List of Arkansas dams and reservoirs
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Dam
A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are...

s and reservoirs in Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...



Lakes and their dams

  • Lake Atalanta
    Lake Atalanta
    Lake Atalanta is a reservoir along Prairie Creek in Rogers, Arkansas, used primarily for recreation. The lake is named for Atalanta Gregory, the wife of O.L. Gregory, who donated most of the land that now forms the lake...

     — Lake Atalanta Dam
  • Beaver Lake
    Beaver Lake (Arkansas)
    Beaver Lake is a man-made reservoir in the Ozark Mountains of Northwest Arkansas and is formed by a dam across the White River. Beaver Lake has some of natural shoreline...

     — Beaver Dam
  • Bull Shoals Lake
    Bull Shoals Lake
    Bull Shoals Lake is an artificial lake or reservoir in the Ozark Mountains of northern Arkansas and southern Missouri. It has hundreds of miles of lake arms and coves perfect for boating, water sports, swimming, and fishing...

     — Bull Shoals Dam
  • Lake Catherine
    Lake Hamilton and Lake Catherine
    Lake Hamilton and Lake Catherine are a pair of man-made lakes around Hot Springs, Arkansas. The two lakes have greatly improved the tourism in Hot Springs. Both Lakes were created by Arkansas Power & Light .-Lake Hamilton:...

     — Remmel Dam
  • Lake Dardanelle — Dardanelle Lock and Dam
  • DeGray Lake
    DeGray Lake
    DeGray Lake is a reservoir on the Caddo River, 8 miles from Arkadelphia. DeGray Lake offers a huge span of recreational area and spectacular views...

     — DeGray Dam
  • DeQueen Lake
    DeQueen Lake
    DeQueen Lake is a small reservoir along the Rolling Fork River in Sevier County, Arkansas. It is 4 miles from DeQueen, Arkansas.-Recreation:...

     — DeQueen Dam
  • Dierks Lake — Dierks Dam
  • Lake Georgia Pacific
    Lake Georgia Pacific
    Lake Georgia Pacific is a small reservoir in South Arkansas. It is formed by Lake Georgia Pacific Dam, and located a few miles from Lake Jack Lee, and 10 miles from Crossett, Arkansas....

     — Georgia Pacific Dam
  • Gillham Lake
    Gillham Lake
    Gillham Lake is a small reservoir located along the Cossatot River, mostly in Howard County, but also extending westward into Polk County, Arkansas. The lake is from Gillham, Arkansas.-Recreation:...

     — Gillham Dam
  • Greers Ferry Lake
    Greers Ferry Lake
    Greers Ferry Lake is the reservoir formed by Greers Ferry Dam, a United States Army Corps of Engineers dam in Northern Arkansas. It is located about north of Little Rock.-Geography:...

     — Greers Ferry Dam
    Greers Ferry Dam
    Greers Ferry Dam is a dam on the Little Red River in Cleburne County in the U.S. state of Arkansas. It impounds Greers Ferry Lake. The dam is located north of Little Rock.-Building the dam:...

  • Lake Greeson
    Lake Greeson
    Lake Greeson is a reservoir on the Little Missouri River, about north of Murfreesboro, Arkansas. Famous for its scenery and recreation, it is surrounded by 15 parks that offer opportunities for camping, fishing, boating, biking, and swimming.- Overview :...

     — Narrows Dam
    Narrows Dam
    Narrows Dam is a dam located 6 miles north of Murfreesboro, Arkansas, that impounds the water of the Little Missouri River to create Lake Greeson. Narrows Dam was authorized as a flood control and hydroelectric power project by the Flood Control Act of 1941. The dam is a feature of the...

  • Lake Hamilton
    Lake Hamilton
    Lake Hamilton may refer to:in the United States* Lake Hamilton and Lake Catherine, a pair of lakes in Arkansas* Lake Hamilton, Arkansas, a community on Lake Hamilton* Lake Hamilton, Florida, a townin New Zealand...

     — Carpenter Dam
  • Lake Jack Lee — Felsenthal Lock and Dam
  • Lake Leatherwood - Lake Leatherwood Dam
  • Millwood Lake
    Millwood Lake
    Millwood Lake is a reservoir in southwestern Arkansas, United States. It is located from Ashdown. The lake is formed from the damming of the point where the Little River and the Saline River meet...

     — Millwood Dam
  • Nimrod Lake
    Nimrod Lake
    Nimrod Lake is a reservoir in western Arkansas. It is the oldest Corps of Engineers project in Arkansas, it was completed in 1942 on the Fourche LaFave River.-Overview:...

     — Nimrod Dam
  • Norfork Lake — Norfork Dam
    Norfork Dam
    Norfork Dam is a large dam in northern Arkansas southeast of Mountain Home. It dams North Fork River and creates Norfork Lake. The top of the dam supports a 2-lane roadway, part of AR 177.-History:...

  • Lake Ouachita
    Lake Ouachita
    Lake Ouachita is a reservoir created by the damming of the Ouachita River by Blakely Mountain Dam . The lake is located near Hot Springs, Arkansas. Lake Ouachita is the largest lake completely in Arkansas, as the larger Bull Shoals Lake extends into Missouri. Lake Ouachita has over of shoreline...

     — Blakely Mountain Dam
  • Seven Devils Lake
    Seven Devils Lake
    Seven Devils Lake is a small reservoir in South Arkansas, It is located about out of Monticello, Arkansas. The Lake is formed by Seven Devils Dam. The area got its name after a man that was trapped in the area for days finally made it out, a reporter asked if he found the rumored seven lakes of...

     — Seven Devils Dam
  • Winthrop Rockefeller Lake
    Winthrop Rockefeller Lake
    Winthrop Rockefeller Lake is an impounded section of the Arkansas River, named for Governor Winthrop A. Rockefeller . It extends almost along the river, from the Arthur V. Ormond Lock and Dam below Mile 177 near Morrilton, to the Dardanelle Lock and Dam above Mile 205 near Dardanelle...

     — Arthur V. Ormond Lock and Dam
  • Galla Lake - Galla Dam

Lakes with unknown dams

  • Lake Balboa
  • Lake Columbia
  • Lake Conway
    Lake Conway
    Lake Conway, a lake in Arkansas, is the largest reservoir made by a game and fish commission in the United States. It is located just a few miles southeast of Conway, Arkansas.-Overview:...

  • Lake Coronado
  • Lake Cortez
  • Lake Desoto
  • Lake Erling
  • Lake Fayetteville
    Lake Fayetteville
    Lake Fayetteville is a lake in Fayetteville, Arkansas created by Lake Fayetteville Dam in 1949....

  • Lake Fort Smith
  • Hot Springs Reservoir
  • Lake Maumelle
  • Lake Monticello (lake)
  • White Oak Lake
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