Largest Reservoirs in Nevada

Nevada has 499 dams with recorded storage capacity. The largest is Hoover Dam with 30,237,000 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	Hoover Dam	Clark	30,237,000	730	Hydroelectric	1935
2	Lahontan Dike	Churchill	422,800	20		1915
3	Rye Patch Dam	Pershing	201,600	78	Irrigation	1936
4	Giroux Wash Tsf Dam	White Pine	190,224	198	Tailings	1995
5	North Block Tailings Impoundment Dam	Eureka	160,692	520	Tailings	1993
6	Phoenix Tailings Dam	Lander	99,000	173	Flood Risk Reduction	1971
7	Wild Horse	Elko	92,500	110	Irrigation	1969
8	Mill 5/6 Center Tailings Storage Facility	Eureka	85,000	300	Tailings	1991
9	Juniper Tailings Dam	Humboldt	71,000	176	Flood Risk Reduction	1997
10	Mill 5/6 East Tailings Storage Facility	Eureka	67,500	220	Tailings	2019
11	Chimney Dam	Humboldt	66,000	100	Recreation	1974
12	South Fork Dam	Elko	52,500	72	Recreation	1989
13	Mill 5/6 West Tails Storage Facility	Eureka	35,661	210	Tailings	2011
14	Barrick Goldstrike Tsf 3 Dam	Eureka	31,234	200	Tailings	2016
15	Cortez Area 28 Tsf Dam	Lander	31,229	215	Tailings	1997
16	Cortez Area 28 Tsf Cell 4 Dam	Lander	31,000	270	Tailings
17	Rmg Cell A Tsf	Nye	28,816	94	Tailings	1997
18	Rmg Cell B Tsf Dam	Nye	28,450	175	Flood Risk Reduction	2016
19	Bishop Creek Dam	Elko	28,250	80	Irrigation	1912
20	Mccoy/cove Tailings Storage Facility Dam	Lander	25,000	140	Tailings	1988
21	Jerritt Canyon Tailings Dam	Elko	24,000	162	Tailings	1981
22	Pitt Taylor Upper Dam	Pershing	24,000	18	Irrigation
23	Weber	Mineral	20,950	57	Irrigation	1934
24	Pitt Taylor Lower Dam	Pershing	20,200	15	Irrigation
25	Lone Tree Section 23 Tails Dam	Humboldt	20,040	180	Flood Risk Reduction	1996
26	Stillwater Point Dam	Churchill	19,000	10	Fish and Wildlife Pond	1950
27	A-a Tails Dam	Eureka	17,054	220	Tailings	1989
28	Sheckler Dam	Churchill	16,000	20	Irrigation	1957
29	Swan Lake Dam	Washoe	15,700	18	Irrigation	1929
30	Simplot Tailings Dam	Clark	12,924	185	Tailings	1981
31	Ruby Lake East Sump Cross Dike Dam	Elko	12,800	10	Fish and Wildlife Pond
32	Marlette Lake Dam	Washoe	12,700	50	Water Supply
33	Mathews Canyon Dam	Lincoln	12,420	71	Flood Risk Reduction	1957
34	Pine Canyon Dam - Saddle Dike 1	Lincoln	10,725	92	Flood Risk Reduction	1957
35	Lake Las Vegas Dam	Clark	10,600	165	Recreation	1991
36	Wilson Reservoir Dam	Elko	10,500	37	Irrigation	1954
37	Getchell Mine Tailings Dam	Humboldt	10,000	150	Tailings
38	Chimney Creek Dam	Elko	9,950	22	Irrigation	1903
39	Maggie Creek Dam	Elko	9,500	121	Flood Risk Reduction	1992
40	Paradise Peak Tails Dam	Nye	8,300	130	Tailings	1986
41	Mill #4 Tailings #2 Dam	Eureka	8,264	165	Tailings	1993
42	Sheep Creek	Elko	8,000	24	Recreation
43	Willow Creek Dam	Elko	8,000	58	Irrigation	1986
44	Mud Lake Dam	Douglas	5,400	62	Irrigation
45	Jerritt Canyon Tsf 2 Dam	Elko	5,319	102	Irrigation
46	Billy Shaw	Elko	5,200	51	Recreation	2002
47	Mill #4 Tailings #1 Dam	Eureka	4,878	182	Tailings	1989
48	Wall Creek Dam Upper	Washoe	4,700	75	Irrigation
49	Upper Pahranagat Dam	Lincoln	4,688	15	Fish and Wildlife Pond	1937
50	Crittenden Dam	Elko	4,300	49	Irrigation	1957

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