Largest Reservoirs in West Virginia

West Virginia has 469 dams with recorded storage capacity. The largest is Bluestone Dam with 631,000 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	Bluestone Dam	Summers	631,000	165	Flood Risk Reduction	1947
2	Robert C. Byrd Locks And Dam	Mason	390,600	167	Navigation	1937
3	Tygart Dam	Taylor	355,000	234	Flood Risk Reduction	1938
4	Summersville Dam - Dike 2	Nicholas	283,400	100	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
5	Sutton Dam	Braxton	265,300	210	Flood Risk Reduction	1960
6	Belleville Locks And Dam	Wood	229,200	130	Navigation	1968
7	R.d. Bailey Dam	Mingo	203,700	310	Flood Risk Reduction	1976
8	Willow Island Locks And Dam	Pleasants	177,600	111	Navigation	1976
9	Racine Locks And Dam	Mason	153,700	100	Navigation	1971
10	Stonewall Jackson Dam	Lewis	145,000	95	Flood Risk Reduction	1986
11	Hannibal Locks And Dam	Wetzel	130,000	51	Navigation	1974
12	Pike Island Locks And Dam	Ohio	89,300	64	Navigation	1965
13	East Lynn Dam	Wayne	82,500	113	Flood Risk Reduction	1971
14	Winfield Locks And Dam	Putnam	79,100	110	Navigation	1937
15	New Cumberland Locks And Dam	Jefferson	74,000	64	Navigation	1963
16	Lake Lynn	Monongalia	72,300	125	Hydroelectric	1926
17	Burnsville Dam	Braxton	65,900	89	Flood Risk Reduction	1976
18	Mt. Storm Lake Dam	Grant	54,000	153	Other	1964
19	North Fork Hughes River Site 21c Dam	Ritchie	44,232	86	Flood Risk Reduction	2002
20	Chess Refuse Disposal Area No. 1	Boone	37,710	780	Tailings
21	Beech Fork Dam	Wayne	37,540	86	Flood Risk Reduction	1976
22	Brushy Fork Impoundment	Greenbrier	34,582	605	Tailings	1996
23	Marmet Locks And Dam	Kanawha	30,600	101	Navigation	1934
24	Rocklick Slurry Impoundment	Boone	29,993	540	Tailings
25	Stonecoal Creek Dam & Reservoir	Lewis	25,800	110	Other	1972
26	Mill Creek #10 Dam	Jackson	25,545	68	Flood Risk Reduction	1997
27	Upper Mud River No.2a	Lincoln	25,470	75	Flood Risk Reduction	1992
28	Jake Gore Slurry Impoundment	Boone	24,800	610	Tailings
29	Mill Creek No.13	Jackson	23,100	89	Flood Risk Reduction	1986
30	Sugar Camp Branch Coal Refuse Impoundment	Nicholas	19,901	150	Tailings	2006
31	Mcelroy Run Dam	Pleasants	19,896	243	Tailings	1978
32	Wheeling Creek #3	Marshall	18,953	85	Flood Risk Reduction	1995
33	Jarrells Branch Slurry Impoundment	Boone	18,189	520	Tailings
34	Ben Creek Slurry Impoundment	Mingo	16,797	358	Tailings
35	Aldrich Branch Slurry Impoundment	Mingo	15,875	560	Tailings
36	London Locks And Dam	Kanawha	15,800	103	Navigation	1934
37	Conner Run Refuse Impoundment	Marshall	15,750	267	Tailings	1976
38	Delbarton Slurry Impoundment	Mingo	14,702	760	Other	2004
39	Opekiska Lock And Dam	Monongalia	14,400	52	Navigation	1967
40	Maynard Branch Slurry Impoundment	Wayne	12,630	262	Tailings
41	Lotts Branch Slurry Impoundment	Boone	12,259	478	Tailings
42	Trace Branch Slurry Impoundment	Boone	12,191	320	Tailings	1992
43	John Amos Flyash Dam	Putnam	11,160	223	Tailings	1978
44	Pocatalico Structure No.28	Jackson	10,859	87	Flood Risk Reduction	1987
45	Shumate Creek Slurry Impoundment	Raleigh	10,273	390	Tailings
46	Lost River #4 Dam	Hardy	10,256	89	Flood Risk Reduction	1996
47	Tinsley Branch Refuse Impoundment	Logan	9,905	405	Tailings	2005
48	Lake Stephens Dam	Raleigh	8,990	74	Recreation	1963
49	Leer Slurry Cell	Taylor	8,540	250	Tailings
50	Patterson Creek No. 41 Dam	Grant	7,960	91	Flood Risk Reduction	1969

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