Largest Reservoirs in Georgia

Georgia has 5344 dams with recorded storage capacity. The largest is J. Strom Thurmond Dam with 3,820,000 acre-feet of maximum storage. One acre-foot equals about 326,000 gallons — enough to supply roughly two households for a year.

#	Dam	County	Max Storage (acre-ft)	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
1	J. Strom Thurmond Dam	McCormick	3,820,000	200	Hydroelectric	1954
2	Hartwell Dam - Saddle Dike 1	Hart	3,438,700	34	Hydroelectric	1962
3	Buford Dam - Saddle Dike 3	Gwinnett	2,554,000	70		1958
4	Richard B. Russell Dam - Saddle Dike	Abbeville	1,488,166	25	Hydroelectric	1986
5	West Point Dam	Troup	940,000	132	Hydroelectric	1974
6	Allatoona Dam - Saddle Dike 2a	Bartow	886,200	15	Flood Risk Reduction
7	Sinclair	Baldwin	490,000	105	Hydroelectric	1953
8	Carters Main Dam	Murray	472,800	464	Hydroelectric	1974
9	Wallace Saddle Dike	Hancock	400,000	10	Hydroelectric	1980
10	Blue Ridge Dam	Fannin	228,045	183	Hydroelectric	1930
11	Nottely Dam	Union	216,147	197	Flood Risk Reduction	1942
12	Bartletts Ferry, Main Dam	Harris	183,000	150	Hydroelectric	1926
13	Plant Scherer Main Storage Pond Dam	Monroe	169,000	110	Recreation	1980
14	Crisp County (warwick)	Worth	160,000	50	Hydroelectric	1930
15	Suwannee River Sill Dam	Charlton	156,164	13	Fish and Wildlife Pond	1960
16	Burton	Rabun	108,000	129	Hydroelectric	1927
17	Lloyd Shoals - Emergency Spillway	Butts	107,000	10	Hydroelectric	1970
18	Hard Labor Creek Reservoir Dam	Walton	76,420	97
19	Tussahaw Reservoir Dam	Henry	68,983	73	Water Supply	2007
20	Plant Wansley Main Storage Lake Dam	Carroll	46,460	121	Water Supply	1975
21	Lake Tobesofkee Dam	Bibb	43,054	54	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
22	Tugalo	Habersham	43,000	155	Hydroelectric	1923
23	Flint River	Dougherty	37,000	60	Hydroelectric	1921
24	Oliver	Muscogee	32,000	69	Hydroelectric	1959
25	Saddle Dam A	Rabun	31,000	78	Hydroelectric	1925
26	Town Creek Reservoir Dam	Jones	26,855	95	Water Supply	1993
27	Lake Kedron Dam	Fayette	26,648	54	Recreation	1986
28	Tired Creek Reservoir Dam	Grady	26,163	43
29	Lake Arrowhead Dam	Cherokee	25,731	107	Recreation	1974
30	Upper Towaliga Reservoir Dam	Spalding	25,700	45	Recreation
31	Rocky Mtn Dam A	Floyd	23,500	94	Hydroelectric	1992
32	Bear Creek Reservoir	Jackson	22,605	82
33	Snake Creek Reservoir Dam	Carroll	21,573	65	Water Supply
34	Mcintosh Reservoir Dam	Fayette	20,800	40	Water Supply	2015
35	Plant Wansley Separation Dike	Heard	19,000	110	Tailings	1975
36	Carters Re-regulation Dam	Murray	19,000	105	Hydroelectric	1974
37	Jack Turner Reservoir Dam	Rockdale	19,000	47	Water Supply
38	Cornish Creek Reservoir Dam	Newton	18,400	47	Water Supply	1991
39	Horton Creek Reservoir Dam	Fayette	18,160	52	Recreation	1996
40	Hickory Log Reservoir Dam	Cherokee	17,701	180	Water Supply	2008
41	Still Branch Reservoir Dam	Pike	16,336	88
42	Richland Creek Reservoir Dam	Paulding	13,927	125	Water Supply
43	Plant Wansley Potable Water Supply Pond Dam	Carroll	13,789	117	Water Supply	1975
44	Yellow Creek Reservoir Dam	Dawson	13,587	114	Water Supply	1999
45	Cedar Creek Ws Str # 9	Coweta	13,570	57	Recreation	1989
46	Spivey Lake Dam	Henry	13,190	47	Recreation	1957
47	Plant Scherer Ash Pond Dam	Monroe	12,930	98	Other	1982
48	Tara Lake Dam	Carroll	12,885	101	Recreation	1972
49	Rocky Mtn Ps Upper Dam And Fused Overpump Spillway	Floyd	12,600	120	Hydroelectric	1995
50	High Falls Lake Dam	Monroe	12,470	35	Recreation	1904

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