Tailings Dams

1,362 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
171 Ac Mcgill Dam White Pine	Low Hazard	25 ft	—	Earth	Nevada
#1 Tailings Pond Eagle	Significant Hazard	235 ft	—	Earth	Colorado
1 West Graham	Low Hazard	400 ft	—	Earth	Arizona
2 West Graham	Low Hazard	125 ft	—	Earth	Arizona
30-Acre Pond Russell	Unknown	300 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
32acre Cooling Pond Hillsborough	Low Hazard	11 ft	1960	Earth	Florida
#3 Slurry Pond Anson	High Hazard	30 ft	—	Earth	North Carolina
3 West Graham	Low Hazard	307 ft	—	Earth	Arizona
4 West Graham	High Hazard	226 ft	—	Earth	Arizona
5-C Impoundment Washington	High Hazard	44 ft	—	Earth	Georgia
78 Ac Mcgill Dam White Pine	Low Hazard	27 ft	—	Earth	Nevada
A-A Tails Dam Eureka	Significant Hazard	220 ft	1989	Earth	Nevada
Ab-Bc Pinal	High Hazard	150 ft	—	Earth	Arizona
Abner Fork Dam Harlan	High Hazard	700 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Adams Fork Slurry Dam Leslie	High Hazard	480 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Aep Proj. 1301 Ash Pond Mason	Significant Hazard	30 ft	1978	Earth	West Virginia
Aldrich Branch Slurry Impoundment Mingo	High Hazard	560 ft	—	Earth	West Virginia
Amakanata Lake Dam Gordon	Low Hazard	25 ft	1951	Earth	Georgia
Amalgamated Sugar Malheur	Low Hazard	11 ft	1984	Earth	Oregon
American Ind Clay CO Impound # 5 A Dam Washington	Low Hazard	56 ft	1975	Earth	Georgia
American Ind Clay CO Impound Dam # 1 Washington	Low Hazard	30 ft	—	Earth	Georgia
American Ind Clay CO Impound Dam # 2 Washington	Low Hazard	45 ft	1975	Earth	Georgia
Amonate Slurry Impoundment McDowell	High Hazard	384 ft	—	Earth	West Virginia
Ansonia Sewage Lagoon I Darke	Significant Hazard	12 ft	1970	Earth	Ohio
Appalachian Wildlife Area Pond Mb-165 Dam Morgan	Significant Hazard	31 ft	1959	Earth	Ohio
Aps Ash Pond Tailings Dam No. 3 San Juan	Low Hazard	95 ft	1976	Earth	New Mexico
Aps Ash Pond Tailings Dam No. 6 San Juan	Low Hazard	90 ft	1983	Earth	New Mexico
Aps Lined Ash Impoundment San Juan	Significant Hazard	40 ft	2003	Earth	New Mexico
Aps Lined Decant Water Pond San Juan	Significant Hazard	86 ft	2003	Earth	New Mexico
Arclar/Willow Lake/Refuse Area 2 Dam Saline	High Hazard	108 ft	—	Earth	Illinois
Area A Hillsborough	Low Hazard	35 ft	1967	Earth	Florida
Area B Polk	Low Hazard	40 ft	1967	Earth	Florida
Area Br 1 Polk	Low Hazard	25 ft	1972	Earth	Florida
Area Br 2 Polk	Low Hazard	23 ft	1972	Earth	Florida
Area C Polk	Low Hazard	22 ft	1969	Earth	Florida
Area D Polk	Low Hazard	42 ft	1971	Earth	Florida
Area E Polk	Low Hazard	33 ft	1974	Earth	Florida
Argenta Tailings Dam Lander	Significant Hazard	36 ft	1991	Earth	Nevada
Arjay Slurry Impoundment Bell	High Hazard	355 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Arnault Branch Mine Dam Washington	High Hazard	46 ft	1970	Other	Missouri
Arrowood Quarry Dam Mecklenburg	High Hazard	—	1968	Earth	North Carolina
Ash Pond D-1 Putnam	Low Hazard	55 ft	1980	Earth	Georgia
Ash Pond E Dam Putnam	High Hazard	73 ft	1981	Earth	Georgia
Axiflo Tailings Dam Grant	Significant Hazard	60 ft	1913	Earth	New Mexico
Baker Mountain Tailings Pond Dam Prince Edward	Low Hazard	54 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Ballard Harmon Branch Cr Dam	High Hazard	—	—	Other	West Virginia
Banner Mill Tailings Dam Hidalgo	Significant Hazard	38 ft	2010	Rockfill	New Mexico
Bap Pond 5 Kern	Low Hazard	46 ft	2008	Earth	California
Bap Pond 6 Kern	Low Hazard	32 ft	2012	Earth	California
Bap Pond 7 Kern	Low Hazard	20 ft	—	Earth	California