On November 6, 1981, the Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt recommended Plan 6.
dam | Hoover Dam | Aswan Dam | Grand Coulee Dam | Kinzua Dam | Bonneville Dam | Grand Rapids Dam | embankment dam | Beaver Dam, Arizona | Rube Waddell | Merowe Dam | Beaver Dam, Wisconsin | Three Gorges Dam | Mangla Dam | Beaver Dam | Aswan Low Dam | Akosombo Dam | Shasta Dam | Martin Waddell | Itaipu Dam | Fort Peck Dam | Fontana Dam | Dam Square | Chickamauga Dam | Yacyretá Dam | Wilson Dam | Tom Waddell | Tiga Dam | Temenggor Dam | Tarbela Dam |
Influence of the name can still be seen in the name of Waddell Road, an arterial street running through Surprise, as well as the New Waddell Dam at Lake Pleasant.