High Hazard Dams
Loss of human life is likely if the dam fails.
| Dam Name | Hazard | Height | Built | Type | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abeniki Lake Dam Coos | High Hazard | 40 ft | 1900 | Earth | New Hampshire |
| Aberdeen Lake Dam Grays Harbor | High Hazard | — | 1928 | Earth | Washington |
| Aberdeen Town Lake Dam Moore | High Hazard | — | 1945 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Abert Water Plant - Sludge Lagoon Dam Bedford | High Hazard | 55 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Abiaca Watershed Structure Y-34-03 Dam Carroll | High Hazard | 33 ft | 1965 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Abiaca Watershed Structure Y-34-04 Dam Carroll | High Hazard | 41 ft | 1968 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Abiaca Watershed Structure Y-34-05 Dam Carroll | High Hazard | 40 ft | 1965 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Abiaca Watershed Structure Y-34-06 Dam Carroll | High Hazard | 41 ft | 1967 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Abiaca Watershed Structure Y-34-07 Dam Carroll | High Hazard | 39 ft | 1966 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Abiaca Watershed Structure Y-34-10 Dam Carroll | High Hazard | 41 ft | 1967 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Abiaca Watershed Structure Y-34-25 Dam Carroll | High Hazard | 30 ft | 1971 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Abiquiu Dam Rio Arriba | High Hazard | 340 ft | 1963 | Earth | New Mexico |
| Abner Fork Dam Harlan | High Hazard | 700 ft | — | Earth | Kentucky |
| Abotlapoota Creek WS Str Y-34-11 Dam Carroll | High Hazard | 44 ft | 1965 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Abotlapoota Watershed Structure Y-34-13 Dam Carroll | High Hazard | 26 ft | 1965 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Absher Lake Dam White | High Hazard | 15 ft | 1968 | Earth | Illinois |
| Acacia Woods Lake Dam Rankin | High Hazard | 35 ft | 2001 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Acadia Power Partners Holding Pond Acadia | High Hazard | 20 ft | 2004 | Earth | Louisiana |
| Ackley Lake Dam Judith Basin | High Hazard | 55 ft | 1938 | Earth | Montana |
| Acme (Pa-657) Westmoreland | High Hazard | 33 ft | 1975 | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| Acme Pond Dam Windham | High Hazard | 16 ft | 1846 | Earth | Connecticut |
| Acomita Cibola | High Hazard | — | 1938 | Earth | New Mexico |
| Acorn Dickson | High Hazard | — | 1939 | Earth | Tennessee |
| Acorn Ridge Ramsey | High Hazard | 37 ft | 2012 | — | North Dakota |
| Acre Pond Susquehanna | High Hazard | 12 ft | 1825 | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| Acton Lake Dam Butler | High Hazard | 62 ft | 1956 | Earth | Ohio |
| Acuff & Ayers Lake Dam Bollinger | High Hazard | 30 ft | 1968 | Earth | Missouri |
| Ada Dam Mercer | High Hazard | 62 ft | 1924 | Earth | West Virginia |
| Adams Davis | High Hazard | — | 1915 | Earth | Utah |
| Adams Dairy Parkway Dam Jackson | High Hazard | 48 ft | 1992 | Earth | Missouri |
| Adams Fork Slurry Dam Leslie | High Hazard | 480 ft | — | Earth | Kentucky |
| Adams Lake Blount | High Hazard | — | 1970 | Earth | Alabama |
| Adams Lake Dam Guilford | High Hazard | — | 1955 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Adams Lake Dam Adams | High Hazard | 35 ft | 1947 | Earth | Ohio |
| Adams Millpond Dam Kershaw | High Hazard | 13 ft | 1890 | — | South Carolina |
| Adams Park Dam Douglas | High Hazard | 13 ft | 2016 | Earth | Nebraska |
| Adams Pond Dam York | High Hazard | 26 ft | 1946 | — | South Carolina |
| Adamsville Hydroelectric Dam Cass | High Hazard | 11 ft | 1865 | Earth | Michigan |
| Adder Reservoir Middlesex | High Hazard | 28 ft | 1934 | Earth | Connecticut |
| Addicks Dam Harris | High Hazard | 49 ft | 1948 | Gravity | Texas |
| Addison Mill Pond Dam Lenawee | High Hazard | 25 ft | 1837 | Earth | Michigan |
| Adds Lake Dam Hunt | High Hazard | 15 ft | 2018 | — | Texas |
| Adelaide Big Horn | High Hazard | 74 ft | 1990 | Earth | Wyoming |
| Adjuntas Dam Adjuntas | High Hazard | 80 ft | 1950 | Gravity | Puerto Rico |
| Adkison Lake Dam Platte | High Hazard | 20 ft | 1954 | Earth | Missouri |
| Adobe Maricopa | High Hazard | 65 ft | 1982 | Earth | Arizona |
| Adobe Creek Bent | High Hazard | 32 ft | 1904 | Earth | Colorado |
| Adobe Creek Lake | High Hazard | 36 ft | 1962 | Earth | California |
| Adobe Wash Regulating Reservoir Emery | High Hazard | — | 2012 | Earth | Utah |
| Adrian Resevoir Dam Bates | High Hazard | 27 ft | 1963 | Other | Missouri |