Significant Hazard Dams
No probable loss of human life, but can cause economic loss, environmental damage, or disruption of lifeline facilities.
| Dam Name | Hazard | Height | Built | Type | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whites Pond Dam Hartford | Significant Hazard | 20 ft | 1926 | Earth | Connecticut |
| Whitetail C Franklin | Significant Hazard | 23 ft | — | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| Whitetail Lake Dam Pike | Significant Hazard | 27 ft | 1964 | Earth | Indiana |
| White Trout Water Conservation Structure Hillsborough | Significant Hazard | 17 ft | — | Earth | Florida |
| Whiteville Lake Hardeman | Significant Hazard | — | 1943 | Earth | Tennessee |
| Whitewater Reservoir St. Louis | Significant Hazard | 35 ft | 1954 | Earth | Minnesota |
| Whitewater Reservoir Saddle Dam St. Louis | Significant Hazard | 31 ft | 1954 | Earth | Minnesota |
| Whitewater Springs Dam Burnet | Significant Hazard | 39 ft | 1999 | Earth | Texas |
| Whitewater St. Park Lake Dam Union | Significant Hazard | 70 ft | 1949 | — | Indiana |
| Whiteway Farms Lake Dam Scott | Significant Hazard | 13 ft | 1960 | Earth | Mississippi |
| Whitford Ridge Detention Basin Chester | Significant Hazard | 13 ft | 1992 | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| Whiting Hollow Dam Schoharie | Significant Hazard | 24 ft | 1971 | Earth | New York |
| Whitin Pond Dam Worcester | Significant Hazard | 16 ft | 1900 | Rockfill | Massachusetts |
| Whitman Dam Nelson | Significant Hazard | 49 ft | 1965 | Earth | North Dakota |
| Whitmans Pond Dam & Dike Windham | Significant Hazard | 8 ft | 1900 | Earth | Connecticut |
| Whitmore Pond Dam Franklin | Significant Hazard | 13 ft | 1967 | Masonry | Massachusetts |
| Whitney Lake Wayne | Significant Hazard | 12 ft | 1934 | Earth | Pennsylvania |
| Whitney Pond Dam Worcester | Significant Hazard | 18 ft | — | Concrete | Massachusetts |
| Whoopie Cat Hardin | Significant Hazard | 38 ft | 1977 | Earth | Illinois |
| W H Williams Jr Dam Walker | Significant Hazard | — | 1959 | Earth | Alabama |
| Wickaboxet Marsh Dam New London | Significant Hazard | 8 ft | 1962 | Earth | Connecticut |
| Widows Creek Fossil Plant - Active Ash Disposal Area Perimeter Dike Jackson | Significant Hazard | 46 ft | 1959 | Earth | Alabama |
| Wiedower Dam Faulkner | Significant Hazard | 32 ft | 2000 | Earth | Arkansas |
| Wiemeyer Lake Dam Clermont | Significant Hazard | 52 ft | 1986 | Earth | Ohio |
| Wiggins Dam Escambia | Significant Hazard | 14 ft | 1966 | Earth | Florida |
| Wiggins Lake Dam Hale | Significant Hazard | — | 1970 | Earth | Alabama |
| Wiggins Millpond Dam Wilson | Significant Hazard | — | — | Concrete | North Carolina |
| Wigwam Reservoir Dam Litchfield | Significant Hazard | 75 ft | 1893 | Concrete | Connecticut |
| Wilberg #1 (Northern) Emery | Significant Hazard | — | — | Earth | Utah |
| Wilberg #2 (Middle, Old Dam) Emery | Significant Hazard | — | — | Earth | Utah |
| Wilberg #3 (South, New Dam) Emery | Significant Hazard | — | — | Earth | Utah |
| Wilbur D. Mills Lock and Dam Arkansas | Significant Hazard | 31 ft | 1967 | Concrete | Arkansas |
| Wilcox Canyon #3 Dam Washoe | Significant Hazard | 15 ft | — | Earth | Nevada |
| Wilcox Dam Wyandotte | Significant Hazard | 51 ft | 1973 | Earth | Kansas |
| Wilcox Pond Dam Fairfield | Significant Hazard | 20 ft | — | Masonry | Connecticut |
| Wildcraft Upper Lake Dam Brown | Significant Hazard | 20 ft | 1947 | Earth | Indiana |
| Wilde Lake Dam Howard | Significant Hazard | 28 ft | 1967 | Earth | Maryland |
| Wilder Hickman | Significant Hazard | — | 1972 | Earth | Tennessee |
| Wilder Fayette | Significant Hazard | — | 1960 | Earth | Tennessee |
| Wilderness Camp Lake Dam Ray | Significant Hazard | 33 ft | 1971 | Earth | Missouri |
| Wildhorse Creek Forest Dam St. Louis | Significant Hazard | 60 ft | 1989 | Earth | Missouri |
| Wildhorse Farms #1 Dam Warren | Significant Hazard | 34 ft | 1998 | Earth | Missouri |
| Wilding, David P. Wasatch | Significant Hazard | — | — | Earth | Utah |
| Wild Lands INC Pond #1 Dam Steuben | Significant Hazard | 17 ft | 1967 | Earth | New York |
| Wildlife Lake Dam Washington | Significant Hazard | 30 ft | 1941 | Earth | Illinois |
| Wildlife Marsh #2 Dam Windham | Significant Hazard | 9 ft | 1974 | Earth | Connecticut |
| Wild Rose Waushara | Significant Hazard | 19 ft | 1873 | Gravity | Wisconsin |
| Wildwood #2 Bradley | Significant Hazard | — | 1930 | Earth | Tennessee |
| Wildwood Lake Monongalia | Significant Hazard | 29 ft | 1965 | Earth | West Virginia |
| Wildwood Lake Dam Jennings | Significant Hazard | 26 ft | — | — | Indiana |