Tallest Dams in Vermont

Vermont has 358 dams with recorded heights. The tallest is Ball Mountain Dam at 247 feet. Taller dams impound more water and carry greater potential energy, which is why height is a key factor in hazard classification and inspection requirements.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Type	Purpose	Hazard	Year
1	Ball Mountain Dam	Windham	247	Earth	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1961
2	Waterbury	Washington	187	Earth	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1938
3	Harriman	Windham	186	Other	Hydroelectric	High	1924
4	Union Village Dam	Orange	164	Gravity	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1950
5	Townshend Dam	Windham	126	Rockfill	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1961
6	Elizabeth Mine Tp-1	Orange	120	Earth	Tailings	High	1958
7	North Springfield Dam	Windsor	118	Gravity	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1960
8	Wrightsville	Washington	115	Earth	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1935
9	Jewell Brook Site No. 5	Windsor	113	Earth	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1972
10	Somerset	Windham	110	Other	Hydroelectric	High	1913
11	Mahoney Pond	Bennington	89	Earth	Recreation	High	1997
12	Okemo Snow Pond	Windsor	80	Earth	Recreation	High	1994
13	Jewell Brook Site No. 3	Windsor	76	Earth	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1970
14	Bolton Falls	Washington	75	Timber Crib	Hydroelectric	Low	1898
15	North Branch Dam	Windsor	75	Earth	Recreation	High	1960
16	Jewell Brook Site No. 2	Windsor	71	Earth	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1969
17	Lake Madeleine	Bennington	70	Earth	Hydroelectric	Significant	1957
18	Jewell Brook Site No. 1	Windsor	69	Earth	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1969
19	Chittenden Reservoir	Rutland	68	Earth	Hydroelectric	High	1901
20	East Barre	Washington	65	Earth	Flood Risk Reduction	High	1935
21	Stowe Upper Golf Course	Lamoille	63	Earth	Recreation	High	2004
22	Sugar Hill	Addison	60	Earth	Hydroelectric	High	1931
23	West Lake	Windham	56	Earth	Recreation	High	2015
24	Windsor Upper	Windsor	55	Gravity	Recreation	High	1834
25	Essex No. 19	Chittenden	53	Concrete	Hydroelectric	Significant	1917
26	Springfield Reservoir	Windsor	53	Earth	Other	Significant	1903
27	Wolcott	Lamoille	52	Concrete	Hydroelectric	High	1920
28	Bradford	Orange	52	Concrete	Hydroelectric	Significant	1905
29	North Hartland Dam - Dike	Windsor	52			High	1961
30	Peterson	Chittenden	51	Concrete	Hydroelectric	High	1949
31	Middlesex No. 2	Washington	51	Gravity	Hydroelectric	High	1928
32	Lake Paran	Bennington	50	Earth	Recreation	High	1851
33	Searsburg	Bennington	50	Other	Hydroelectric	Low	1922
34	Thurman W. Dix Reservoir	Orange	50	Gravity	Water Supply	High	1950
35	Rutland City Reservoir	Rutland	48	Earth	Water Supply	High	1954
36	Marshfield No. 6	Washington	48	Earth	Hydroelectric	High	1927
37	Woodward Reservoir	Windsor	47	Earth	Recreation	High	1984
38	Gorge No. 18	Chittenden	46	Concrete	Hydroelectric	Low	1914
39	Youngs Brook	Rutland	46	Earth	Other	Significant	1920
40	Highgate Falls	Franklin	45	Concrete	Hydroelectric	Significant	1918
41	Keyser	Orange	44	Earth	Recreation	High	1963
42	Sugarbush Tank	Washington	44	Other	Other	High	1989
43	Pleasant Valley Reservoir	Windham	42	Gravity	Water Supply	High	1909
44	Clark Falls	Chittenden	40	Concrete	Hydroelectric	High	1937
45	Hurricane Lower Reservoir	Windsor	40	Earth	Other	Significant	1900
46	Windsor Minerals Pond #9	Windsor	40	Earth	Tailings	Low	1972
47	Sucker Brook Diversion	Addison	38	Earth	Hydroelectric	Significant	1917
48	Hopper Pond	Bennington	38	Concrete	Hydroelectric	Low	1920
49	Sheldon Springs	Franklin	38	Buttress	Hydroelectric	Low	1908
50	South Pond	Lamoille	38	Earth	Recreation	Significant	1922

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