High Hazard Dams
Loss of human life is likely if the dam fails.
| Dam Name | Hazard | Height | Built | Type | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayou Loco Dam Nacogdoches | High Hazard | 71 ft | 1977 | Earth | Texas |
| Bays Mountain Sullivan | High Hazard | — | 1915 | Masonry | Tennessee |
| Bayview Lake Jefferson | High Hazard | — | 1910 | Gravity | Alabama |
| B Bend Hollow Sullivan | High Hazard | — | 1977 | Earth | Tennessee |
| B & C Subdivision Dam Boone | High Hazard | 34 ft | 1989 | Earth | Missouri |
| Beach City Dam Tuscarawas | High Hazard | — | 1936 | Earth | Ohio |
| Beach Dam Golden Valley | High Hazard | 17 ft | 1932 | Earth | North Dakota |
| Beacon Hill Reservoir Grays Harbor | High Hazard | — | 1935 | Rockfill | Washington |
| Beaglin Park Dam (Beaglin Park Drive) Wicomico | High Hazard | 21 ft | 1976 | Earth | Maryland |
| Beall Lake Dam Pulaski | High Hazard | 14 ft | 1952 | Earth | Arkansas |
| Beam Road Dam Mecklenburg | High Hazard | — | — | Other | North Carolina |
| Bean Hollow Slurry Impoundment (Plant 1 Crdf) Boone | High Hazard | 415 ft | — | Earth | West Virginia |
| Bear Branch Lake Dam Montgomery | High Hazard | 27 ft | 1983 | Earth | Texas |
| Bear Branch Slurry Impoundment Lawrence | High Hazard | 258 ft | — | Earth | Kentucky |
| Bear Canyon Dam Grant | High Hazard | 79 ft | 1937 | Earth | New Mexico |
| Bear Claw Love No. 1 Sheridan | High Hazard | 44 ft | 1966 | Earth | Wyoming |
| Bear Creek Clatsop | High Hazard | 90 ft | 1953 | Gravity | Oregon |
| Bear Creek Jackson | High Hazard | 215 ft | 1954 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Bear Creek 3 Douglas | High Hazard | 55 ft | 1973 | Earth | Oregon |
| Bear Creek Dam Franklin | High Hazard | 68 ft | 1969 | Earth | Alabama |
| Bear Creek Dam Jefferson | High Hazard | — | 1979 | Earth | Colorado |
| Bear Creek Dam Ralls | High Hazard | 65 ft | 1962 | Earth | Missouri |
| Bear Creek Dam Wise | High Hazard | 45 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Bear Creek Lake Carbon | High Hazard | 35 ft | 1964 | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| Bear Creek Lake Luzerne | High Hazard | 17 ft | 1915 | Roller-Compacted Concrete | Pennsylvania |
| Bear Creek Lake Dam Brown | High Hazard | 31 ft | 1939 | Earth | Indiana |
| Bear Creek Lake Dam Scioto | High Hazard | 26 ft | 1935 | Earth | Ohio |
| Bear Creek Reservoir Jackson | High Hazard | 82 ft | — | Earth | Georgia |
| Bear Dam Mariposa | High Hazard | 85 ft | 1954 | Earth | California |
| Beard Lake Dam Randolph | High Hazard | — | 1965 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Beardsley Tuolumne | High Hazard | 278 ft | 1957 | Earth | California |
| Bear Gap No 2 Columbia | High Hazard | 83 ft | 1923 | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| Bear Gap No 6 Columbia | High Hazard | 70 ft | 1915 | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| Bear Gulch San Mateo | High Hazard | 61 ft | 1896 | Earth | California |
| Bear Gulch Dam San Benito | High Hazard | 44 ft | 1934 | Gravity | California |
| Bear Gulch Pond Dam Schoharie | High Hazard | 18 ft | 1910 | Earth | New York |
| Bear Lake Leavenworth | High Hazard | 41 ft | — | Earth | Kansas |
| Bear Mountain Dam Chelan | High Hazard | — | 2003 | Earth | Washington |
| Bearpaw Lake Dam Hill | High Hazard | 64 ft | 1958 | Earth | Montana |
| Bear Rocks Lake No.1 Ohio | High Hazard | 25 ft | 1951 | Earth | West Virginia |
| Bear Rocks Lake No.2 Ohio | High Hazard | 35 ft | 1948 | Earth | West Virginia |
| Bear Rocks Lake No.3 Ohio | High Hazard | 23 ft | 1948 | Earth | West Virginia |
| Beartree Branch Slurry Impoundment Harlan | High Hazard | 345 ft | — | Earth | Kentucky |
| Bear Valley San Bernardino | High Hazard | 80 ft | 1911 | Multi-Arch | California |
| Beaty Dam Mecklenburg | High Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Beauchamp Lake Dam Forsyth | High Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Beaulieu Tripp | High Hazard | 41 ft | 1947 | Earth | South Dakota |
| Beautiful Run Dam #2a Madison | High Hazard | 39 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Beaver Shelby | High Hazard | — | 1956 | Earth | Tennessee |
| Beaver Gunnison | High Hazard | 100 ft | 1958 | Earth | Colorado |