List of dams and reservoirs in Alaska
Alaska has about 67 named artificial reservoirs,[C][1] approximately 167 named dams,[C][2]
and about 3,197 officially named natural lakes,[C][3][B] out of over 3,000,000 unnamed natural lakes.[4]
For named natural lakes, see the list of lakes of Alaska.
List
Notes
^ A: Note: Where a USGS GNIS Feature ID # is included:
- "Official" USGS GNIS dam, lake or reservoir name,
- Feature Class: Dam, Lake or Reservoir,
- Geographic coordinates,
- approximate Elevation, and
- Borough or Census Area
came from the United States Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System database.
^ B: Additional United States Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System[5] references are included: Click on a particular Lake's GNIS Feature ID # in the included table's column above.
^ C: Borough or Census area reference total counts and queries:
| # Dams and GNIS query Link |
# Lakes and GNIS query Link |
# Reservoirs and GNIS query Link |
Borough or Census area |
Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 27 | 0 | Aleutians East | Dams in table; Reservoirs Done |
| 15 | 134 | 0 | Aleutians West | Dams in table; Reservoirs Done |
| 8 | 58 | 6 | Anchorage | Dams and Reservoirs in table. |
| 0 | 81 | 0 | Bethel | Dams and Reservoirs Done |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Bristol Bay | Dams and Reservoirs Done |
| 0 | 50 | 0 | Denali | Dams and Reservoirs Done |
| 0 | 55 | 0 | Dillingham | Dams and Reservoirs Done |
| 3 | 19 | 1 | Fairbanks North Star | Dams and Reservoirs in table. |
| 3 | 10 | 0 | Haines | Dams in table; Reservoirs Done. |
| 6 | 55 | 3 | Hoonah-Angoon | Dams and Reservoirs in table. |
| 8 | 31 | 5 | Juneau | Dams and Reservoirs in table. |
| 10 | 440 | 4 | Kenai Peninsula | Dams and Reservoirs in table. |
| 12 | 57 | 8 | Ketchikan Gateway | Dams and Reservoirs in table. |
| 31 | 82 | 11 | Kodiak Island | Dams and Reservoirs in table. |
| 3 | 83 | 0 | Lake and Peninsula | Dams in table; Reservoirs Done |
| 5 | 451 | 1 | Matanuska-Susitna | Dams and Reservoirs in table.[D] |
| 1 | 36 | 0 | Nome | Dams in table; Reservoirs Done |
| 2 | 142 | 2 | North Slope | Dams and Reservoirs in table. |
| 1 | 80 | 1 | Northwest Arctic | Dams and Reservoirs in table. |
| 9 | 163 | 4 | P. of Wales-O. Ketchikan | Dams and Reservoirs in table. |
| 9 | 90 | 3 | Sitka | Dams and Reservoirs in table. |
| 3 | 9 | 3 | Skagway | Dams and Reservoirs in table. |
| 0 | 130 | 0 | Southeast Fairbanks | Dams and Reservoirs in table. |
| 22 | 293 | 10 | Valdez-Cordova | Dams and Reservoirs in table. |
| 1 | 21 | 0 | Kusilvak | Dams in table; Reservoirs Done |
| 8 | 60 | 5 | Wrangell-Petersburg | Dams and Reservoirs in table. |
| 0 | 26 | 0 | Yakutat | Dams and Reservoirs Done |
| 2 | 513 | 0 | Yukon-Koyukuk | Dams in table; Reservoirs Done |
| 167 | 3197 | 67 | TOTALS | |
See also
References
- "Reservoirs in Alaska". U.S. Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.
- "Dams in Alaska". U.S. Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.
- "Lakes in Alaska". U.S. Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.
- "Alaska Hydrologic Survey". Alaska Department of Natural Resources.
- "USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) query". U.S. Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- "Matanuska-Susitna Lakes' Drainage Basins". Alaska Geospatial Data Clearinghouse, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
General references
- "Alaska Water Index - Statewide Lakes" (PDF). Water Resources, Alaska Science Center, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-11.
- "Alaska Department of Natural Resources". Alaska Department of Natural Resources.
External links
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