List of flooded towns in the United States

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These are U.S. towns and villages flooded by the creation of dams, destroyed by the advancing sea, or washed away in floods and never rebuilt.

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List of towns drowned by dam construction

TownStateReservoir
Bainbridge AL Wilson Lake [1]
Kowaliga Lake Martin
Prairie Bluff William "Bill" Dannelly Reservoir
Riverton Pickwick Lake [2] [3] [4]
Alamo Crossing AZ Alamo Lake [5]
Aubrey Landing Lake Havasu [6]
Castle Dome Landing Martinez Lake [7] [8]
La Laguna Mittry Lake
Crossroads AR Lake Maumelle [9]
Dubuque Bull Shoals Lake
Monte Ne Beaver Lake
Kingdon Springs Bull Shoals Lake [10]
Alma CA Lexington Reservoir
Bagby Lake McClure
Baird Lake Shasta [11]
Copper City
Elmore
Etter
Kennett
Morley
Pitt
Winthrop
Bidwell's Bar Lake Oroville
Camanche Camanche Reservoir
Poverty Bar
Cedar Springs Silverwood Lake [12]
Crystal Springs Crystal Springs Reservoir
Jacksonville Don Pedro Reservoir [13]
Melones New Melones Lake
Monticello Lake Berryessa [14]
Condemned Bar Folsom Lake [15]
Mormon Island
Salmon Falls
Old Isabella Lake Isabella
Old Kernville
Prattville Lake Almanor
Searsville Searsville Lake
Whiskeytown Whiskeytown Lake
Sopris CO Trinidad Lake
Dillon Dillon Reservoir
Stout Horsetooth Reservoir
Sapinero Blue Mesa Reservoir
Barkhamstad Hollow CT Barkhamsted Reservoir
Jerusalem Candlewood Lake [16]
Valley Forge Saugatuck Reservoir [17]
Oscarville GA Lake Lanier [18]
Etowah Allatoona Lake
Allatoona
Petersburg Lake Strom Thurmond [19]
Cotton Hill IL Lake Springfield
Fairfield IN Brookville Lake
Somerset Mississinewa Lake
Elon Patoka Lake
Ellsworth, Indiana
Newton Stewart, Indiana
Eddyville, Kentucky KY Lake Barkley
Kuttawa, Kentucky
Birmingham, Kentucky Kentucky Lake
Burnside, Kentucky Lake Cumberland
Flagstaff ME Flagstaff Lake
Conowingo MD Conowingo Reservoir
Warren Loch Raven Reservoir [20]
Dana MA Quabbin Reservoir
Enfield
Greenwich
Prescott
Rawsonville MI Belleville Lake
Linn Creek, Missouri MO Lake of the Ozarks
Coldwater MS Arkabutla Lake
Canton MT Canyon Ferry Lake
St. Thomas NV Lake Mead
Arena NY Pepacton Reservoir
Pepacton
Shavertown
Boiceville Ashokan Reservoir
Brown's Station
Glenford
Olive
Olive Bridge
Shokan
Stony Hollow
West Hurley
West Shokan
Cannonsville Cannonsville Reservoir
Elko Allegheny Reservoir
Gilboa Schoharie Reservoir
Kensico Kensico Reservoir
Neversink Neversink Reservoir
East Monbo NC Lake Norman [21]
Long Island
Fonta Flora Lake James
Judson Fontana Lake [22]
Proctor
Round Valley NJ Round Valley Reservoir [23]
Arlington OR Lake Umatilla
Blalock
Celilo Lake Celilo
Copper Applegate Reservoir
Detroit Detroit Lake
Dorena Dorena Reservoir
Robinette Brownlee Reservoir
Aitch PA Raystown Lake [24]
Big Creek Valley Beltzville Lake [25]
Cokeville Conemaugh River Lake [26]
Fillmore
Livermore
Social Hall
Corydon Allegheny Reservoir
Kinzua
Instanter East Branch Lake [27]
Marburg Lake Marburg [28]
Milford Mills Marsh Creek Lake
Somerfield Youghiogheny River Lake [29]
Straight East Branch Lake [30]
Tohickon Lake Nockamixon [31]
Wilsonville Lake Wallenpaupack
Scituate RI Scituate Reservoir
Dutch Fork SC Lake Murray
Saxe Gotha
Ferguson Lake Marion
Andersonville Lake Hartwell
Awalt TN Tims Ford Lake
Butler Watauga Reservoir [32]
Loyston Norris Reservoir
Willow Grove Dale Hollow Reservoir
Morganton Tellico Reservoir
Tuskegee
Johnsonville, Tennessee Kentucky Lake
Couchville, Tennessee Percy Priest Lake
Aiken TX Belton Lake
Bland
Brookhaven
Sparta
Curry Hubbard Creek Reservoir
Bluffton Lake Buchanan
Devils River Lake Amistad
Friendship Granger Lake
Halsell Lake Arrowhead
Preston Lake Texoma
Towash Lake Whitney [33]
Canyon City Canyon Lake
Connellsville UT Electric Lake
Hite Lake Powell
Hailstone Jordanelle Reservoir
Keetley
Linwood Flaming Gorge Reservoir
Rockport Rockport Reservoir
Kosmos WA Riffe Lake
Nesika
Riffe
Mayfield Lake Mayfield
Vantage Lake Wanapum
Shaw WV Jennings Randolph Lake
Gad Summersville Lake

List of towns drowned by erosion or flooding

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See also

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