Tailings Dams

1,362 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Bap Pond 8 Kern	High Hazard	29 ft	1975	Earth	California
Bap Ponds 1, 2, 3, 4 Kern	Low Hazard	37 ft	2003	Earth	California
Barrackville #1 Cr Dam	High Hazard	—	—	Other	West Virginia
Barrenshe Branch Cr Dam	High Hazard	—	—	Other	West Virginia
Barrick Goldstrike Tsf 3 Dam Eureka	High Hazard	200 ft	2016	Earth	Nevada
Barrick Mercur Reservation Cnyn Tailings Tooele	Low Hazard	—	1984	Earth	Utah
Bartow 1 Polk	High Hazard	30 ft	1954	Earth	Florida
Bartow-2 Polk	Low Hazard	35 ft	1957	Earth	Florida
Bartow-3 Polk	Low Hazard	15 ft	1965	Earth	Florida
Bartow Ne A Polk	Significant Hazard	105 ft	1960	Earth	Florida
Basf Catalysts, LLC Pond No. 3 Dam Hinds	Unknown	16 ft	2005	Earth	Mississippi
Basin `A' Hamilton	Significant Hazard	50 ft	1976	Earth	Ohio
Basin `B' Hamilton	Significant Hazard	50 ft	1981	Earth	Ohio
Bass Haven Lake Dam Anderson	Low Hazard	30 ft	1974	Earth	Texas
Bean Hollow Slurry Impoundment (Plant 1 Crdf) Boone	High Hazard	415 ft	—	Earth	West Virginia
Bear Branch Slurry Impoundment Lawrence	High Hazard	258 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Beartrack H2o Overflow Pond Lemhi	Low Hazard	35 ft	1995	—	Idaho
Beartrack Treatment Lagoon Lemhi	Low Hazard	20 ft	1995	—	Idaho
Beartree Branch Slurry Impoundment Harlan	High Hazard	345 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Beckjord Ash Pond B Clermont	Significant Hazard	46 ft	—	Earth	Ohio
Beckjord Ash Pond C Dam Clermont	Significant Hazard	50 ft	—	Earth	Ohio
Beckjord Ash Pond C Ext. Dam Clermont	Significant Hazard	40 ft	1985	Earth	Ohio
Belcher Branch Cr Dam	High Hazard	—	—	Other	West Virginia
Belews Creek Active Ash Basin Dam Stokes	High Hazard	—	1971	Earth	North Carolina
Ben Creek Slurry Impoundment Mingo	High Hazard	358 ft	—	Earth	West Virginia
Bennetts Branch Slurry Dam Whitley	High Hazard	340 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Betsie Branch Refuse Impoundment Bell	High Hazard	191 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Big Branch Impoundment Knott	High Hazard	304 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Big Brown Lignite Mining Area Dam Freestone	Low Hazard	25 ft	1993	Earth	Texas
Big Canyon Creek El Dorado	Low Hazard	63 ft	1935	Earth	California
Big Four Mine Bf-1 Hillsborough	Low Hazard	40 ft	1977	Earth	Florida
Big Four Mine Dam Washington	High Hazard	73 ft	1978	Other	Missouri
Big Groundhog Slurry Impoundment Pike	High Hazard	412 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Big Guano Creek Flyash Dam Putnam	Unknown	67 ft	1966	Earth	West Virginia
Big Hollow Slurry Impoundment Martin	High Hazard	356 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Big Lagoon Humboldt	Low Hazard	16 ft	1947	Earth	California
Big Lick Branch Cr Dam	High Hazard	—	—	Other	West Virginia
Bird Branch Holding Pond Polk	Low Hazard	20 ft	1971	Earth	Florida
Bl-06-N Polk	Significant Hazard	15 ft	1995	Earth	Florida
Blacksville #1 Slurry Impoundment Dam	High Hazard	—	—	—	West Virginia
Blacksville #2 Cr Dam	High Hazard	—	—	—	West Virginia
Black Tailings Dam Washington	High Hazard	70 ft	1943	Earth	Missouri
Blackwell Mine Dam Washington	High Hazard	85 ft	1980	Other	Missouri
Blackwell Pond Dam St. Francois	High Hazard	50 ft	1957	Other	Missouri
Blakely	Significant Hazard	35 ft	—	Earth	South Carolina
Bloss Branch Slurry Dam Clay	High Hazard	535 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Blue Heron Dam Washington	High Hazard	51 ft	1969	Earth	Missouri
Bonnie Lake Mine Central Polk	Low Hazard	15 ft	1995	Earth	Florida
Bonnie Lake Mine Nw Polk	Low Hazard	15 ft	1995	Earth	Florida
Bonsal Tailings Dam Anson	High Hazard	—	1976	Earth	North Carolina