Tailings Dams

1,362 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Palmetto Settling Area No 1 Polk	Low Hazard	22 ft	1960	Earth	Florida
Palmetto Settling Area No 2 Polk	Low Hazard	49 ft	1964	Earth	Florida
Palmetto Settling Area No 3 Polk	Low Hazard	47 ft	1966	Earth	Florida
Palmetto Settling Area No 4 Polk	Low Hazard	47 ft	1967	Earth	Florida
Palmetto Settling Area No 5 Polk	Low Hazard	47 ft	1969	Earth	Florida
Palmetto Settling Area No 6 Polk	Low Hazard	45 ft	1973	Earth	Florida
Panasoffkee Cdf-Cell1 Sumter	Significant Hazard	20 ft	2004	Earth	Florida
Panasoffkee Cdf-Cell2 Sumter	Significant Hazard	20 ft	2004	Earth	Florida
Panasoffkee Cdf-Polishing Pond Sumter	Significant Hazard	20 ft	2004	Earth	Florida
Paradise Fossil Plant - Coal Wash Fines Pond 2 Stilling Pond Muhlenberg	Low Hazard	22 ft	1987	Earth	Kentucky
Paradise Fossil Plant - Coal Wash Fines Pond #3 Muhlenberg	Low Hazard	99 ft	1994	Earth	Kentucky
Paradise Fossil Plant - Daniel Run Phase 2 Pond 2 Muhlenberg	Low Hazard	8 ft	1987	Earth	Kentucky
Paradise Fossil Plant - Daniel Run Phase 2 Stilling Pond Muhlenberg	Low Hazard	18 ft	1987	Earth	Kentucky
Paradise Fossil Plant - Daniel Run Pond Muhlenberg	Low Hazard	8 ft	1987	Earth	Kentucky
Paradise Peak Tails Dam Nye	Low Hazard	130 ft	1986	Earth	Nevada
Parole Mine Dam Washington	High Hazard	64 ft	1968	Earth	Missouri
Parsons Avenue Sludge Lagoons Franklin	Significant Hazard	28 ft	1978	Earth	Ohio
Payne Creek Cl-5 Polk	Significant Hazard	40 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Payne Creek Clar. Area No 1 Polk	Low Hazard	37 ft	1966	Earth	Florida
Payne Creek Clar. Area No 2 Polk	Low Hazard	36 ft	1968	Earth	Florida
Payne Creek Clar. Area No 3 Polk	Low Hazard	36 ft	1971	Earth	Florida
Payne Creek Clar. Area No 4 Polk	Low Hazard	35 ft	1972	Earth	Florida
Payne Creek Sa-7 Polk	Significant Hazard	40 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Payne Creek Settling Area No 1 Polk	Low Hazard	30 ft	1965	Earth	Florida
Payne Creek Settling Area No 2 Polk	Low Hazard	58 ft	1967	Earth	Florida
Payne Creek Settling Area No 3 Polk	Low Hazard	56 ft	1968	Earth	Florida
Payne Creek Settling Area No 4 Polk	Low Hazard	58 ft	1969	Earth	Florida
Payne Creek Settling Area No 5 Polk	Low Hazard	59 ft	1971	Earth	Florida
Payne Creek Settling Area No 6 Polk	Low Hazard	55 ft	1974	Earth	Florida
Pc10 Payne Creek Mine Polk	Significant Hazard	35 ft	1996	Earth	Florida
Pc11 Payne Creek Mine Polk	Significant Hazard	40 ft	1998	Earth	Florida
Pcs Phosphate Clay Pond Dam #5b Beaufort	Low Hazard	—	1986	Earth	North Carolina
Pcs Phosphate R-7 Blend Dike Beaufort	High Hazard	—	2007	Earth	North Carolina
Peace River Hillsborough	Significant Hazard	14 ft	1945	Earth	Florida
Pea Ridge Tailings Dam Washington	High Hazard	150 ft	1980	Rockfill	Missouri
Pend Oreille Mine Ne Tailings Dam Pend Oreille	Significant Hazard	—	2003	Earth	Washington
Pend Oreille Mine Nw Tailings Dam Pend Oreille	Significant Hazard	—	2003	Earth	Washington
Pennington Tailings Pond Dam Jefferson	Low Hazard	89 ft	1991	Earth	Georgia
Perry-Wyman Tailings Itasca	Low Hazard	35 ft	1949	Earth	Minnesota
Phoenix Tailings Dam Lander	Low Hazard	173 ft	1971	Earth	Nevada
Phosphoria P-1 Polk	Significant Hazard	8 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Phosphoria P-2 Polk	Significant Hazard	25 ft	1979	Earth	Florida
Phosphoria P-5 Polk	Significant Hazard	50 ft	1992	Earth	Florida
Piedmont Minerals Lake Dam Orange	Low Hazard	—	—	Earth	North Carolina
Pine Creek Cr Dam	High Hazard	—	—	Other	West Virginia
Pine Grove Nevada	Low Hazard	42 ft	1911	Earth	California
Piney Point(1) Manatee	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Piney Point(2) Manatee	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Piney Point(3) Manatee	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Piney Point(4) Manatee	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida