Tailings Dams

1,362 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Knight Hawk Coal/Praire Eagle Mine/010b Slurry Dam Perry	Significant Hazard	66 ft	2006	Other	Illinois
Knight Hawk/Prairie Eagle/North Refuse Area Dam Perry	Significant Hazard	50 ft	—	Earth	Illinois
Kyger Creek Bottom Ash Pond Gallia	Significant Hazard	41 ft	1955	Earth	Ohio
Kyger Creek South Fly Ash Pond Gallia	Significant Hazard	40 ft	1955	Earth	Ohio
Kyger Creek Tailings Pond Gallia	Significant Hazard	32 ft	1955	Earth	Ohio
Lackey Branch Slurry Impoundment Johnson	High Hazard	265 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Lake Anahuac Levee Chambers	Low Hazard	10 ft	—	Earth	Texas
Lake Angela Nevada	High Hazard	28 ft	1924	Gravity	California
Lake Hanna Dam St. Francois	High Hazard	38 ft	1967	Earth	Missouri
Lake Kemp Dam Baylor	High Hazard	115 ft	1923	Earth	Texas
Lake Loveland San Diego	High Hazard	203 ft	1945	Arch	California
Lake Olden Dam Eastland	Low Hazard	45 ft	1920	Gravity	Texas
Lakeview Dam Washington	High Hazard	68 ft	1965	Earth	Missouri
Larken St. Francois	Low Hazard	62 ft	—	Earth	Missouri
Larson #2 Wsp Okeechobee	Low Hazard	6 ft	1989	Earth	Florida
Larue Wastewater Treatment Lagoon Marion	Significant Hazard	10 ft	2001	Earth	Ohio
L. C. Ellis Lake Dam Carroll	Low Hazard	20 ft	2007	Earth	Mississippi
Leadwood Tailings Dam St. Francois	High Hazard	58 ft	1925	Other	Missouri
Leer Slurry Cell Taylor	High Hazard	250 ft	—	Other	West Virginia
Left Abutment Slurry Impoundment Wayne	High Hazard	130 ft	—	Earth	West Virginia
Left Fork Dam Leslie	High Hazard	295 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Left Fork Kermit Coal CO Cr Impoundment Dam	High Hazard	—	—	—	West Virginia
Lehigh Coal & Navigation CO - #14 Plant Schuylkill	Significant Hazard	80 ft	—	Earth	Pennsylvania
Lick Branch Refuse Dam Perry	High Hazard	150 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Lick Branch Refuse Impoundment Pike	High Hazard	250 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Lick Branch Slurry Dam	High Hazard	—	—	—	West Virginia
Lind Greenway Itasca	Significant Hazard	58 ft	1976	Earth	Minnesota
Lithium Lagoon D Dam Gaston	Significant Hazard	—	—	Earth	North Carolina
Little Camp Slurry Impoundment Bell	High Hazard	320 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Little Hackers Creek (Kitt Mine #1)	High Hazard	—	—	—	West Virginia
Little Indian Creek Dam Washington	High Hazard	58 ft	1972	Other	Missouri
Little Oak Branch Dam	High Hazard	—	—	Other	West Virginia
Little White Oak Slurry Impoundment Logan	High Hazard	290 ft	—	Earth	West Virginia
Lonesome Cleaner Water Pond Hillsborough	Low Hazard	23 ft	1976	Earth	Florida
Lonesome Plant Drainage Pond Hillsborough	Low Hazard	23 ft	1976	Earth	Florida
Lonesome Rougher Water Pond Hillsborough	Low Hazard	22 ft	1976	Earth	Florida
Lone Tree Section 23 Tails Dam Humboldt	Significant Hazard	180 ft	1996	Earth	Nevada
Long Canyon Process Pond Dam Elko	Low Hazard	15 ft	2016	Earth	Nevada
Long Fork Slurry Impoundment Pike	High Hazard	665 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Lotts Branch #1	High Hazard	—	—	Other	West Virginia
Lotts Branch Slurry Impoundment Boone	High Hazard	478 ft	—	Earth	West Virginia
Lovely Branch Slurry Dam Leslie	High Hazard	360 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Lower Big Branch	High Hazard	—	—	Other	West Virginia
Lower East Fork Equalization Basin Clermont	Significant Hazard	20 ft	1992	Earth	Ohio
Lower Slate Lake Tailings Dam City and Borough of Juneau	Significant Hazard	63 ft	2010	Rockfill	Alaska
Lower Snake Draw (4th Enl.) Sweetwater	Significant Hazard	85 ft	1998	Earth	Wyoming
Lucky Friday No 3 Shoshone	Significant Hazard	102 ft	1979	—	Idaho
Lucky Friday No 4 Shoshone	High Hazard	132 ft	2010	—	Idaho
Luttrell Lake Upper Dam Washington	Significant Hazard	44 ft	1934	Earth	Missouri
Macoupin Energy Refuse Disposal Area 6 Macoupin	High Hazard	117 ft	1991	Earth	Illinois