High Hazard Dams

Loss of human life is likely if the dam fails.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
West Park Maricopa	High Hazard	25 ft	1974	Earth	Arizona
West Pasture Basin Pond Douglas	High Hazard	20 ft	1998	Earth	Kansas
West Peak Quarry Dam #1 Iron	High Hazard	90 ft	2001	Earth	Missouri
West Point Dam Troup	High Hazard	121 ft	1974	Gravity	Georgia
West Point Regulating Calaveras	High Hazard	36 ft	1965	Earth	California
West Pond Dam Giles	High Hazard	41 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
West Pre-Sedimentation Basin Wagoner	High Hazard	22 ft	1966	Earth	Oklahoma
West Reservoir Dam Summit	High Hazard	22 ft	1840	Earth	Ohio
WestRock CP, LLC Effluent Pond Duval	High Hazard	17 ft	1973	Earth	Florida
West Rock Kraft Paper Northampton	High Hazard	—	1990	Earth	North Carolina
West Shore Trail Dam Sussex	High Hazard	—	—	Earth	New Jersey
Westside Campbell	High Hazard	23 ft	2012	Earth	Wyoming
West Side Detention Northampton	High Hazard	9 ft	1994	Earth	Pennsylvania
West Side Flood Control Dam #5 Litchfield	High Hazard	20 ft	1970	Earth	Connecticut
West Thompson Dam Windham	High Hazard	70 ft	1965	Gravity	Connecticut
West Valley Modoc	High Hazard	65 ft	1936	Earth	California
Westville Dam Worcester	High Hazard	72 ft	1962	Rockfill	Massachusetts
West Wash Dam Washoe	High Hazard	66 ft	1960	Earth	Nevada
West Whately Reservoir Dam Franklin	High Hazard	23 ft	1903	Earth	Massachusetts
Wewoka Seminole	High Hazard	38 ft	1925	Earth	Oklahoma
Weyerhaeuser Enumclaw Flood Control Dam King	High Hazard	—	1993	Other	Washington
Weymouth Memorial Reservoir Los Angeles	High Hazard	18 ft	1966	Other	California
W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 07 Conway	High Hazard	38 ft	1963	Earth	Arkansas
W Fork Pt Remove Creek Wid Site 08 Pope	High Hazard	60 ft	1964	Earth	Arkansas
Whale Rock San Luis Obispo	High Hazard	193 ft	1960	Earth	California
Whaley Lake Dam Dutchess	High Hazard	19 ft	1850	Earth	New York
Whaley Pond Dam Berkeley	High Hazard	14 ft	1975	—	South Carolina
Wharton Boulevard Stormwater Chester	High Hazard	21 ft	1999	Earth	Pennsylvania
Whatcom Lake Dam Whatcom	High Hazard	—	1937	Gravity	Washington
Wheatfields Apache	High Hazard	—	1963	Earth	Arizona
Wheatley Pond Dam Kent	High Hazard	8 ft	—	Gravity	Delaware
Wheaton Branch Storm Water Management Montgomery	High Hazard	27 ft	1979	Earth	Maryland
Wheeler Oconto	High Hazard	20 ft	1880	Gravity	Wisconsin
Wheeler Branch Dam Somervell	High Hazard	91 ft	2008	Earth	Texas
Wheeler Dam Wake	High Hazard	—	—	Earth	North Carolina
Wheeler Dam Madison	High Hazard	—	—	Earth	North Carolina
Wheeler Dam Lauderdale	High Hazard	175 ft	1936	Concrete	Alabama
Wheeler Reservoir Dam Washoe	High Hazard	19 ft	—	Earth	Nevada
Wheeling Avenue Dam El Paso	High Hazard	11 ft	1934	Earth	Texas
Wheeling Creek #3 Marshall	High Hazard	85 ft	1995	Rockfill	West Virginia
Wheeling Creek No.18 Marshall	High Hazard	84 ft	1978	Earth	West Virginia
Wheeling Creek No.23 Marshall	High Hazard	90 ft	1978	Earth	West Virginia
Wheeling Creek No.25 Marshall	High Hazard	85 ft	1978	Earth	West Virginia
Wheeling Creek No. 7 Ohio	High Hazard	97 ft	1968	Earth	West Virginia
Whetstone Amd Dam	High Hazard	—	—	—	West Virginia
Whetstone Creek Big Lake Dam Callaway	High Hazard	47 ft	1956	Earth	Missouri
Whetstone Fishing Lake Orangeburg	High Hazard	12 ft	1958	—	South Carolina
Whetstone Gulf Storage Dam Lewis	High Hazard	23 ft	1961	Earth	New York
Whetstone No 2 Storage Elk	High Hazard	36 ft	1962	Earth	Pennsylvania
Whetstone Pond Dam Calhoun	High Hazard	17 ft	1961	—	South Carolina