High Hazard Dams
Loss of human life is likely if the dam fails.
| Dam Name | Hazard | Height | Built | Type | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilkins Dam Orange | High Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Wilkinson Dam Cabarrus | High Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Willamette Falls Locks Clackamas | High Hazard | — | 1873 | Concrete | Oregon |
| Willamette Industries Dam Marlboro | High Hazard | 14 ft | 1973 | — | South Carolina |
| Willard City Upground Reservoir Huron | High Hazard | 65 ft | 1971 | Earth | Ohio |
| Will Bond INCorporated Pond #2 Dam DeSoto | High Hazard | 24 ft | — | Earth | Mississippi |
| Will Bond INCorporated Pond Dam DeSoto | High Hazard | 22 ft | 1960 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Willcox Dam Petersburg | High Hazard | 18 ft | — | Earth | Virginia |
| Will Engle Dam Blount | High Hazard | — | 1957 | Earth | Alabama |
| Willett Pond Dam Norfolk | High Hazard | 25 ft | 1913 | Earth | Massachusetts |
| William Bolen Dam Barnwell | High Hazard | 23 ft | — | — | South Carolina |
| William E. Towell Dam Phelps | High Hazard | 48 ft | 1965 | Earth | Missouri |
| William Evatt Dam Pickens | High Hazard | 26 ft | 1955 | — | South Carolina |
| William Harris Reservoir Dam Brazoria | High Hazard | 9 ft | 1947 | Earth | Texas |
| William H. Harsha Dam Clermont | High Hazard | — | 1973 | Rockfill | Ohio |
| William Jenkins Dam Barnwell | High Hazard | 11 ft | — | — | South Carolina |
| William L. Cochran Impounding Blair | High Hazard | 60 ft | 1898 | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| William L. Jess Dam Jackson | High Hazard | 342 ft | 1976 | Rockfill | Oregon |
| William L. Martin Dam Alamance | High Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Williams Bridge Reservoir Lackawanna | High Hazard | 54 ft | 1893 | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| Williams Creek Hinsdale | High Hazard | 84 ft | 1958 | Earth | Colorado |
| Williams Creek WS SCS Site 1 Dam Gillespie | High Hazard | 46 ft | 1968 | Earth | Texas |
| Williams Creek WS SCS Site 2 Dam Gillespie | High Hazard | 41 ft | 1968 | Earth | Texas |
| Williams Creek WS SCS Site 3 Dam Gillespie | High Hazard | 50 ft | 1967 | Earth | Texas |
| Williams Creek WS SCS Site 4 Dam Gillespie | High Hazard | 50 ft | 1967 | Earth | Texas |
| Williams Dam Atascosa | High Hazard | 14 ft | 1968 | Earth | Texas |
| Williams Dam Jefferson | High Hazard | 26 ft | 1965 | Earth | Missouri |
| Williams Dam North Sec 18 Audrain | High Hazard | 25 ft | — | Earth | Missouri |
| Williams Dam South Sec 18 Audrain | High Hazard | 25 ft | 1973 | Earth | Missouri |
| Williams Fork Main Grand | High Hazard | 209 ft | 1959 | Concrete | Colorado |
| Williams-Johnson Pond Dam Wake | High Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Williams Lake Dam Middlesex | High Hazard | 11 ft | 1882 | Earth | Massachusetts |
| Williams Lake Sec-31 Dam Wayne | High Hazard | 20 ft | — | Earth | Missouri |
| Williams Millpond Dam Wayne | High Hazard | — | 1938 | Earth | North Carolina |
| Williamson Dam Eastland | High Hazard | 96 ft | 1923 | Buttress | Texas |
| Williamson Energy/Pond Creek Mine/Refuse Disposal Facility Williamson | High Hazard | 88 ft | — | Rockfill | Illinois |
| Williams,Paul Dam Pike | High Hazard | 28 ft | 1973 | Earth | Missouri |
| Williams Pond Dam York | High Hazard | 19 ft | 1967 | — | South Carolina |
| Williams Pond Dam Hartford | High Hazard | 17 ft | 1900 | Earth | Connecticut |
| Williams Pond Dam Sussex | High Hazard | 14 ft | 1956 | Gravity | Delaware |
| Williams Reservoir Allen | High Hazard | 53 ft | 2012 | Earth | Ohio |
| Williams Run Cambria | High Hazard | 43 ft | 1956 | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| Williams Terminal Reservoir Dam Durham | High Hazard | — | — | Earth | North Carolina |
| Williamstown Reservoir Dam Berkshire | High Hazard | 31 ft | 1898 | Earth | Massachusetts |
| William Symington Dam Kitsap | High Hazard | — | 1965 | Earth | Washington |
| Willibrand Lake Dam Osage | High Hazard | 25 ft | 1957 | Earth | Missouri |
| Willimantic Reservoir Dam Windham | High Hazard | 29 ft | 1885 | Concrete | Connecticut |
| Willisburg Lake Dam Washington | High Hazard | 77 ft | 1968 | Earth | Kentucky |
| Willis River Dam #1a Buckingham | High Hazard | 42 ft | 1975 | Earth | Virginia |
| Willis River Dam #2 Buckingham | High Hazard | 46 ft | 1975 | Earth | Virginia |