List of dams and reservoirs in Kentucky

Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Kentucky.

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 Kentucky

Kentucky Dam spillway

Lake Barkley Lock and Dam, impounding Lake Barkley

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• Barkley Dam, Lake Barkley, United States Army Corps of Engineers
• Barren River Lake Dam, Barren River Lake, USACE
• Buckhorn Lake Dam, Buckhorn Lake, USACE
• Cannelton Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (between Indiana and Kentucky)
• Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (between Ohio and Kentucky)
• Cave Run Lake Dam, Cave Run Lake, USACE
• portions of the Dale Hollow Reservoir, dammed in Tennessee, USACE
• Curtis Crum Reservoir, Martin County Water District
• Dewey Dam, Dewey Lake, USACE
• Dix Dam, Herrington Lake, Kentucky Utilities
• Fishtrap Dam, Fishtrap Lake, USACE
• Grayson Dam, Grayson Lake, USACE
• Green River Lake Dam, Green River Lake, USACE
• Greenup Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (between Ohio and Kentucky)
• John T. Myers Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (between Indiana and Kentucky)
• Kentucky Dam, Kentucky Lake, Tennessee Valley Authority
• Laurel River Dam, Laurel River Lake, USACE
• Markland Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (between Indiana and Kentucky)
• McAlpine Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (between Indiana and Kentucky)
• Newburgh Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (between Indiana and Kentucky)
• Nolin Lake Dam, Nolin River Lake, USACE
• Olmsted Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (under construction between Illinois and Kentucky)
• Paintsville Dam, Paintsville Lake, USACE
• Renfro Dam, Lake Linville, Commonwealth of Kentucky
• Rough River Lake Dam, Rough River Lake, USACE
• Smithland Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (between Illinois and Kentucky)
• Taylorsville Lake Dam, Taylorsville Lake, USACE
• Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland, USACE
• Wood Creek Lake Dam, Wood Creek Lake, Commonwealth of Kentucky
• Yatesville Dam, Yatesville Lake, USACE

References

1. "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.