High Hazard Dams
Loss of human life is likely if the dam fails.
| Dam Name | Hazard | Height | Built | Type | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen (No. 6) Maricopa | High Hazard | 30 ft | 1973 | Earth | Arizona |
| Associates Lake Dam Hinds | High Hazard | 16 ft | 2009 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Assunpink #18 Dam Monmouth | High Hazard | 38 ft | — | Earth | New Jersey |
| Assunpink #20 Dam Mercer | High Hazard | 26 ft | — | Earth | New Jersey |
| Assunpink #21 Dam Mercer | High Hazard | 25 ft | — | Earth | New Jersey |
| Assunpink #4 Dam Monmouth | High Hazard | 24 ft | — | Earth | New Jersey |
| Assunpink # 6 Dam Mercer | High Hazard | 31 ft | 1975 | Earth | New Jersey |
| Assunpink #8 Dam Mercer | High Hazard | 20 ft | — | Earth | New Jersey |
| Aston Oaks Lake Dam Hamilton | High Hazard | 66 ft | 2000 | Earth | Ohio |
| Asu-Norris Branch Dam Watauga | High Hazard | — | 1974 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Atagahi Lake Dam Transylvania | High Hazard | — | 1973 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Atascadero Park San Luis Obispo | High Hazard | 18 ft | 1918 | Earth | California |
| Athens Fish and Game Club Lake Dam Henderson | High Hazard | 28 ft | 1920 | Earth | Texas |
| Atkins Dam Harnett | High Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Atkinson Pond Dam Chester | High Hazard | 10 ft | 1978 | — | South Carolina |
| Atkins Reservoir Dam Franklin | High Hazard | 33 ft | 1930 | Earth | Massachusetts |
| Atkisson Reservoir Harford | High Hazard | 56 ft | 1942 | Concrete | Maryland |
| Atlanta-Fulton Reservoir #1 Dam Fulton | High Hazard | 72 ft | 1960 | Earth | Georgia |
| Atlanta-Fulton Reservoir #2 Dam Fulton | High Hazard | 70 ft | 2006 | Earth | Georgia |
| Atlanta Gas Light Lake Dam Cherokee | High Hazard | 49 ft | 1925 | Earth | Georgia |
| Atlanta Reservoir Dam No. 1 Fulton | High Hazard | 90 ft | 1960 | Earth | Georgia |
| Atlanta Reservoir Dam No. 2 Fulton | High Hazard | 83 ft | 1960 | Earth | Georgia |
| Atles Mill Dam Lenawee | High Hazard | 13 ft | 1914 | Earth | Michigan |
| Atoka Reservoir Atoka | High Hazard | 80 ft | 1957 | Earth | Oklahoma |
| Atsion Lake Dam Burlington | High Hazard | 19 ft | 1930 | Earth | New Jersey |
| Attica Dam (Upper) Wyoming | High Hazard | 32 ft | 1930 | Earth | New York |
| Attica Upground Reservoir #2 Seneca | High Hazard | 23 ft | 2006 | Earth | Ohio |
| Attoyac Bayou WS NRCS Site 23a Dam Nacogdoches | High Hazard | 59 ft | 2006 | Earth | Texas |
| Attoyac Bayou WS SCS Site 9 Dam Shelby | High Hazard | 31 ft | 1980 | Earth | Texas |
| Atwood Dam Tuscarawas | High Hazard | — | 1936 | Earth | Ohio |
| Atwood Lake Dam Jefferson | High Hazard | 27 ft | 1969 | Earth | Missouri |
| Auburn Schuylkill | High Hazard | 51 ft | 1950 | Concrete | Pennsylvania |
| Audie Lake Dam Bowie | High Hazard | 16 ft | 1965 | Earth | Texas |
| Auds Creek WS SCS Site 4 Dam Lamar | High Hazard | 28 ft | 1960 | Earth | Texas |
| Auds Creek WS SCS Site 8 A Dam Lamar | High Hazard | 27 ft | 1964 | Earth | Texas |
| August A Busch Lake #16 Dam St. Charles | High Hazard | 20 ft | 1959 | Earth | Missouri |
| August A Busch Lake #51 Dam St. Charles | High Hazard | 27 ft | 1962 | Earth | Missouri |
| August A Busch Lake #570 Dam St. Charles | High Hazard | 15 ft | 1970 | Earth | Missouri |
| Augusta Waterworks Dam Butler | High Hazard | 39 ft | 1940 | Earth | Kansas |
| Auroraville Waushara | High Hazard | 13 ft | 1987 | Gravity | Wisconsin |
| Austin Community Lake Dam Texas | High Hazard | 27 ft | 1958 | Earth | Missouri |
| Austrian Santa Clara | High Hazard | 185 ft | 1950 | Earth | California |
| Au Train Alger | High Hazard | 31 ft | 1910 | Gravity | Michigan |
| Autry Pond Dam Cumberland | High Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Autumn Lake Dam Jefferson | High Hazard | 72 ft | 1981 | Earth | Missouri |
| Autumn Lake Dam Jefferson | High Hazard | 32 ft | 1962 | Earth | Missouri |
| Autumn Lake Dam Brown | High Hazard | 32 ft | 1969 | Earth | Indiana |
| Autumn Winds Dam Vanderburgh | High Hazard | — | 1930 | Earth | Indiana |
| Auxiliary Dam No 1 Logan | High Hazard | 34 ft | 1934 | Rockfill | Arkansas |
| Auxiliary Dam No 2 Logan | High Hazard | 33 ft | 1966 | Earth | Arkansas |