Dams in Worcester County, Massachusetts

389Total Dams
98High Hazard
216Significant
DamHazardConditionHeight (ft)PurposeYear
Wachusett Reservoir DamHighSatisfactory114Water Supply1906
Wachusett Reservoir North DikeHighSatisfactory85Water Supply1904
Lovell Reservoir DamHighFair84Water Supply1929
Sudbury Reservoir DamHighSatisfactory77Water Supply1899
Westville DamHighNot Available72Flood Risk Reduction1962
Moose Hill Reservoir DamHighSatisfactory71Flood Risk Reduction1980
Pine Hill Reservoir DamHighFair70Water Supply1924
Barre Falls DamHighNot Available69Flood Risk Reduction1958
Lynde Brook Reservoir DamHighSatisfactory61Water Supply1876
Cohasse Brook Reservoir DamHighSatisfactory60Water Supply1967
Tully DamHighNot Available59Flood Risk Reduction1949
Holden Reservoir Dam No. 2HighSatisfactory57Water Supply1900
East Brimfield DamHighNot Available53Flood Risk Reduction1960
Bickford Pond DamHighFair51Water Supply1971
Perley Brook Reservoir DamHighSatisfactory50Water Supply1962
Birch Hill Dam - Winchenden DikeHighNot Available49Flood Risk Reduction1942
Barre Falls Dam - Dike 3HighNot Available48Flood Risk Reduction1958
West Hill Dam - Dike DHighNot Available48Flood Risk Reduction1961
Holden Reservoir Dam No. 1HighFair47Water Supply1883
Mare Meadow Reservoir DamHighFair47Water Supply1955
Lester G. Ross DamHighSatisfactory46Flood Risk Reduction1974
Quinapoxet Reservoir DamHighSatisfactory45Water Supply1953
Wachusett Reservoir South DikeHighSatisfactory45Water Supply1906
Overlook Reservoir DamHighPoor411871
Scott Reservoir DamHighPoor40Water Supply1875
Kendall Reservoir DamHighFair39Water Supply1911
Crocker Pond DamHighSatisfactory39Hydroelectric1933
Kettle Brook Reservoir No. 3 DamHighFair38Water Supply1902
Barre Falls Dam - Dike 2HighNot Available38Flood Risk Reduction1958
Fall Brook Reservoir Dam And DikeHighPoor37Water Supply1896
Kettle Brook Reservoir No. 4 DamHighSatisfactory36Water Supply1904
Sugden Reservoir DamHighSatisfactory34Recreation1882
Whitin Reservoir DamHighSatisfactory33Recreation1854
Stiles Lake DamHighSatisfactory32Recreation1865
Westminster Reservoir DamHighFair31Other1909
Stevens Pond DamHighPoor30Recreation1864
Glen Echo Lake DamHighSatisfactory30Recreation1956
Hodges Village Dam - Dike 1HighNot Available30Flood Risk Reduction1959
Eddy Pond DamHighFair29Recreation1920
Kettle Brook Reservoir No. 2 DamHighSatisfactory28Water Supply1903
Snows Mill Pond DamHighSatisfactory28Other
Manchaug Pond DamHighFair28Recreation1836
Whitney Pond DamHighPoor27Recreation1880
Lovell Reservoir DikeHighSatisfactory27Water Supply1929
Upper Stoneville Reservoir DamHighSatisfactory27Recreation
Notown Reservoir DamHighFair26Water Supply1876
Ramshorn Pond DamHighSatisfactory25Recreation1825
Notown Reservoir DikeHighFair25Water Supply1876
Green Hill Pond DamHighSatisfactory25Recreation1850
Rice City Pond DamHighFair25Recreation1880
Wyman Pond Compensating Reservoir DamHighFair25Recreation1892
Lake Samoset DamHighSatisfactory24Recreation
Lower Merino Pond DamHighFair24Recreation1850
Hovey Pond DamHighSatisfactory231870
Kettle Brook Reservoir No. 1 DamHighSatisfactory23Water Supply1896
Brick City Mill Pond DamHighUnsatisfactory23Recreation
Hop Brook DamHighSatisfactory23Flood Risk Reduction1962
Barre Falls Dam - Dike 1HighNot Available23Flood Risk Reduction1958
Lake Wampanoag DamHighFair22Other
Greenville Pond DamHighFair22Flood Risk Reduction1912
Overlook Reservoir DikeHighFair221871
Cold Harbor Brook DamHighSatisfactory22Flood Risk Reduction1962
Coes Reservoir DamHighSatisfactory21Recreation1865
Lake Shirley DamHighSatisfactory21Recreation1852
Winnekeag Lake DamHighFair21Recreation1878
Rochdale Pond DamHighPoor20Recreation
Rockwell Pond DamHighFair20Recreation1900
Lake Watatic DamHighFair20Recreation1955
Upper Merino Pond DamHighFair20Water Supply
George H. Nichols Multipurpose DamHighSatisfactory20Flood Risk Reduction1969
Fisherville Pond DamHighPoor19Flood Risk Reduction1882
Wrights Reservoir DamHighSatisfactory18Flood Risk Reduction1965
Lake Whittemore DamHighSatisfactory18Recreation
Linwood Pond DamHighSatisfactory18Recreation1865
Hickory Hills Lake DamHighSatisfactory18Recreation
Chimney Pond DamHighUnsatisfactory18Recreation
Lake Maspenock DamHighFair18Recreation1901
Buffumville Dam - Pierpoint Meadow Pond DikeHighNot Available18Flood Risk Reduction1958
Lynde Brook Reservoir DikeHighFair17Water Supply1876
Dark Brook Reservoir DamHighSatisfactory17Recreation1950
Bickford Pond DikeHighSatisfactory17Water Supply1971
Moulton Pond DamHighUnsatisfactory16Recreation
Lake Monomonac DamHighFair16Recreation
Rivulet Village Pond DamHighFair16Recreation
Cowee Pond DamHighFair15Water Supply1900
Lower Stoneville Pond DamHighFair15Recreation1904
Barre Reservoir Dam & DikeHighPoor15Recreation
Red DamHighSatisfactory15Recreation
Pierce Pond DamHighFair15Recreation1911
Cook's Pond DamHighFair15Recreation1830
Patch Pond DamHighUnsatisfactory14Recreation
Lower Naukeag Lake DamHighFair14Recreation1900
Muzzy Meadow DamHighSatisfactory13Recreation
Pratts Pond DamHighFair12Recreation
Dark Brook Reservoir Dike AHighSatisfactory11Recreation1950
Eagle Lake DamHighFair10Recreation1938
Patch Reservoir DamHighSatisfactory8Recreation1896
Brierly Pond DikeHighPoor8Recreation
Highland Commons Pond B Dam & DikeSignificantSatisfactory50Flood Risk Reduction2010
Southbridge Reservoir No. 5 DamSignificantSatisfactory38Water Supply1938
Ware River Diversion DamSignificantSatisfactory38Flood Risk Reduction1910
Horse Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory38Flood Risk Reduction1964
Horse Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory34Water Supply
Carpenter Reservoir DamSignificantSatisfactory32Water Supply1888
Simonds Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory32Water Supply
Reservoir No. 4 DamSignificantSatisfactory30Water Supply1965
Heywood Reservoir DamSignificantPoor281926
Crescent StreetSignificantSatisfactory28Hydroelectric1900
Sucker Brook DamSignificantSatisfactory27Flood Risk Reduction
Kittredge DamSignificantSatisfactory27Flood Risk Reduction1964
Lee Pond DamSignificantFair26Recreation1880
Lancaster Mill Pond DamSignificantFair26Recreation
Lamberton Brook DamSignificantSatisfactory26Flood Risk Reduction1965
Thompson Pond DamSignificantPoor25Recreation
Morse Reservoir DamSignificantSatisfactory25Water Supply
Brewer Brook DamSignificantSatisfactory25Flood Risk Reduction1964
Southbridge Reservoir No. 3 DamSignificantSatisfactory24Water Supply1894
Wildwood Lake DamSignificantFair23Water Supply1963
Lake Lashaway DamSignificantFair23Recreation1926
Doane Pond DamSignificantFair23Water Supply1938
Factory Village Pond DamSignificantUnsatisfactory23Recreation
Mctaggarts Pond DamSignificantUnsatisfactory22Recreation1928
Upper Tucker Pond South DamSignificantPoor22Recreation
South Barre Mill PondSignificantSatisfactory22Hydroelectric1981
Whitehall Pond DamSignificantPoor22Recreation
Slaters Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory22Recreation2004
Unionville Pond DamSignificantFair21Recreation1909
Lensdale Pond DamSignificantFair21Other
Woodbury Pond DamSignificantPoor20Recreation1900
Partridgeville Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory20Recreation1938
Falulah Reservoir DamSignificantPoor20Water Supply1883
Larner Pond DamSignificantFair20Recreation1830
Lower Gore Pond DamSignificantPoor20Other
Russell Harrington Mill Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory20Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond1917
Parker Pond DamSignificantFair20Recreation
Worcester Diversion Levee SystemSignificantSatisfactory20Flood Risk Reduction1960
Old Grist Mill Pond DamSignificantFair19Recreation1953
Mill Pond No. 1 DamSignificantFair191876
Pleasant Falls Mill Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory19Other1895
Hopedale Pond DamSignificantFair19Recreation
Mossy Pond DamSignificantPoor18Recreation1876
Whitney Pond DamSignificantPoor18
Sutton Falls DamSignificantFair18Recreation1900
Naultaug Brook Pond DamSignificantFair18Recreation
Comins Pond DamSignificantFair18Recreation1957
Allen Mill Pond DamSignificantFair18Recreation
Southbridge Reservoir No. 4 DamSignificantSatisfactory18Water Supply1906
New Pond DamSignificantFair18Recreation
Douglas Mill Pond DamSignificantPoor18Recreation
Old Mill Pond DamSignificantPoor18Recreation
Granite Lake DamSignificantSatisfactory18Recreation1924
Cooley Hill Reservoir DamSignificantPoor18Recreation1887
Singletary Pond DamSignificantFair17Recreation
Blackstone River DamSignificantPoor17
Buffumville Pond DamSignificantPoor17Recreation
Day Street DamSignificantSatisfactory17Recreation1900
Caprons Pond Dam, Canal And GatesSignificantFair17Recreation
Indian Lake DamSignificantFair17Flood Risk Reduction1920
Holbrook Mill Pond DamSignificantPoor16
Silver Lake DamSignificantFair16Recreation1896
Diversion DamSignificantFair16Recreation
Wetmore Pond DamSignificantPoor16Recreation
Lackey Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory16Fish and Wildlife Pond2000
Crow Hills Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory16Recreation1937
Burncoat Pond DamSignificantFair16Recreation
Lower Meadow Pond DamSignificantFair16
Upper Sawmill Pond DamSignificantFair161850
Eames Mill Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory16Recreation1747
Noyes Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory16Recreation1920
Upper Tucker Pond East DamSignificantPoor16Recreation
James Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory16Recreation1851
Clark Reservoir DamSignificantPoor16Recreation1920
Secret Lake DamSignificantFair16Recreation
Rawson Hill Brook DamSignificantSatisfactory16Flood Risk Reduction1963
Fitch Basin DamSignificantPoor151928
Upper Lynde Basin DamSignificantPoor151924
Northborough Reservoir DamSignificantPoor15Water Supply
Leesville Pond DamSignificantFair15Recreation1830
Brigham Pond DamSignificantUnsatisfactory15Recreation1872
Upper Westborough Reservoir DamSignificantFair15Water Supply1887
Webster Lake DamSignificantFair15Recreation1957
Fiske Mill Pond DamSignificantPoor15Water Supply1900
Pondville Pond DamSignificantFair15Recreation1875
Smith Mill Pond DamSignificantFair15Recreation
Coes Lower Pond DamSignificantFair15Recreation1865
Old Mill Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory15Flood Risk Reduction1800
Lake Ripple DamSignificantSatisfactory15Recreation1982
Cedar Meadow Pond DamSignificantFair15Recreation1924
Lowes Pond DamSignificantUnsatisfactory15Recreation
Dawson Pond DamSignificantFair15Recreation1960
Meetinghouse Pond Reservoir DamSignificantFair15Water Supply1893
Robinson Pond DamSignificantPoor15Recreation1838
Haynes Reservoir DamSignificantFair15Water Supply
Mirror Lake DamSignificantSatisfactory15Recreation1913
Buck Hill Conservation DamSignificantFair15Recreation1969
Barrett Park Pond DamSignificantUnsatisfactory15Recreation
Sargent Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory15Recreation
West River Pond DamSignificantPoor15Recreation1920
Gaston Pond DamSignificantUnsatisfactory14Recreation1915
Bartlett Pond DamSignificantUnsatisfactory14Recreation
Bents Pond DamSignificantPoor14Recreation1900
Edget's Pond DamSignificantPoor14
Lower Sibley Pond DamSignificantPoor14Recreation
Curtis Ponds DamSignificantSatisfactory14Recreation1837
Whitin Pond DamSignificantPoor14Flood Risk Reduction1900
Perryville Pond DamSignificantFair13Recreation1870
Parsons Reservoir DamSignificantFair13Recreation
Irish DamSignificantFair13Recreation
Greenes Pond DamSignificantPoor13Recreation1925
Mill Pond DamSignificantPoor13
Lac Marie DamSignificantSatisfactory13Recreation
Dunn Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory13Recreation1934
Eames Pond DamSignificantPoor13Recreation
Lake Ellis DamSignificantFair13Recreation1852
Howe Mill Pond DamSignificantFair13Recreation
Old Mill Pond DamSignificantPoor13
Louisa Lake DamSignificantSatisfactory13Recreation1900
Mount Pleasant Pond DamSignificantFair13Irrigation1967
Salisbury Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory13Recreation1953
West End Beagle Club DamSignificantFair13Recreation1961
Coachlace Pond DamSignificantFair13Recreation1846
Old Duck Pond DamSignificantPoor12
Mill Pond DamSignificantFair12Other1795
Echo Lake DamSignificantFair12Recreation2013
Upper Reservoir DamSignificantFair12Recreation
Spindleville Pond DamSignificantFair12Recreation
Hayes Pond DamSignificantPoor12Recreation
Bear Brook DamSignificantFair12Flood Risk Reduction
Quinsigamond Pond DamSignificantPoor12Recreation1896
Hatchet Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory12Water Supply
Ridgely Pond DamSignificantFair12Recreation
Demond Pond DamSignificantFair12Recreation
Bartlett Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory12Other1850
Upper Sibley Pond DamSignificantPoor12Recreation
Newton Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory12Recreation1949
Sportsmans Pond DamSignificantFair12Recreation1898
Swans Pond DamSignificantFair12Irrigation1848
Pond 1 DamSignificantFair12Recreation1974
Pratt's Pond DamSignificantFair11Recreation
Dorothy Pond DamSignificantFair11Recreation1825
Cranberry Meadow Pond DamSignificantPoor11Recreation1939
Waite Pond DamSignificantPoor11Recreation
Number One Pond DamSignificantPoor11Other
Howe Reservoir DamSignificantFair11Recreation
Prindle Lake DamSignificantSatisfactory11Recreation1952
Paradise Pond DamSignificantFair11Recreation
Wheeler Pond DamSignificantUnsatisfactory11Recreation
Asnebumskit Pond DamSignificantFair11Water Supply1950
Assabet River DamSignificantFair11Other
Round Meadow Pond DamSignificantFair11Other1951
Town Farm Pond DamSignificantFair11Recreation
Southwick Lower Pond DamSignificantPoor11Recreation
Little Nugget Lake DamSignificantSatisfactory11Recreation
Sawmill Pond DamSignificantFair11Recreation
Upper Crow Hills Pond DamSignificantFair11Recreation1956
Connor Pond DamSignificantFair11Recreation1968
Hycrest Farm Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory11Recreation1949
Wallace Pond DamSignificantPoor11Recreation
South Athol Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory11Recreation
Current Meter Pond DamSignificantPoor11Other1908
Lake Hiawatha DamSignificantSatisfactory10Recreation2007
Bucks Pond DamSignificantFair10
Ironstone Reservoir DamSignificantPoor10Recreation1928
Mossy Pond DikeSignificantPoor10Recreation1847
Peter Pond DamSignificantFair10Water Supply1925
Summit Pond DamSignificantFair10Recreation
Windle Pond DamSignificantPoor10
Lower Sandra Pond DamSignificantFair10Water Supply1991
Rail Road Pond DamSignificantPoor10Other
Brierly Pond Main DamSignificantPoor10Recreation
Chaffin Pond DamSignificantPoor10Water Supply1894
Cedar Pond DamSignificantFair9Recreation1876
Carter Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory9Recreation1924
Queen Lake DamSignificantSatisfactory9Recreation1824
Bare Hill Pond DamSignificantFair9Recreation1837
Mahoney Pond DamSignificantFair9Recreation1964
Ramsdall Pond DamSignificantPoor9
Asnacomet Pond DamSignificantFair9Recreation
Bates Power Reservoir DamSignificantPoor9Recreation1846
Baldwin Water Supply DamSignificantPoor9
Alum Pond DamSignificantFair9Recreation
Wayside Pond DamSignificantUnsatisfactory8Flood Risk Reduction1964
Adams Pond DamSignificantPoor8Recreation2014
Stocking Mill DamSignificantPoor8Recreation
Upper Naukeag Lake DamSignificantSatisfactory8Water Supply1875
Schoolhouse Pond DamSignificantPoor8Recreation
Riley Pond DamSignificantFair8Recreation
Dean Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory8Recreation
Stump Pond DamSignificantPoor8Recreation1900
Cedar Swamp Pond DamSignificantFair8Recreation1939
Carpenter Pond DamSignificantPoor8Recreation
Greenwood Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory8Recreation
Harvard Pond DamSignificantFair8Recreation
Kendall Reservoir Lower Basin DamSignificantSatisfactory8Water Supply1911
Burnshirt River DamSignificantFair8Fish and Wildlife Pond
Hobbys Pond DamSignificantPoor7Recreation
Adams Pond DamSignificantFair7Recreation
Cusky Pond DamSignificantUnsatisfactory7Recreation
Ellis Pond DamSignificantFair7Recreation1990
Mckinstry Pond DamSignificantPoor7Recreation
Recreation Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory7Recreation
Browning Pond Road DamSignificantSatisfactory7Recreation
Mill Brook Canal DamSignificantFair7
Sylvestri Pond DamSignificantFair7Recreation
Pond 3 DamSignificantFair7Recreation
Graves Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory7Recreation1970
Minott Pond DamSignificantUnsatisfactory7Recreation
Lambs Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory6
Dunn Brook Pond DamSignificantFair6Other
Gore Pond DamSignificantPoor6
Wee Laddie Pond DamSignificantSatisfactory6Recreation1974
Cresticon LowerSignificantSatisfactory6Hydroelectric1948
Maple Spring Pond DamSignificantFair6Recreation1885
Wachusett Lake DamSignificantFair4Flood Risk Reduction1905
East Branch Swift Regulating DamLowFair32Water Supply
Reservoir No. 5 DamLowSatisfactory31Water Supply1900
Newton Reservoir DamLowFair30Recreation1903
Carpenter Reservoir DikeLowPoor28Water Supply1888
Gauco Pond DamLowUnsatisfactory281975
Thousand Acre Reservoir DamLowFair271939
Waste Water Treatment Plant DamLowFair26Recreation
Cogan Pond DamLowPoor25Recreation
Lake Rohunta DamLowSatisfactory24Recreation1943
Goodfellow Pond DamLowPoor24Water Supply1920
Gates Pond DamLowFair21Water Supply1915
Bartlett Pond DamLowFair19Recreation1885
West Warren Mill Pond DamLowFair19Water Supply1900
Duck Mill DamLowPoor181937
Wheelwright Pond DamLowPoor17
Williamsville Pond Dam SouthLowPoor17Recreation
Brown Pond DamLowFair16Recreation1900
Reservoir No. 6 DamLowFair16Water Supply1905
Wallis Pond DamLowPoor16Recreation
Brooks Pond DamLowFair16Recreation1939
Delaney Complex E Bolton DamLowSatisfactory16Flood Risk Reduction1971
Wallace Pond DamLowSatisfactory15Flood Risk Reduction1950
Stodge Meadow Pond DamLowFair15Recreation1863
Hunts PondLowSatisfactory15Hydroelectric1936
Cournoyer Pond DamLowSatisfactory14Recreation
Gilboa Pond DamLowSatisfactory14Water Supply
Arnold Pond DamLowPoor14Recreation1900
White Pond DamLowSatisfactory14Recreation1923
Upper Meadow Pond Dam And DikeLowFair14Water Supply1961
Taft Pond DamLowPoor13Recreation
Riceville Pond DamLowFair13Recreation1950
Blackstone River Saranac Dam At Canal StreetLowFair13Recreation1910
North Village PondLowSatisfactory13Hydroelectric1914
Quinebaug River Pond DamLowSatisfactory13Hydroelectric1919
Lee Reservoir DamLowSatisfactory12Recreation
Williamsville Pond Dam NorthLowPoor12Recreation
Putnam Pond DamLowSatisfactory12Recreation
Edson Pond DamLowPoor12Recreation1960
Lovewell Pond DamLowFair12Recreation
Streeter Pond DamLowPoor12Water Supply1920
Sunset Lake DamLowSatisfactory12Recreation1900
TupperwareLowSatisfactory12Hydroelectric1904
Cresticon UpperLowSatisfactory12Hydroelectric1931
Crocker Fish Pond DamLowFair12Recreation
Jones Pond DamLowPoor11Recreation1930
Patrill Hollow Pond DamLowUnsatisfactory11Recreation
Snow Pond DamLowFair10Recreation
Stuart Pond DamLowPoor10Recreation1928
Walker Pond DamLowPoor10Recreation1957
Otter River DamLowPoor10Other1946
Pikes Pond DamLowFair10Recreation1999
Marble Pond DamLowFair10Recreation1985
Powder MillLowSatisfactory10Hydroelectric1908
Tannery PondLowSatisfactory10Hydroelectric1936
Riverdale MillsLowSatisfactory10Hydroelectric1957
Morse Pond DamLowPoor9Recreation
Fish Pond DamLowPoor9Water Supply
Bourn Hadley Pond DamLowPoor9Recreation1940
Burnt Mill Pond DamLowPoor9Recreation1900
Morse Pond DamLowPoor9Recreation
Betty Pond DamLowSatisfactory9Recreation
Bemis Pond DamLowSatisfactory9Recreation
Farm Pond DamLowPoor8Other1900
Wallis Pond DamLowFair8Recreation1900
Stringer DamLowFair8Recreation1900
Stoddard Pond DamLowSatisfactory8Recreation1920
Brookhaven Lake DamLowPoor8Recreation1965
Smith Pond DamLowUnsatisfactory8Recreation1928
Davenport Pond DamLowPoor7Fish and Wildlife Pond
Rocky Pond Road DamLowPoor7Recreation1950
Lake Wickaboag DamLowSatisfactory7Recreation2000
Pine Brook DamLowFair7Recreation1950
Old Shepard Pond DamLowFair7Flood Risk Reduction
Cloverdale Pond DamLow7
Cross Pond DamLowPoor7Recreation1900