High Hazard Dams

Loss of human life is likely if the dam fails.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Washakie Dike No. 1 Fremont	High Hazard	26 ft	1935	Earth	Wyoming
Washakie Dike No. 2 Fremont	High Hazard	23 ft	1935	Earth	Wyoming
Washakie Dike No. 3 Fremont	High Hazard	30 ft	1935	Earth	Wyoming
Washburn Lake Dam Moniteau	High Hazard	18 ft	1970	Earth	Missouri
Washington Court House Ug No. 1 Dam Fayette	High Hazard	21 ft	1956	Earth	Ohio
Washington Lake Summit	High Hazard	44 ft	1910	Earth	Utah
Washington Memorial Crook	High Hazard	24 ft	1987	Earth	Wyoming
Washington Mountain Lake Dam Berkshire	High Hazard	28 ft	1972	Earth	Massachusetts
Washington No 3 Washington	High Hazard	48 ft	1895	Earth	Pennsylvania
Washington No 4 Washington	High Hazard	63 ft	1903	Earth	Pennsylvania
Washington School Washington	High Hazard	23 ft	1976	Earth	Pennsylvania
Washoe Lake Dam Washoe	High Hazard	12 ft	—	Masonry	Nevada
Wassookeag Lake Penobscot	High Hazard	14 ft	1914	Rockfill	Maine
Waste House No 1 Schuylkill	High Hazard	57 ft	1884	Earth	Pennsylvania
Waste House No 3 Schuylkill	High Hazard	41 ft	1902	Earth	Pennsylvania
Waste Management & Processors - Wmpi Schuylkill	High Hazard	20 ft	—	Earth	Pennsylvania
Watauga Dam Carter	High Hazard	332 ft	1948	Rockfill	Tennessee
Watauga Vista Dam Macon	High Hazard	—	1968	Earth	North Carolina
Watchung Lake Dam Somerset	High Hazard	19 ft	—	Earth	New Jersey
Waterbury Washington	High Hazard	187 ft	1938	Earth	Vermont
Waterbury Reservoir No. 2 Dam New Haven	High Hazard	22 ft	1880	Earth	Connecticut
Waterbury Roadway Embankment Oswego	High Hazard	5 ft	1914	Earth	New York
Wateree Kershaw	High Hazard	92 ft	1919	Gravity	South Carolina
Waterford Dam Wayne	High Hazard	21 ft	1925	Gravity	Michigan
Waterford Ess Dam Lancaster	High Hazard	38 ft	2008	Earth	Nebraska
Waterford Lake Dam Nacogdoches	High Hazard	46 ft	1989	Concrete	Texas
Waterford Village Pond Dam Brunswick	High Hazard	—	—	Earth	North Carolina
Waterloo Seneca	High Hazard	17 ft	1915	Concrete	New York
Waterloo Park Dam Travis	High Hazard	19 ft	2014	Concrete	Texas
Waterman Lake Providence	High Hazard	18 ft	1837	Earth	Rhode Island
Waters Sevier	High Hazard	—	1965	Earth	Tennessee
Waters Edge Estates Lake Dam Boone	High Hazard	25 ft	1980	Earth	Missouri
Water's Edge Lake Dam DeKalb	High Hazard	29 ft	1988	Earth	Georgia
Water's Edge Lake Dam Johnson	High Hazard	34 ft	1940	Earth	Indiana
Watershops Pond Dam Hampden	High Hazard	33 ft	1824	Gravity	Massachusetts
Water Supply No 3 Larimer	High Hazard	41 ft	1944	Earth	Colorado
Water Supply No 4 Larimer	High Hazard	28 ft	1880	Earth	Colorado
Water Tank Sandoval	High Hazard	—	—	—	New Mexico
Watervliet Lower Dam Albany	High Hazard	27 ft	1912	Buttress	New York
Watervliet Upper Dam Albany	High Hazard	72 ft	1912	Earth	New York
Waterworks Dam Johnson	High Hazard	9 ft	1920	Other	Kansas
Water Works Lake Dam Randolph	High Hazard	30 ft	1870	Earth	Missouri
Watkin Lake Dam Livingston	High Hazard	23 ft	1969	Earth	Missouri
Watkins Mill State Park Dam Clay	High Hazard	55 ft	1971	Earth	Missouri
Watkins Pond Dam Harnett	High Hazard	—	—	Earth	North Carolina
Watoga Lake Dam Pocahontas	High Hazard	42 ft	1934	Earth	West Virginia
Watres Lackawanna	High Hazard	135 ft	1925	Earth	Pennsylvania
Watson, Harold E, Reservoir Newport	High Hazard	34 ft	1960	Gravity	Rhode Island
Watson Lake Dam Lee	High Hazard	—	1956	Earth	North Carolina
Watson Lake Dam #1 Moore	High Hazard	—	1928	Earth	North Carolina