Largest Reservoirs in Mississippi

Mississippi has 6087 dams with recorded storage capacity. The largest is Sardis Dam with 3,016,000 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	Sardis Dam	Panola	3,016,000	117	Flood Risk Reduction	1940
2	Grenada Dam	Grenada	2,722,100	103	Flood Risk Reduction	1954
3	Arkabutla Dam	DeSoto	1,383,800	92	Flood Risk Reduction	1943
4	Enid Dam	Yalobusha	1,213,500	110	Flood Risk Reduction	1952
5	Ross Barnett Reservoir Dam	Rankin	540,000	65	Water Supply	1962
6	Jamie L. Whitten Lock And Dam	Tishomingo	180,000	120	Navigation	1983
7	John C. Stennis Lock And Dam	Lowndes	59,483	82	Navigation	1980
8	Okatibbee Dam	Lauderdale	59,481	72	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
9	Glover Wilkins Lock And Dam	Monroe	53,000	55	Navigation	1983
10	Okhissa	Franklin	44,065	100	Recreation	2005
11	Aberdeen Lock And Dam	Monroe	31,564	66	Navigation	1984
12	Big Bay Lake Dam	Lamar	29,815	60	Recreation	2010
13	John Rankin Lock And Dam - Right Canal Embankment	Itawamba	27,000	48	Navigation	1984
14	Kemper County Igcc Reservoir	Kemper	22,789	44	Flood Risk Reduction	2012
15	Dalewood Shores Lake Dam	Lauderdale	22,026	34	Recreation	1962
16	Black Creek Cooling Water Dam	Jackson	18,400	20	Other
17	Percy Quin State Park Dam	Pike	16,800	34	Recreation	1940
18	Kemper County Lake Dam	Kemper	16,545	52	Recreation	1981
19	Flint Creek Reservoir Dam	Stone	15,912	52	Recreation	1965
20	Lake Calling Panther Dam	Copiah	15,485	61	Recreation	2004
21	Town Creek Ws Str 15b Dam	Lee	14,956	39	Flood Risk Reduction	1978
22	Lake Eddins Dam	Jasper	14,300	40	Recreation	1987
23	Flood Water Retarding Structure Site 52	Holmes	13,686	53	Other	1998
24	Fulton Lock And Dam - Ring Dike	Itawamba	13,221	58	Navigation	1983
25	Trace State Park Dam	Pontotoc	12,925	47	Recreation	1974
26	Lake Bogue Homa Dam	Jones	12,000	23	Recreation
27	Lake Caroline Dam	Madison	11,700	30	Recreation	1989
28	Tuscumbia Watershed Structure 8a Dam	Alcorn	10,857	37	Flood Risk Reduction	1995
29	Tuscumbia Ws Str Number 8 Dam	Alcorn	10,728	38	Flood Risk Reduction	1975
30	Bluff Lake Dam	Noxubee	10,531	17	Fish and Wildlife Pond	1960
31	Oktibbeha County Lake Dam	Oktibbeha	10,430	43	Recreation	1965
32	Second Creek Ws Str No. 7 Dam	Adams	9,925	52	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
33	Chewalla Lake Dam (lt 7-1)	Marshall	9,900	48	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
34	Archusa Creek Water Park Lake Dam	Clarke	9,800	35	Recreation	1971
35	Delta Steam Electric Station Dam	Bolivar	9,600	15	Other	1953
36	Chuquatonchee Watershed Structure 1 Dam	Chickasaw	8,796	34	Flood Risk Reduction	1976
37	Indian Creek Bb B Structure Y-9d-1a Dam	Panola	8,750	46	Flood Risk Reduction	1985
38	North Tillatoba Hunter Creek Drainage District Structure Y-17c-2b Dam	Tallahatchie	8,420	43	Flood Risk Reduction	1993
39	Turkey Fork	Greene	8,400	26	Fish and Wildlife Pond	1973
40	Lake Lamar Bruce Dam	Lee	8,289	63	Recreation
41	Tippah River Watershed Structure Lt-7-02 Dam	Benton	8,102	40	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
42	G.v. "sonny" Montgomery Lock And Dam	Itawamba	7,700	54	Navigation	1984
43	Turkey Creek Water Park Dam	Newton	7,526	41	Flood Risk Reduction	1980
44	Canebrake Lake Dam	Lamar	7,500	35	Recreation	1985
45	Paul B. Johnson State Park Dam	Forrest	7,200	30	Recreation
46	Tallahaga Creek Structure 04 Dam	Winston	7,121	27	Flood Risk Reduction	1978
47	Bluff Lake Dam	Noxubee	7,000	12	Recreation
48	Black Watershed Structure Y-36-53 Dam	Holmes	6,611	43	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
49	Tuscumbia Watershed Structure 28 Dam	Alcorn	6,574	38	Flood Risk Reduction	1981
50	Lake Lincoln State Park Dam	Lincoln	6,544	40	Flood Risk Reduction	1979

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