List of dams and reservoirs in Minnesota

Lake Zumbro Hydroelectric Generating Plant, designed by Hugh Lincoln Cooper and completed in 1919. It still serves the city of Rochester, Minnesota, and is on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

This is a list of dams and reservoirs in the U.S. state of Minnesota and pertinent data in a sortable table. There are more than 1,250 dams in the state. Over 800 are public facilities and of these 430 are owned by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.[2]

This list includes the most notable structures, namely all that generate hydroelectricity,[3] any operated by the Mississippi Valley Division of the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE),[4] and all dams with reservoirs larger than 100,000 acre feet according to the USACE National Inventory of Dams[5] Notable structures in popular recreation areas are also included, in particular those at the headwaters of the Mississippi and along the North Shore of Lake Superior. Historically significant structures as well as dams whose removal have sparked media interest are also included. Furthermore, there are many dams that have yet to be listed that call Minnesota home.

  1. ^ "Lake Zumbro Hydroelectric Generating Plant". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 30 Mar 2017.
  2. ^ "Dams and Dam Safety in Minnesota: Minnesota DNR". Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 29 Mar 2017.
  3. ^ "Listing of Minnesota Hydropower Facility Sites" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. 2017. Retrieved 29 Mar 2017.
  4. ^ "St. Paul District Locks and Dams". St. Paul District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 8 Nov 2012. Retrieved 29 Mar 2017.
  5. ^ "CorpsMap: National Inventory of Dams". United States Army Corps of Engineers. October 2016. Retrieved 29 Mar 2017.