Tailings Dams

1,362 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Intrepid Potash West Plant Dam Eddy	Significant Hazard	32 ft	1978	Earth	New Mexico
Ira Holliman Tailings Impoundment Dam Wilkinson	High Hazard	87 ft	2003	—	Georgia
Itafos Tailings Pond #4 Caribou	Significant Hazard	71 ft	1985	—	Idaho
Jacks Branch Slurry Impoundment Boone	High Hazard	365 ft	—	Earth	West Virginia
Jake Gore Slurry Impoundment Boone	High Hazard	610 ft	—	Earth	West Virginia
Jarrells Branch Slurry Impoundment Boone	High Hazard	520 ft	—	Earth	West Virginia
J.C. Jacobsen Kern	High Hazard	56 ft	1973	Earth	California
Jerritt Canyon Tailings Dam Elko	Significant Hazard	147 ft	1981	Earth	Nevada
Jerritt Canyon Tsf 2 Dam Elko	Significant Hazard	102 ft	—	Earth	Nevada
Jm Stuart Station Ash Pond No. 5 Adams	Significant Hazard	41 ft	—	Earth	Ohio
Jm Stuart Station Ash Pond No. 6 Adams	Significant Hazard	30 ft	—	Earth	Ohio
Jm Stuart Station Ash Pond No. 7 Adams	Significant Hazard	39 ft	—	Earth	Ohio
Joe Branch Cr Dam	High Hazard	—	—	Other	West Virginia
Joe Echols Dam No 2 Limestone	Low Hazard	7 ft	1922	Gravity	Texas
John Amos Flyash Dam Putnam	High Hazard	223 ft	1978	Rockfill	West Virginia
Jordan Tailings Dam Chesterfield	Low Hazard	43 ft	—	—	South Carolina
Juniper Tailings Dam Humboldt	Significant Hazard	176 ft	1997	Earth	Nevada
K-7 Polk	High Hazard	50 ft	—	Earth	Florida
K-7b Polk	High Hazard	6 ft	—	Earth	Florida
K-8 Hillsborough	Significant Hazard	6 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Kennecott Mine Small Reservoir Salt Lake	Significant Hazard	—	1961	Earth	Utah
Kennecott Sedimentation Pond(96-59-06md) Salt Lake	Low Hazard	—	—	Earth	Utah
Kennecott Smelter Tailings Pond Salt Lake	Significant Hazard	—	—	Earth	Utah
Keyes Branch Mine Dam Washington	High Hazard	77 ft	1979	Other	Missouri
Keysville (E) Polk	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Keysville (N) Polk	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Keysville (N-Center) Polk	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Keysville (S) Polk	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Keysville (W) Polk	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Killarney Slurry Impoundment Raleigh	High Hazard	657 ft	—	Earth	West Virginia
Killen Station Ash Disposal Dike Adams	High Hazard	84 ft	1982	Earth	Ohio
King Arthur'S Dam Washington	High Hazard	80 ft	1980	Earth	Missouri
King Branch Slurry Dam Knott	High Hazard	214 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Kingford A-3 Polk	Significant Hazard	27 ft	1961	Earth	Florida
Kingsford A-11 Polk	Significant Hazard	30 ft	1977	Earth	Florida
Kingsford A-5 Polk	Significant Hazard	15 ft	1967	Earth	Florida
Kingsford A-6 Polk	Significant Hazard	30 ft	1964	Earth	Florida
Kingsford Csa Cl Hillsborough	Significant Hazard	20 ft	1970	Earth	Florida
Kingsford Csa Dl Hillsborough	Significant Hazard	25 ft	1971	Earth	Florida
Kingsford Csa El Hillsborough	Significant Hazard	20 ft	1920	Earth	Florida
Kingsford H1 Polk	Significant Hazard	35 ft	1970	Earth	Florida
Kingsford K-3 Polk	Significant Hazard	50 ft	1977	Earth	Florida
Kingsford K-4 Polk	Significant Hazard	20 ft	1975	Earth	Florida
Kingsford K-5 Polk	Significant Hazard	32 ft	1979	Earth	Florida
Kingsford N5 Polk	Significant Hazard	45 ft	1929	Earth	Florida
Kingsford O South Polk	Low Hazard	15 ft	1969	Earth	Florida
Kingston Coal Refuse Disposal Area Fayette	Low Hazard	8 ft	—	Earth	West Virginia
Kingston No. 1 Dam Washington	High Hazard	85 ft	1967	Earth	Missouri
Kinross Gold Kettle River Tailings Dam Ferry	High Hazard	—	1994	Other	Washington
Kinross Old Reclaim Pond Ferry	Significant Hazard	—	2008	Earth	Washington