List of dams and reservoirs in Louisiana

The following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Louisiana, including major dams. 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

  • Bayou Bonne Idee Dam (Built in 1956 at 25 feet): Morehouse Parish[2]
  • Bayou Bonne Idee North Dam (Built in 1988 at 16 ft): Morehouse Parish, Louisiana.[3]
  • Bayou Bonne Idee Upper Dam (Built in 1955 at 25 feet in Morehouse Parish):[4]
  • Bayou Cocodrie Dam: (Built in 1959 at 28 feet in Evangeline Parish[5]
  • Bayou Darbonne Dam and Reservoir: (Built in 1959 at 54 ft in Union Parish).[6]
  • Bayou De Siard Dam (built in 1933; 42 feet in Ouachita Parish).[7]
  • Bayou Desiard Bartholomew Dam: (Built in 1930 at 22 feet in Ouachita Parish).[8]
  • Bayou Desiard Upper Milhaven Dam: (Built in 1940 at 19 feet in Ouachita Parish.[9]
  • Black Bayou Dam (Built in 1955 at 20 feet in Caddo Parish):[10]
  • Black Lake Bayou Reservoir Dam: (Built in 1990 at 37 feet in Natchitoches.[11]
  • Black Pond Dam: (Built in 1928 at 10 feet in Jackson Parish.[12]
  • Boeuf River Dam Mi 51: (Built in 1966 at 37 feet in Richland Parish)[13]
  • Brazzel Impoundment Dam: (Built in 2018 at 15 feet in De Soto Parish, Louisiana[14]
  • Bundick Creek Dam: (Built in 1963 at 40 feet in Beauregard Parish)[15]
  • Caddo Dam: (1971 at 36 feet on the Twelve Mile Bayou River in Caddo Parish)[16]
  • Cane River Dam: (Built in 1949 at 32 feet in Natchitoches Parish)[17]
  • Cane River Lake Dam Lower Embankment: (Built in 1955 at 44 feet in Natchitoches Parish.[18]
  • Caney Creek Dam: (Built in 1986 at 73 feet in Jackson Parish)[19]
  • Catahoula Lake Control Structure Dam: (Built in 1972 at 38 feet in LaSalle Parish)[20]
  • Cheniere Brake Dam: (Built in 1943 at 25 feet in Ouachita, Louisiana)[21]
  • Chicot Lake Dam: (Built in 1940 at 29 feet in Evangeline)[22]
  • Chivery Dam: (Built in 1934 at 30-feet, in Natchitoches Parish.[23]
  • Cleco Rodemacher Dam: Built in 1974 at 25 feet in Rapides Parish, 6,050 feet (1,840 m) in length.[24]
  • Corney Dam: Built in 1937 at 22 feet, in Claiborne Parish.[25]
  • Cotile Lake Dam: Built in 1965 at 31 feet in Rapides Parish.[26]
  • Cross Lake Dam and Spillway: Built in 1925 at 50 feet in Caddo Parish, the dam is 10,820 feet long with a 215,000 acre-feet capacity.[27]
  • Cypress Black Bayou Site 1 Dam: Built in 1975 at 46 feet in Bossier Parish, the dam is 7,100 feet long with a 77,000 acre-feet capacity.[28]
  • Cypress Black Bayou Site 2 Dam: Built in 1975 at 34 feet in Bossier Parish, the dam is 4,800 feet with an 18,000 acre-feet capacity.[29]
  • False River Drainage Structure Dam: Built in 1948 at 31 feet in Pointe Coupee Parish, the dam is 110 feet with a 160,000 acre-feet capacity.[30]
  • Grand Bayou Reservoir Dam: Built in 1994 at 30 feet in Red River Parish, the dam is 5,800 feet with a 66,000 acre-feet capacity.[31]
  • Hannas Run Dam: Built in 1908 at 15 feet in Ouachita Parish, the dam is 1,100 feet with a 10,660 acre-feet capacity.[32]
  • Hodges Garden Dam: Built in 1954 at 47 feet in Sabine Parish, the dam is 1,940 feet with a 6,820 acre-feet capacity. The reservoir includes House, Bear, and Nandina islands.[33]
  • Iatt Lake Dam: Built in 1956 at 36 feet in Grant Parish, the dam is 5,310 feet with a 167,000 acre-feet capacity.[34]
  • Indian Creek Dam: Built in 1972 at 38 feet in Rapides Parish, the dam is 7,900 feet with a 51,250 acre-feet capacity.[35]
  • Ivan Lake Dam: Built in 1958 at 21 feet in Bossier Parish, the dam is 1,120 feet with a 7,800 acre-feet capacity.[36]
  • Kepler Creek Dam: Built in 1958 at 28 feet in Bienville Parish, the dam is 2,018 feet with a 50,000 acre-feet capacity.[37]
  • Kincaid Reservoir Dam: Built in 1972 at 36 feet in Rapides Parish, the dam is 5,360 feet with a 48,420 acre-feet capacity.[38]
  • Lake Bistineau Dam: Built in 1941 at 27 feet in Bossier Parish, the dam is 7,500 feet with a 318,000 acre-feet capacity.[39]
  • Lake Claiborne Dam: Built in 1966 at 70 feet in Claiborne Parish, the dam is 5,500 feet long with a 200,000 acre-feet capacity.[40]
  • Lake Martin Dam: Built in 1952 at 15 feet in St. Martin Parish the dam is 26,996 feet long with a 5,300 acre-feet capacity.[41]
  • Lake Providence Baxter Bayou Weir Dam: Built in 1972 at 10 feet in East Carroll Parish, the dam is 52 feet long with a 21,390 acre-feet capacity.[42]
  • Larto Lake Dam: Built in 1959 at 38 feet in Catahoula Parish, the dam is 2,930 feet long with a 126,000 acre-feet capacity. The surface area is 8,200 acres.[43]
  • Lilly Bayou Control Structure Dam: Built in 2011 at 38 feet in East Baton Rouge Parish, the dam is 308 feet long with a 5,800 acre-feet capacity.[44]
  • Little River Dam & Control Structure: Built in 1955 at 15 feet in Avoyelles Parish, the dam is 930 feet long with a 103,000 acre-feet capacity.[45]
  • Lower Anacoco Dam: Built in 1951 at 37 feet in Vernon Parish, the dam is 5,170 feet long with a 82,500 acre-feet capacity.[46]
  • Mill Creek Dam: Built in 1971 at 67 feet in Bienville Parish, the dam is 1,540 feet long with a 21,400 acre-feet capacity.[47]
  • Millers Lake Dam: Built in 1929 at 8 feet in Evangeline Parish, the dam is 36,475 feet long with a 24,000 acre-feet capacity.[48]
  • Murray Lake Dam: Built in 1955 at 40 feet in Webster Parish, the dam is 31,190 feet long with a 16,039 acre-feet capacity.[49]
  • Nantachie Lake Dam: Built in 1964 at 37 feet in Grant Parish, the dam is 1,150 feet long with a 35,500 acre-feet capacity.[50]
  • Nantachie Lake Dam No. 2: Built in 1961 at 29 feet in Grant Parish, the dam is 2,690 feet long with a 35,500 acre-feet capacity.[51]
  • Old Lake Dam: Built in 1940 at 15 feet in Evangeline Parish, the dam is 2,050 feet long with a 5,600 acre-feet capacity.[52]
  • Poverty Point Reservoir Dam: Built in 1998 at 42 feet in Richland Parish, the dam is 25,650 feet long with a 31,000 acre-feet capacity.[53]
  • Saline Lake Dam: Built in 1992 at 23 feet in Winn Parish, the dam is 16,300 feet longwith a 60,000 acre-feet normsl and 122,000 acre-feet mazimum capacity.[54]
  • Sibley Lake Dam: Built in 1962 at 36 feet in Natchitoches Parish, the dam is 6,045 feet long with a normal capacity of 19,500 acre-feet and a maximum of 56,700 acre-feet capacity.[55]
  • Smithport Lake Dam: Built in 1953 at 18 feet in De Soto Parish, the dam is 2,500 feet long with a 42,000 acre-feet capacity.[56]
  • Spanish Lake Dam: Built in 1958 at 18 feet in St. Martin Parish, the dam is 20,740 feet long with a 9,100 acre-feet capacity.[57]
  • Toledo Bend Reservoir Dam: Built in 1966 at 112 feet in Sabine Parish, the dam is 10,350 feet long with a 5,097,500 acre-feet capacity.[58]
  • Turkey Creek Dam: Built in 1953 at 40 feet in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, the dam is 4,500 feet long with a 85,000 acre-feet capacity.[59]
  • Upper Bayou Nezpique No 3 Dam: Built in 1974 at 21 feet in Evangeline Parish, the dam is 2,150 feet long with a 5,495 acre-feet capacity.[60]
  • Vernon Lake Dam: Built in 1961 at 43 feet in Vernon Parish, the dam is 5,275 feet long with a 99,473 acre-feet capacity.[61]
  • Wham Brake Lake Dam: Built in 1950 at 9 feet in Ouachita Parish, the dam is 30,648 feet long with a 34,650 acre-feet capacity.[62]

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 November 21, 2025.
  2. ^ "Bayou Bonne Idee Dam, Louisiana, USA". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  3. ^ "Bayou Bonne Idee North Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  4. ^ "Bayou Bonne Idee Upper Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  5. ^ "Bayou Cocodrie Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  6. ^ "Bayou-Darbonne-Dam and Reservoir". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  7. ^ "Bayou De Siard Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  8. ^ "Bayou Desiard Bartholomew Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  9. ^ "Bayou Desiard Upper Milhaven Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  10. ^ "Black Bayou Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  11. ^ "Black Lake Bayou Reservoir Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  12. ^ "Black Pond Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  13. ^ "Boeuf River Dam Mi 51". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  14. ^ "Brazzel Impoundment Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  15. ^ "Bundick Creek Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  16. ^ "Caddo Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  17. ^ "Cane River Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  18. ^ "Cane River Lake Dam Lower Embankment". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  19. ^ "Caney Creek Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  20. ^ "Catahoula Lake Control Structure Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  21. ^ "Cheniere Brake Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  22. ^ "Chicot Lake Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  23. ^ "Chivery Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  24. ^ "Cleco Rodemacher Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  25. ^ "Corney Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  26. ^ "Cotile Lake Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  27. ^ "Cross Lake Dam and Spillway". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  28. ^ "Cypress Black Bayou Site 1 Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  29. ^ "Cypress Black Bayou Site 2 Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  30. ^ "False River Drainage Structure Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  31. ^ "Grand Bayou Reservoir Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  32. ^ "Hannas Run Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  33. ^ "Hodges Garden Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  34. ^ "Iatt Lake Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  35. ^ "Indian Creek Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  36. ^ "Ivan Lake Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  37. ^ "Kepler Creek Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  38. ^ "Kincaid Reservoir Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  39. ^ "Lake Bistineau Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  40. ^ "Lake Claiborne Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  41. ^ "Lake Martin Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  42. ^ "Lake Providence Baxter Bayou Weir Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  43. ^ "Larto Lake Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  44. ^ "Lilly Bayou Control Structure Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  45. ^ "Little River Dam & Control Structure". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  46. ^ "Lower Anacoco Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  47. ^ "Mill Creek Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  48. ^ "Millers Lake Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  49. ^ "Murray Lake Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  50. ^ "Nantachie Lake Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  51. ^ "Nantachie Lake Dam No. 2". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  52. ^ "Old Lake Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  53. ^ "Poverty Point Reservoir Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  54. ^ "Saline Lake Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  55. ^ "Sibley Lake Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  56. ^ "Smithport Lake Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  57. ^ "Spanish Lake Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  58. ^ "Toledo Bend Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  59. ^ "Turkey Creek Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  60. ^ "Upper Bayou Nezpique No 3 Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  61. ^ "Vernon Lake Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  62. ^ "Wham Brake Lake Dam". Dams of the World. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
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