High Hazard Dams
Loss of human life is likely if the dam fails.
| Dam Name | Hazard | Height | Built | Type | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Rapids Marinette | High Hazard | 39 ft | 1927 | Concrete | Michigan |
| White River Dam Crosby | High Hazard | 80 ft | 1963 | Earth | Texas |
| White Rock Dam Dallas | High Hazard | 47 ft | 1911 | Earth | Texas |
| White Rock Dam Traverse | High Hazard | 20 ft | 1941 | Earth | Minnesota |
| Whiterocks Lake Uintah | High Hazard | — | 1957 | Earth | Utah |
| White Sand - Greens Creek Str 11e Dam Jefferson Davis | High Hazard | 43 ft | 1991 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Whites Creek Number 1 Dam Webster | High Hazard | 35 ft | 1992 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Whites Lake Dam Stoddard | High Hazard | 27 ft | 1971 | Earth | Missouri |
| Whites Mill Pond Dam Worcester | High Hazard | 13 ft | 1923 | Earth | Massachusetts |
| White,Smith,Austin Lake Dam Warren | High Hazard | 18 ft | 1962 | Earth | Missouri |
| White's Pond Washington | High Hazard | 8 ft | — | Earth | Rhode Island |
| Whites Pond Dam and Dike Merrimack | High Hazard | 15 ft | 1890 | Stone | New Hampshire |
| White Store Lake Dam Anson | High Hazard | — | 1966 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Whitetail Dam Jefferson | High Hazard | 28 ft | 1922 | Earth | Montana |
| Whitetail Land CO - A Franklin | High Hazard | 51 ft | 1993 | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| White Tanks #3 Maricopa | High Hazard | 26 ft | 1956 | Earth | Arizona |
| White Tanks #4 Maricopa | High Hazard | 14 ft | 1956 | Earth | Arizona |
| White Turkey Lake Dam Ross | High Hazard | 42 ft | 1968 | Earth | Ohio |
| Whitewater Brook Dam Sullivan | High Hazard | 95 ft | 1968 | Earth | New Hampshire |
| Whitewater Lake Dam Oconee | High Hazard | 37 ft | 1961 | — | South Carolina |
| Whitewood Lake Dam Perry | High Hazard | 32 ft | 1970 | Earth | Missouri |
| Whiting Pond Dam Bristol | High Hazard | 10 ft | 1959 | Rockfill | Massachusetts |
| Whiting River Flood Control Dam Litchfield | High Hazard | 80 ft | 1968 | Earth | Connecticut |
| Whiting Street Reservoir Dam Hampden | High Hazard | 19 ft | 1900 | Masonry | Massachusetts |
| Whitin Reservoir Dam Worcester | High Hazard | 33 ft | 1854 | Masonry | Massachusetts |
| Whitley Lake Dam Greene | High Hazard | — | 1962 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Whitlow Ranch Dam Pinal | High Hazard | 149 ft | 1959 | Earth | Arizona |
| Whitman Lake Ketchikan Gateway Borough | High Hazard | 39 ft | 1927 | — | Alaska |
| Whitmans Pond Dam Norfolk | High Hazard | 15 ft | 1970 | Concrete | Massachusetts |
| Whitner's Lake Dam Lumpkin | High Hazard | 29 ft | 1917 | Earth | Georgia |
| Whitney Summit | High Hazard | — | 1966 | Earth | Utah |
| Whitney Dam Swain | High Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Whitney Dam Hill | High Hazard | 159 ft | 1951 | Earth | Texas |
| Whitney Dam - Kopperl Levee Bosque | High Hazard | 159 ft | 1951 | Earth | Texas |
| Whitney Flood Control Site #1 Dam Tolland | High Hazard | 52 ft | 1962 | Earth | Connecticut |
| Whitney Point Dam Broome | High Hazard | 95 ft | 1942 | Earth | New York |
| Whitney Pond Dam Worcester | High Hazard | 27 ft | 1880 | Earth | Massachusetts |
| Whitney Ridge Westmoreland | High Hazard | 18 ft | 1899 | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| Whittenburg Lake No 1 Dam - South Potter | High Hazard | 37 ft | 2000 | Earth | Texas |
| Whittenburg Lake No 2 Dam - North Potter | High Hazard | 30 ft | 2000 | Earth | Texas |
| Whittier Narrows Dam Los Angeles | High Hazard | 56 ft | 1957 | Earth | California |
| Wickiup Deschutes | High Hazard | 100 ft | 1948 | Earth | Oregon |
| Wickiup Lake (Astoria) Clatsop | High Hazard | 30 ft | 1940 | Earth | Oregon |
| Wide Canyon Riverside | High Hazard | 84 ft | 1968 | Earth | California |
| Wide Hollow Garfield | High Hazard | — | 1954 | Earth | Utah |
| Widenhouse Dam Swain | High Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Wiggins Lake Dam Edgecombe | High Hazard | — | 1953 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Wiggins Mill Pond Dam New Castle | High Hazard | 17 ft | 1965 | Gravity | Delaware |
| Wiggins Ozark Camp Dam Reynolds | High Hazard | 28 ft | 1960 | Earth | Missouri |
| Wigley Lake Dam Cobb | High Hazard | 26 ft | — | Earth | Georgia |