High Hazard Dams

Loss of human life is likely if the dam fails.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
West Branch Dam Putnam	High Hazard	85 ft	1895	Earth	New York
West Branch Flood Control Dam Johnson	High Hazard	24 ft	2012	Earth	Iowa
West Branch Reservoir Dam Somerset	High Hazard	39 ft	1930	Earth	New Jersey
West Buffalo Creek WS SCS Site 1 Dam Johnson	High Hazard	35 ft	1987	Earth	Texas
Westbury Lake Dam Richmond City	High Hazard	27 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
West Charleston Orleans	High Hazard	28 ft	1928	Rockfill	Vermont
Westchester Lake Dam Westchester	High Hazard	10 ft	1920	Masonry	New York
Westcolang Lake Pike	High Hazard	13 ft	1912	Earth	Pennsylvania
Westconnaug Reservoir Providence	High Hazard	17 ft	1924	Earth	Rhode Island
Westerly Creek Denver	High Hazard	45 ft	1991	Earth	Colorado
Westerman Dam Pitt	High Hazard	—	—	Earth	North Carolina
Western Branch Dam Suffolk	High Hazard	41 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Western Hillside Reservoir Eagle	High Hazard	46 ft	1997	Earth	Colorado
Westerville Reservoir Dam Delaware	High Hazard	47 ft	1960	Earth	Ohio
Westfield Reservoir Dam Hampden	High Hazard	41 ft	1874	Earth	Massachusetts
West Fork Bitterroot (Painted Rocks) Ravalli	High Hazard	143 ft	1940	Earth	Montana
West Fork Clarks River FRS No 20 Graves	High Hazard	22 ft	1963	Earth	Kentucky
West Fork Kickapoo 1 Vernon	High Hazard	63 ft	1969	Earth	Wisconsin
Westfork Main Dam Reynolds	High Hazard	132 ft	1992	Other	Missouri
West Fork Mayfield Creek FRS 16 Carlisle	High Hazard	28 ft	1978	Earth	Kentucky
West Fork of Big Creek C-1 Dam Harrison	High Hazard	49 ft	1992	Earth	Missouri
West Fork of Mill Creek Dam Hamilton	High Hazard	—	1952	Earth	Ohio
Westfork Southeast Dam Reynolds	High Hazard	60 ft	1992	Other	Missouri
West Frankfort New City Lake Dam Franklin	High Hazard	25 ft	1945	Earth	Illinois
Westgate Detention Dam Bernalillo	High Hazard	48 ft	1976	Earth	New Mexico
Westgate Lake Dam St. Louis	High Hazard	33 ft	1972	Earth	Missouri
West Hill Dam Worcester	High Hazard	48 ft	1961	Gravity	Massachusetts
West Lake Windham	High Hazard	56 ft	2015	Earth	Vermont
Westlake Dam Madison	High Hazard	24 ft	1986	Earth	Mississippi
West Lake Dam Berkshire	High Hazard	25 ft	1967	Earth	Massachusetts
West Lake Dam Lamar	High Hazard	24 ft	1968	Earth	Mississippi
West Lake Dam Kane	High Hazard	35 ft	1951	Earth	Illinois
West Lake Farms Dam Richland	High Hazard	26 ft	1989	—	South Carolina
West Lake Manor First Addition Dam Lamar	High Hazard	15 ft	2003	Earth	Mississippi
Westlake Reservoir Los Angeles	High Hazard	158 ft	1972	Earth	California
West Lake Reservoir Dam Fairfield	High Hazard	42 ft	1906	Earth	Connecticut
West Lakes Office Park Dam Polk	High Hazard	41 ft	1990	Earth	Iowa
West Leisure Lake Dam Houston	High Hazard	12 ft	1975	Earth	Georgia
West Logan Ridge Trail Dam Washoe	High Hazard	50 ft	2003	Earth	Nevada
West Milford Lake Dam Passaic	High Hazard	16 ft	1929	Earth	New Jersey
Westminster Reservoir Dam Worcester	High Hazard	31 ft	1909	Earth	Massachusetts
Weston Oneida	High Hazard	42 ft	1929	—	Idaho
Weston #1 Dam Wake	High Hazard	—	—	Earth	North Carolina
Weston #2 Dam Wake	High Hazard	—	—	Earth	North Carolina
Weston Lake Richland	High Hazard	43 ft	1971	Earth	South Carolina
Weston - North Channel Somerset	High Hazard	38 ft	1921	Concrete	Maine
Weston Reservoir Dam Middlesex	High Hazard	45 ft	—	Earth	Massachusetts
Weston - South Channel Somerset	High Hazard	51 ft	1921	Concrete	Maine
West Ox Road Bmp Dam Fairfax	High Hazard	26 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
West Parish Filter #3 Dam Hampden	High Hazard	39 ft	1910	Earth	Massachusetts