High Hazard Dams
Loss of human life is likely if the dam fails.
| Dam Name | Hazard | Height | Built | Type | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper San Marcos River WS SCS Site 3 Hays | High Hazard | 60 ft | 1991 | Earth | Texas |
| Upper San Marcos River WS SCS Site 4 Hays | High Hazard | 99 ft | — | Earth | Texas |
| Upper Serenity Dam Montgomery | High Hazard | 10 ft | 1998 | Earth | Texas |
| Upper Shaker Lake Dam Cuyahoga | High Hazard | 30 ft | 1852 | Earth | Ohio |
| Upper Shepaug Dam Litchfield | High Hazard | 90 ft | 1965 | Earth | Connecticut |
| Upper Sherando SCS 27 Augusta | High Hazard | 59 ft | 1958 | Earth | Virginia |
| Upper Shuree Pond Dam Colfax | High Hazard | 42 ft | 1971 | Earth | New Mexico |
| Upper Silver Lake Dam Oceana | High Hazard | 25 ft | 1964 | Earth | Michigan |
| Upper Smith Dam Wood | High Hazard | 48 ft | 1955 | Earth | West Virginia |
| Upper Spring Lake Dam Morgan | High Hazard | 21 ft | 1964 | Earth | Indiana |
| Upper Stehly San Diego | High Hazard | 29 ft | 1999 | Earth | California |
| Upper Stillwater Duchesne | High Hazard | 285 ft | 1986 | Concrete | Utah |
| Upper Stoneville Reservoir Dam Worcester | High Hazard | 27 ft | — | Rockfill | Massachusetts |
| Upper Stony Lake Dam Macomb | High Hazard | 24 ft | 1961 | Gravity | Michigan |
| Upper Sunlight Lake Dam Kittitas | High Hazard | — | 1967 | Earth | Washington |
| Upper Sunny Hill Pond Dam Kershaw | High Hazard | 19 ft | 1969 | — | South Carolina |
| Upper Sunshine Park | High Hazard | 154 ft | 1942 | Earth | Wyoming |
| Upper Tanglewood Dam Cherokee | High Hazard | — | 1974 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Upper Tippah Watershed Structure Lt-6-17 Dam Tippah | High Hazard | 26 ft | 1962 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Upper Toms Creek Nursery Dam Randolph | High Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Upper Towaliga Reservoir Dam Spalding | High Hazard | 45 ft | — | Earth | Georgia |
| Upper Tumbling Run Schuylkill | High Hazard | 55 ft | 1836 | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| Upper Turtle River Flood Ret. 4 Grand Forks | High Hazard | 52 ft | 1980 | Earth | North Dakota |
| Upper Turtle River Flood Ret. 5 Grand Forks | High Hazard | 70 ft | 1975 | Earth | North Dakota |
| Upper Turtle River Flood Ret. 9 Grand Forks | High Hazard | 68 ft | 1979 | Earth | North Dakota |
| Upper Twin Lake Mono | High Hazard | 14 ft | 1905 | Earth | California |
| Upper Twin Mountain Lake Dam Pickens | High Hazard | 36 ft | 1955 | Earth | Georgia |
| Upper Valle Mines Dam Jefferson | High Hazard | 34 ft | 1958 | Other | Missouri |
| Upper Van Tassell Laramie | High Hazard | 95 ft | 1932 | Earth | Wyoming |
| Upper Wabash Structure No. 3 Dam Mercer | High Hazard | 28 ft | 1963 | Earth | Ohio |
| Upper Wallace Dam Augusta | High Hazard | 37 ft | 1967 | Earth | Virginia |
| Upper West Deer Lake Allegheny | High Hazard | 24 ft | — | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| Upper West Highland Lake Dam Sussex | High Hazard | 13 ft | 1958 | Earth | New Jersey |
| Upper Wheeler Dam Chelan | High Hazard | — | 1922 | Earth | Washington |
| Upper Wheeler Saddle Dam Chelan | High Hazard | — | 1992 | Earth | Washington |
| Upper Wilcox Madera | High Hazard | 48 ft | 1930 | Earth | California |
| Upper Wilson Pond Dam Cheshire | High Hazard | 17 ft | 1910 | Earth | New Hampshire |
| Upper Windsor Lake Dam Richland | High Hazard | 14 ft | 1965 | — | South Carolina |
| Upper Yockanookany WS Str 1 Dam Choctaw | High Hazard | 25 ft | 1975 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Upper Yockanookany WS Str 2 Dam Choctaw | High Hazard | 21 ft | 1979 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Upper Yockanookany WS Str 4 Dam Choctaw | High Hazard | 27 ft | 1979 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Upper Yockanookany WS Str No 3 Dam Choctaw | High Hazard | 18 ft | 1975 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Upper Yocona Watershed Structure Y-14-01 Dam Lafayette | High Hazard | 28 ft | 1965 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Upper York Reservoir Dam York | High Hazard | 20 ft | 1926 | — | South Carolina |
| Upriver Dam Spokane | High Hazard | 38 ft | 1937 | Concrete | Washington |
| Us 36 Roadfill Dam/ Wigner Dam Rawlins | High Hazard | 47 ft | 1966 | Earth | Kansas |
| Us 77 Roadfill Dam Marshall | High Hazard | 37 ft | 1960 | Earth | Kansas |
| Us 77 Roadfill Dam Marshall | High Hazard | 49 ft | 1960 | Earth | Kansas |
| Us 77 Road Fill Dam Riley | High Hazard | 29 ft | 1967 | Earth | Kansas |
| Us Highway 81 Roadfill Dam Saline | High Hazard | 29 ft | 1967 | Earth | Kansas |