High Hazard Dams

Loss of human life is likely if the dam fails.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Vouga Saguache	High Hazard	56 ft	1978	Earth	Colorado
Vw Martin Dam Atascosa	High Hazard	13 ft	1964	Earth	Texas
Wachusett Reservoir Dam Worcester	High Hazard	114 ft	1906	Masonry	Massachusetts
Wachusett Reservoir North Dike Worcester	High Hazard	85 ft	1904	Earth	Massachusetts
Wachusett Reservoir South Dike Worcester	High Hazard	45 ft	1906	Earth	Massachusetts
Waco Dam McLennan	High Hazard	140 ft	1965	Earth	Texas
Wade Jackson	High Hazard	82 ft	1963	Earth	Oregon
Wadesboro Lake Dam Anson	High Hazard	—	1920	Concrete	North Carolina
Wadham Creek Luzerne	High Hazard	30 ft	1959	Earth	Pennsylvania
Wadsworth Lake Dam Gloucester	High Hazard	20 ft	1926	Earth	New Jersey
Wagamons Pond Dam Sussex	High Hazard	17 ft	1815	Gravity	Delaware
Wageman Douglas	High Hazard	40 ft	1971	Earth	Oregon
Wagner Sheridan	High Hazard	58 ft	1973	Earth	Wyoming
Wagner Dam Leavenworth	High Hazard	31 ft	1969	Rockfill	Kansas
Wagner Lake Dam Jefferson	High Hazard	30 ft	1960	Earth	Missouri
Wagner Youth Camp Lake Dam Grant	High Hazard	25 ft	1948	Earth	Indiana
Wagon Tongue Park	High Hazard	32 ft	1960	Earth	Colorado
Wagon Train Dam Lancaster	High Hazard	—	1963	Earth	Nebraska
Wagon Wheel Detention Pond Dam Montgomery	High Hazard	8 ft	—	Earth	Texas
Wagush Levee Dam Burlington	High Hazard	8 ft	—	Earth	New Jersey
Wahatoya Lake Huerfano	High Hazard	24 ft	1901	Earth	Colorado
Wahiawa Dam Honolulu	High Hazard	88 ft	1906	Earth	Hawaii
Waiakalua Reservoir Kauai	High Hazard	26 ft	1920	Earth	Hawaii
Waikaia Reservoir Kauai	High Hazard	26 ft	1951	Earth	Hawaii
Waikoloa Reservoir No. 1 Hawaii	High Hazard	44 ft	1970	Earth	Hawaii
Waikoloa Reservoir No. 2 Hawaii	High Hazard	31 ft	1975	Earth	Hawaii
Waikoloa Reservoir No. 3 Hawaii	High Hazard	54 ft	1985	Earth	Hawaii
Waikoloi Reservoir Kauai	High Hazard	64 ft	1958	Earth	Hawaii
Wailua Reservoir Kauai	High Hazard	40 ft	1920	Earth	Hawaii
Wailuku Water Reservoir 10 Maui	High Hazard	52 ft	—	Earth	Hawaii
Wailuku Water Reservoir 6 Maui	High Hazard	33 ft	—	Earth	Hawaii
Waimanalo 60 Mg Reservoir Honolulu	High Hazard	65 ft	1993	Earth	Hawaii
Waimea 60 Mg Reservoir Hawaii	High Hazard	50 ft	1957	Earth	Hawaii
Waita Reservoir Kauai	High Hazard	23 ft	1906	Earth	Hawaii
Waites Dam Jackson	High Hazard	15 ft	1965	Rockfill	Alabama
Wakefield Pond Washington	High Hazard	9 ft	—	Earth	Rhode Island
Wake Forest Water Supply Dam Wake	High Hazard	—	1960	Earth	North Carolina
Wake Lake Dam Chesterfield	High Hazard	16 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Walch Dam Jackson	High Hazard	65 ft	1954	Earth	Oregon
Walcott Lake Greene	High Hazard	27 ft	1964	Earth	Arkansas
Walden Place Pond Dam Richland	High Hazard	23 ft	1950	—	South Carolina
Walden Pond Dam Johnson	High Hazard	24 ft	1937	Earth	Kansas
Walden Pond Dam #3 Union	High Hazard	—	1996	Earth	North Carolina
Walden Pond East End Dam Essex	High Hazard	8 ft	1905	Earth	Massachusetts
Walden Pond Outlet Dam Essex	High Hazard	43 ft	1890	Earth	Massachusetts
Walden Ridge Bledsoe	High Hazard	—	2011	Earth	Tennessee
Walden Ten No. 1 Dam Stafford	High Hazard	24 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Walden Two Dam Mecklenburg	High Hazard	—	—	Earth	North Carolina
Walden Woods Allegheny	High Hazard	17 ft	2000	Earth	Pennsylvania
Walden Woods Lake Dam Washington	High Hazard	24 ft	1965	Earth	Georgia