High Hazard Dams
Loss of human life is likely if the dam fails.
| Dam Name | Hazard | Height | Built | Type | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union City Reservoir Erie | High Hazard | 36 ft | 1935 | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| Union Falls Clinton | High Hazard | 24 ft | 1905 | Concrete | New York |
| Union Lake Dam Jackson | High Hazard | 27 ft | 1960 | Earth | Missouri |
| Union Lake Dam Cumberland | High Hazard | 35 ft | 1869 | Earth | New Jersey |
| Union Pond Dam Hartford | High Hazard | 33 ft | 1901 | Concrete | Connecticut |
| Union Street Dam Grand Traverse | High Hazard | 21 ft | 1867 | Earth | Michigan |
| Union Valley El Dorado | High Hazard | 440 ft | 1962 | Earth | California |
| Union Village Dam Orange | High Hazard | 164 ft | 1950 | Gravity | Vermont |
| Unionville Old City Lake Dam Putnam | High Hazard | 28 ft | 1914 | Earth | Missouri |
| Union Water Works Dam Union | High Hazard | 22 ft | 1962 | — | South Carolina |
| United Off-Channel Reservoir Dam Hidalgo | High Hazard | 18 ft | — | Earth | Texas |
| Unity Baker | High Hazard | 82 ft | 1937 | Earth | Oregon |
| Unity #1 Dam Jackson | High Hazard | 48 ft | 1927 | Buttress | Missouri |
| Unity #2 Dam Jackson | High Hazard | 52 ft | 1957 | Earth | Missouri |
| University Commons Dam Richmond City | High Hazard | 21 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| University Lake Dam Orange | High Hazard | — | 1932 | Earth | North Carolina |
| University Mound North Basin San Francisco | High Hazard | 17 ft | 1885 | Earth | California |
| University Mound South Basin San Francisco | High Hazard | 61 ft | 1937 | Earth | California |
| University of Montevallo Lake Dam Shelby | High Hazard | — | 1958 | Earth | Alabama |
| University Park Airport Pond 1a Centre | High Hazard | 24 ft | 1995 | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| University Place Dam Mecklenburg | High Hazard | — | 1985 | Earth | North Carolina |
| University Place On The Green Dam Mecklenburg | High Hazard | — | 1997 | Earth | North Carolina |
| University Pond Dam Mecklenburg | High Hazard | — | — | Other | North Carolina |
| Univ Mo Exp Farm Dam- Mononame 207 St. Charles | High Hazard | 29 ft | 1958 | Earth | Missouri |
| Univ of Mo-R1 Dam Boone | High Hazard | 18 ft | 1959 | Earth | Missouri |
| Unnamned Dam Pinellas | High Hazard | 15 ft | — | Earth | Florida |
| Untermeyer Dam Morris | High Hazard | 23 ft | 1927 | Earth | New Jersey |
| Updegrave Douglas | High Hazard | 30 ft | 1957 | Earth | Oregon |
| Upland Basin San Bernardino | High Hazard | 20 ft | 2008 | Earth | California |
| Upper Alexandria Dam Campbell | High Hazard | 35 ft | 1930 | Earth | Kentucky |
| Upper (Allen Creek) Dam Brunswick | High Hazard | — | — | Other | North Carolina |
| Upper Ansonia Reservoir Dam New Haven | High Hazard | 21 ft | 1887 | Masonry | Connecticut |
| Upper Baker Whatcom | High Hazard | 312 ft | 1959 | Gravity | Washington |
| Upper Baker Dam Fallon | High Hazard | 20 ft | 1975 | Earth | Montana |
| Upper Banjo Pond Dam Essex | High Hazard | 17 ft | 1908 | Concrete | Massachusetts |
| Upper Bear Amador | High Hazard | 77 ft | 1900 | Rockfill | California |
| Upper Bear Creek Dam Marion | High Hazard | 85 ft | 1978 | Earth | Alabama |
| Upper Beaver Brook Clear Creek | High Hazard | 88 ft | 1924 | Earth | Colorado |
| Upper Beaver Dam Dodge | High Hazard | 20 ft | 1840 | Earth | Wisconsin |
| Upper Beaver Falls Lewis | High Hazard | 27 ft | 1937 | Concrete | New York |
| Upper Big Blue River Structure No. 15 Henry | High Hazard | 40 ft | 1969 | Earth | Indiana |
| Upper Big Blue River Structure No. 18 Henry | High Hazard | 45 ft | 1994 | Earth | Indiana |
| Upper Big Blue River Structure No. 19 Henry | High Hazard | 33 ft | 1995 | Earth | Indiana |
| Upper Big Blue River Structure No. 7-A Henry | High Hazard | 62 ft | 1976 | Earth | Indiana |
| Upper Big Nemaha 11-A Lancaster | High Hazard | 36 ft | 1971 | Earth | Nebraska |
| Upper Big Nemaha 25-C Gage | High Hazard | 42 ft | 1974 | Earth | Nebraska |
| Upper Big Nemaha 7-A Gage | High Hazard | 37 ft | 1970 | Earth | Nebraska |
| Upper Birchwood Lake Pike | High Hazard | 23 ft | — | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| Upper Blackwater River Dam #4 Franklin | High Hazard | 52 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Upper Blackwater River Dam #6 Franklin | High Hazard | 50 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |