Download coordinates as: This is a list of the tallest dams in the United States.
Structures such as levees, dikes and tailings dams are not included in the lists.
Most of the U.S.'s taller dams are located in the west because of the steeper and more rugged topography.
The Colorado, Columbia and Sacramento–San Joaquin river systems contain the greatest number of tall dams.
In the eastern U.S., tall dams are less common because of the lesser vertical relief.