High Hazard Dams
Loss of human life is likely if the dam fails.
| Dam Name | Hazard | Height | Built | Type | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usibelli No. 2 Napa | High Hazard | 26 ft | 1973 | Earth | California |
| Usi - Reflection Lake Dam Vanderburgh | High Hazard | 35 ft | 1970 | Earth | Indiana |
| Usi Student Residence Complex Lake Dam Vanderburgh | High Hazard | 28 ft | 2004 | Earth | Indiana |
| Us Rte 50 Impoundment Dam Doddridge | High Hazard | 40 ft | 1969 | — | West Virginia |
| Usry Lake Dam Rankin | High Hazard | 14 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Ussary Dam Buchanan | High Hazard | 33 ft | 1969 | Earth | Missouri |
| Utaba Retarding Weber | High Hazard | — | 1962 | Earth | Utah |
| Utah County - Hobble Creek Debris Basin Utah | High Hazard | — | 1985 | Earth | Utah |
| Utah County - Santaquin Debris Utah | High Hazard | — | 1955 | Earth | Utah |
| Ute Creek Dam Colfax | High Hazard | 52 ft | 1913 | Earth | New Mexico |
| Ute Dam Quay | High Hazard | 132 ft | 1963 | Earth | New Mexico |
| Utica Main Alpine | High Hazard | 59 ft | 1903 | Rockfill | California |
| Utica Reservoir #2 Dam Oneida | High Hazard | 25 ft | 1868 | Earth | New York |
| Utica Reservoir #4 Dam Oneida | High Hazard | 55 ft | 1886 | Earth | New York |
| Utica Reservoir #5 Dam Oneida | High Hazard | 34 ft | 1896 | Earth | New York |
| Uvas Santa Clara | High Hazard | 118 ft | 1957 | Earth | California |
| Uva Wise #1 Dam Wise | High Hazard | 26 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Uva Wise #2 Dam Wise | High Hazard | 22 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Uwharrie Lake Dam Guilford | High Hazard | — | 1958 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Vache Grasse Creek Sebastian | High Hazard | 53 ft | 1964 | Gravity | Arkansas |
| Vagabond Lake Dam Sharp | High Hazard | 53 ft | 1960 | Earth | Arkansas |
| Vail Riverside | High Hazard | 152 ft | 1949 | Arch | California |
| Valentine Mill Pond Dam Cherry | High Hazard | 36 ft | 1893 | Earth | Nebraska |
| Valhalla Lake Dam Morris | High Hazard | 18 ft | 1910 | Earth | New Jersey |
| Valier Lake Dam Franklin | High Hazard | 21 ft | 1905 | Earth | Illinois |
| Vallecito La Plata | High Hazard | 162 ft | 1940 | Earth | Colorado |
| Valle Lake Dam Jefferson | High Hazard | 39 ft | 1955 | Earth | Missouri |
| Valley Creek FRS 12 Hardin | High Hazard | 37 ft | 1973 | Earth | Kentucky |
| Valley Creek FRS 3 Hardin | High Hazard | 46 ft | 1972 | Earth | Kentucky |
| Valley Creek FRS 8 Hardin | High Hazard | 44 ft | 1969 | Earth | Kentucky |
| Valley Creek Mps 4 Hardin | High Hazard | 44 ft | 1966 | Earth | Kentucky |
| Valley Creek WS SCS Site 10 Dam Taylor | High Hazard | 35 ft | 1966 | Earth | Texas |
| Valley Creek WS SCS Site 11 Dam Taylor | High Hazard | 36 ft | 1969 | Earth | Texas |
| Valley Creek WS SCS Site 1 Dam Nolan | High Hazard | 52 ft | 1968 | Earth | Texas |
| Valley Creek WS SCS Site 2a Dam Nolan | High Hazard | 35 ft | 1975 | Earth | Texas |
| Valley Creek WS SCS Site 3 Dam Taylor | High Hazard | 24 ft | 1964 | Earth | Texas |
| Valley Creek WS SCS Site 4a Dam Nolan | High Hazard | 44 ft | 1966 | Earth | Texas |
| Valley Creek WS SCS Site 5 Dam Nolan | High Hazard | 48 ft | 1971 | Earth | Texas |
| Valley Creek WS SCS Site 9 Dam Taylor | High Hazard | 44 ft | 1966 | Earth | Texas |
| Valley-Hi Eagle Lake Fulton | High Hazard | 25 ft | 1964 | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| Valley Lake Dam Fannin | High Hazard | 55 ft | 1961 | Earth | Texas |
| Valley No. 1 El Paso | High Hazard | 32 ft | 1901 | Earth | Colorado |
| Valley No. 2 El Paso | High Hazard | 42 ft | 1906 | Earth | Colorado |
| Valley View Lake Dam Jefferson | High Hazard | 56 ft | 2012 | Earth | Missouri |
| Valley View Lake Dam Henderson | High Hazard | 32 ft | 1991 | Earth | Texas |
| Valley Water Mills Dam Greene | High Hazard | 21 ft | 1890 | Buttress | Missouri |
| Valmont 'A' Boulder | High Hazard | 67 ft | 1962 | Earth | Colorado |
| Valmont Dam Henderson | High Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Van Buren Dam El Paso | High Hazard | 35 ft | 1948 | Earth | Texas |
| Vandalia Community Lake Dam Audrain | High Hazard | 21 ft | 1956 | Earth | Missouri |