1,433 | Low | · |
| Upper Deckers No. 4 | 1966 | 50 | 37 | · | High | 3 |
| Upper Deckers No. 5 | 1967 | 80 | 63 | · | Significant | 3 |
| Upper Deckers No. 6 | 1968 | 37 | 23 | · | High | 2 |
| Upper Deckers No. 7 | 1968 | 27 | 15 | 1,591 | High | · |
| B & O Dam | 1904 | 81 | 41 | · | High | 2 |
| Bruceton Mills Dam | 1873 | 50 | 20 | · | Low | · |
| Big Bear Lake | 1972 | 366 | 66 | · | Significant | 2 |
| Terra Alta Lake | 1820 | 144 | 15 | · | High | 5 |
| Fairfax Pond | 1950 | 50 | 13 | · | High | · |
| Albright Bridge Dam | 1950 | 0 | 8 | · | Significant | 1,048 |
| Chippewa Lake | 1950 | 200 | 34 | · | Significant | · |
| Appalachian Lake | · | 50 | 15 | · | Significant | · |
| Hazel Run Dam | · | 67 | 28 | · | High | · |
| Upper Glade Lake Dam | · | 0 | · | · | High | · |
| Lower Glade Lake Dam | · | 0 | · | · | Significant | · |
| Winfield Water Supply Dam | 1973 | 44 | 34 | · | Significant | 260 |
| Lake Dickenson Dam | 1955 | 44 | 27 | · | High | · |
| Winfield Locks And Dam | 1937 | 79,100 | 0 | 17,000 | Significant | 11,813 |
| Lake Washington | 1938 | 472 | 24 | · | High | 14 |
| Hurricane Water Supply Reservoir | 1966 | 61 | 16 | · | Low | 6 |
| John Amos Flyash Dam | 1978 | 10,041 | 223 | · | High | 1 |
| Big Guano Creek Flyash Dam | 1966 | 90 | 67 | · | Undetermined | 1 |
| Poplar Fork Dam | 1961 | 36 | 19 | · | Significant | 10 |
| Bottom Ash Ponds 1a | · | 297 | 28 | · | Significant | · |
| Foxtrot Lake Dam | · | 0 | 25 | · | Undetermined | · |
| Long Branch Reservoir | 1992 | 1,660 | 109 | · | High | · |
| Black Pond Dam | · | 0 | · | · | High | · |
| Flat Top Lake Dam | 1950 | 2,813 | 45 | · | High | 7 |
| Lake Stephens Dam | 1963 | 6,566 | 74 | · | High | 4 |
| Glade Creek Dam No. 2 | 1975 | 1,880 | 61 | · | Significant | 19 |
| Little Beaver Dam | 1941 | 126 | 23 | · | High | 9 |
| Glade Creek Dam No. 1 | 1945 | 90 | 37 | · | High | 26 |
| Grandview Farm Lake | 1986 | 90 | 26 | · | Significant | 1 |
| New Winterplace Dam | 1984 | 76 | 30 | 6,087 | High | · |
| C & O Dam | 1944 | 25 | 9 | · | High | 20 |
| South Sand Branch | · | 288 | 41 | 1,737 | High | · |
| Bluejay Lake Dam | · | 0 | 14 | · | High | · |
| Chatham Lake Dam | 2003 | 1,809 | 64 | 5,000 | High | 1 |
| Brushy Fork Impoundment | 1996 | 32,026 | 605 | 113 | High | 1 |
| Mallard Lake Dam | · | 30 | 16 | · | High | 2,844 |
| Slate Fork #1 Dam | · | 73 | 23 | · | Undetermined | · |
| Shumate Creek Slurry Impoundment | · | · | 390 | · | High | · |
| Killarney Slurry Impoundment | · | · | 657 | · | High | · |
| Spruce Knob Lake | 1952 | 170 | 23 | 80 | Low | 1 |
| Sherwan Lake | 1958 | 166 | 41 | · | High | 0 |
| Camp Tygart Dam | 1950 | 17 | 25 | · | Undetermined | 2 |
| Scott Lake | 1949 | 59 | 19 | · | High | 2 |
| Elkwater Fork Ws Dam | 2009 | 2,085 | 123 | · | High | · |
| 12th Street Intake Dam | · | 140 | 10 | · | Low | 172,160 |
| Pullman No. 1 | 1968 | 55 | 38 | 3,104 | High | 0 |
| Bonds Creek Site No. 1 | 1962 | 154 | 53 | 1,326 | Significant | 1 |
| No. 1-West Of Cornwallis | 1863 | 23 | 31 | · | Low | · |
| North Bend Golf Course Area | 1955 | 17 | 44 | · | Undetermined | · |
| Pennsboro Water Supply Dam #2 | 1968 | 85 | 32 | · | Significant | 1 |
| North Fork Hughes River Site 21c Dam | 2002 | 3,717 | 93 | · | High | · |
| Schellhas Dam | · | 69 | 41 | · | High | · |
| Miletree Run Dam No. 1 | 1930 | 32 | 26 | 740 | Low | 1 |
| Miletree Run Dam No. 2 | 1953 | 83 | 62 | · | High | 1 |
| Lake Trotter | 1955 | 39 | 27 | · | Significant | 1 |
| Charles Fork | 1973 | 1,643 | 87 | · | High | 4 |
| Lawsons Farm Lake | 1970 | 23 | 32 | · | Undetermined | · |
| Methodist Church Camp Lake | 1963 | 39 | 34 | · | Undetermined | · |
| Pocatalico No. 14 | 1980 | 202 | 68 | 10,989 | High | 3 |
| Bee Run Dam | 2005 | 275 | 70 | · | High | 1 |
| Bluestone Dam | 1947 | 38,350 | 0 | 430,000 | High | 4,565 |
| Pipestem Lake | 1966 | 210 | 40 | · | High | 1 |
| Sun Valley Lake Dam | 1952 | 45 | 11 | · | Significant | 1 |
| Mountain Valley Dam | 1971 | 182 | 37 | · | High | 3 |
| Tygart Dam | 1938 | 99,900 | 0 | 316,000 | High | 1,184 |
| Leer Slurry Cell | · | · | 250 | · | High | · |
| Pendleton Lake | 1957 | 160 | 27 | · | High | · |
| Thomas Reservoir Dam | 1937 | 59 | 26 | · | High | · |
| Thomas Dam (Concrete) | 1911 | 275 | 20 | · | High | 8 |
| Sand Run Lake | 1978 | 0 | 18 | · | Significant | · |
| Spruce Island Lake | 1973 | 107 | 16 | · | Significant | · |
| Flat Run Lake | 1965 | 66 | 21 | · | Low | 1 |
| Conaway Run Public Fishing Area | 1963 | 428 | 40 | · | High | 922 |
| Momentive Landfill #2 Dam | · | 344 | 121 | · | High | 0 |
| Hall's Farm Pond | 1959 | 80 | 30 | · | High | · |
| Mike Ross #2 Dam | 2011 | 0 | 42 | · | Significant | · |
| East Lynn Dam | 1971 | 17,190 | 0 | 80,300 | High | 133 |
| National Steel-Ohio River Site | 1963 | 0 | 65 | · | Undetermined | · |
| Beech Fork Dam | 1976 | 9,180 | 0 | 29,500 | High | 78 |
| Moses Fork Fishing Lake | 1959 | 16 | 25 | · | High | 0 |
| Freshwater Dam | 1977 | 277 | 70 | 4,500 | High | 0 |
| Trace Branch Slurry Impoundment | 1992 | 11,818 | 320 | 96 | High | 0 |
| Maynard Branch Slurry Impoundment | · | · | 262 | · | High | · |
| Left Abutment Slurry Impoundment | · | · | 130 | · | High | · |
| Camp Caesar Dam | 1955 | 72 | 18 | · | High | 1 |
| Big Ditch Lake No. 1 | 1968 | 412 | 24 | 1,830 | Significant | 1 |
| Glade Run Lake | 1960 | 11 | 32 | · | Undetermined | · |
| Cowen B&O Dam | · | 0 | 14 | · | Undetermined | · |
| Hannibal Locks And Dam | 1974 | 130,000 | 0 | 335,000 | Significant | 25,967 |
| Ronnie Wade Dam | · | 0 | 67 | · | High | · |
| Lake Washington | 1935 | 730 | 73 | 32,118 | Significant | 1 |
| Belleville Locks And Dam | 1968 | 229,200 | 0 | 55,900 | Significant | 39,350 |
| Tennants Farm Pond | 1953 | 17 | 30 | · | High | 0 |
| A & O Farm Pond | 1971 | 65 | 35 | · | High | 0 |
| Upper Smith Dam | 1955 | 57 | 48 | · | High | 0 |
| Pond Run #1 | 1977 | 0 | 32 | 10,063 | High | 2 |
| Walker Creek #1 | 1974 | 0 | 64 | · | High | 6 |
| Horse Creek Dam #1 | 1956 | 144 | 46 | · | Low | · |
| R.D. Bailey Dam | 1976 | 34,300 | 0 | 232,400 | High | 540 |
| Lowe Amd Impoundment | · | · | 70 | · | High | · |
| Harvey Run No. 2 Slurry Impoundment | · | · | 83 | · | High | · |
| Coal Refuse Disposal Facility No. 1 | · | · | 190 | · | High | · |
| Rockcamp Branch Refuse Disposal Facility | · | · | 213 | · | High | · |
| Fresh Water Impoundment | · | · | 66 | · | Significant | · |
| Fresh Water Impoundment | · | · | 75 | · | High | · |
| Oldhouse Branch Impoundment No. 3 | · | · | 440 | · | High | · |
| Fresh Water Dam | · | · | 5 | · | Significant | · |
| Jacks Branch Slurry Impoundment | · | · | 365 | · | High | · |
| Fresh Water Dam | · | · | 61 | · | High | · |
| Little White Oak Slurry Impoundment | · | · | 290 | · | High | · |
| Lotts Branch Slurry Impoundment | · | · | 478 | · | High | · |
| Harmon Branch Refuse Disposal Facility | · | · | 294 | · | High | · |
Reservoir FAQ
About West-Virginia dams & reservoirs
Where does the West-Virginia dam data come from?
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams (NID) plus state water-resource agencies. Snoflo joins these public records with live USGS streamgauge readings downstream where available. The NID is the canonical federal dam registry.
What does Hazard Potential mean?
USACE classifies every dam by what would happen if it failed: Low (no loss of life expected, minimal economic damage), Significant (no loss of life but economic, environmental, or lifeline damage), High (loss of life expected). It's a downstream-consequence rating, not a likelihood of failure.
What is Normal Storage in acre-feet?
The volume of water the reservoir holds at its normal operating level, measured in acre-feet. One acre-foot is about 325,851 gallons or 1,233 cubic meters — the amount needed to cover one acre to a depth of one foot.
Why are some West-Virginia dams missing storage or height data?
USACE NID records can have gaps for small or older dams that pre-date federal reporting requirements. Snoflo surfaces whatever the canonical record contains. If a dam you care about has incomplete data, contact the operating agency or USACE for updates.
Can I see live water levels?
Yes — tap any dam name to open its detail page, which pulls live storage data from USGS streamgauges or operating-agency feeds where available. Historical levels and seasonal averages are also shown.
Why does West-Virginia have so many dams?
The U.S. has over 90,000 dams — most built between 1930 and 1980 during the federal water-development era. West-Virginia's count reflects a combination of agricultural irrigation needs, flood control, hydropower, and recreation. The "Built by decade" chart above shows the timeline.
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