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 tall with a storage capacity of at least , or of any height with a storage capacity of .

Dams and reservoirs in Kentucky

:''This list is incomplete. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.'' * Barkley Dam,

Lake Barkley Lake Barkley, a reservoir in Livingston County, Lyon County and Trigg County in Kentucky and extending into Stewart County and Houston County in Tennessee, was impounded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1966 upon the completion of Bark ...

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* Barren River Lake Dam,

Barren River Lake Barren River Lake is a , reservoir in Kentucky created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1964 by impounding the Barren River. The lake occupies parts of Allen, Barren, and Monroe counties. The Barren River Lake Dam is an earthen dam, 146 fe ...

, USACE * Buckhorn Lake Dam, Buckhorn Lake, USACE * Cannelton Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (between Indiana and Kentucky) *

Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and Dam The Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and Dam is a non-navigable river control dam with an associated lock, located at mile marker 436 on the Ohio River. It was named for Captain Anthony Meldahl, a river captain. The dam has a top length of with a ...

, Ohio River, USACE (between Ohio and Kentucky) * Cave Run Lake Dam,

Cave Run Lake Cave Run Lake, located south of Morehead, Kentucky, USA along Kentucky Route 801, is an reservoir built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The , half-mile (800 m) dam (and outlet works) construction began in 1965 and was completed in 1973. ...

, USACE * portions of the

Dale Hollow Reservoir The Dale Hollow Reservoir is a reservoir situated on the Kentucky/Tennessee border. The lake is formed by the damming of the Obey River, 7.3 miles (12 km) above its juncture with the Cumberland River at river mile 380. Portions of the lake al ...

, dammed in Tennessee, USACE * Dewey Dam,

Dewey Lake Dewey Lake, located near Prestonsburg, Kentucky in Floyd County, is part of the integrated flood reduction system operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers for the entire Ohio River Basin. The lake was formed by impounding John's C ...

, USACE * Dix Dam, Herrington Lake, Kentucky Utilities * Fishtrap Dam,

Fishtrap Lake Fishtrap Lake is a reservoir in Pike County, Kentucky. Dedicated by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968, the lake was formed by the impounding of the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River at the 195-foot-high Fishtrap Dam () by the United States Arm ...

, USACE * Grayson Dam,

Grayson Lake Grayson Lake is a reservoir in Carter and Elliott counties in Kentucky. It was created by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1968 by impounding the Little Sandy River with the Grayson Dam, an earthen structure 120 feet high, creating a ...

, USACE * Green River Lake Dam,

Green River Lake Green River Lake is a reservoir in Adair, Taylor, and Casey counties in Kentucky lying in the section of Kentucky known as the Highland Rim. The lake was developed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1969 by impounding the Green R ...

, USACE * Greenup Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (between Ohio and Kentucky) *

John T. Myers Locks and Dam The John T. Myers Locks and Dam is the 17th Lock and dam on the Ohio River located 846 miles downstream of Pittsburgh about downstream from Uniontown, Kentucky. There are two locks, one for commercial barge traffic that is 1,200 feet long by 110 ...

, Ohio River, USACE (between Indiana and Kentucky) *

Kentucky Dam Kentucky Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River on the county line between Livingston and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The dam is the lowermost of nine dams on the river owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Aut ...

Kentucky Lake Kentucky Lake is a major navigable reservoir along the Tennessee River in Kentucky and Tennessee. It was created in 1944 by the Tennessee Valley Authority's impounding of the Tennessee River via Kentucky Dam for flood control and hydroelectric ...

Tennessee Valley Authority The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally owned electric utility corporation in the United States. TVA's service area covers all of Tennessee, portions of Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky, and small areas of Georgia, North Carolin ...

* Laurel River Dam,

Laurel River Lake Laurel River Lake, located west of Corbin, Kentucky, in the U.S., is a reservoir built in 1977 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Laurel River, a tributary of the Cumberland River, in the Daniel Boone National Forest. The lake covers par ...

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Markland Locks and Dam The Markland Locks and Dam is a concrete dam bridge and locks that span the Ohio River. It is 1395 feet (425.2 m) long, and connects Gallatin County, Kentucky, and Switzerland County, Indiana. The locks and dam were reviewed by the Board of Eng ...

, Ohio River, USACE (between Indiana and Kentucky) *

McAlpine Locks and Dam The McAlpine Locks and Dam are a set of locks and a hydroelectric dam at the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky. They are located at mile point 606.8, and control a long navigation pool. The locks and their associated canal were the ...

, Ohio River, USACE (between Indiana and Kentucky) * Newburgh Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (between Indiana and Kentucky) * Nolin Lake Dam,

Nolin River Lake Nolin River Lake is a reservoir in Edmonson, Grayson, and Hart counties in Kentucky. It was impounded from the Nolin River by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1963. The Nolin River dam was authorized in 1938 as part of a flood cont ...

, USACE * Olmsted Locks and Dam, Ohio River, USACE (under construction between Illinois and Kentucky) * Paintsville Dam,

Paintsville Lake Paintsville Lake is a reservoir in Johnson and Morgan counties in eastern Kentucky. It was impounded from Paint Creek in 1983 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers , colors = , anniversaries ...

, USACE * Renfro Dam,

Lake Linville Lake Linville is a reservoir in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. It was created in 1968 by the construction of the earthen Renfro Dam, high with a length of , owned and operated by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The dam is a highway fill embankment a ...

, Commonwealth of Kentucky * Rough River Lake Dam,

Rough River Lake The Rough River Lake is a Y-shaped reservoir located in Breckinridge, Hardin, and Grayson counties in Kentucky, about 70 miles southwest of Louisville. This lake was created by the building of a dam, begun in 1955 and completed in 1961, 89.3 mile ...

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Smithland Locks and Dam Smithland may refer to the following places in the United States: * Smithland, Indiana * Smithland, Iowa *Smithland, Kentucky Smithland is a home rule-class city in Livingston County, Kentucky, United States, at the confluence of the Ohio and Cu ...

, Ohio River, USACE (between Illinois and Kentucky) * Taylorsville Lake Dam, Taylorsville Lake, USACE * Wolf Creek Dam,

Lake Cumberland Lake Cumberland is a reservoir in Clinton, Pulaski, Russell, Wayne, and Laurel, counties in Kentucky. The primary reasons for its construction were a means for flood control and the production of hydroelectric power. Its shoreline measures ...

, USACE * Wood Creek Lake Dam, Wood Creek Lake, Commonwealth of Kentucky * Yatesville Dam, Yatesville Lake, USACE

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Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...

Dams A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use ...