Tailings Dams

1,362 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Railroad Embankment Dam Iron	Significant Hazard	48 ft	1978	Other	Missouri
Rancho Seco Sacramento	High Hazard	58 ft	1972	Earth	California
Razorblade Branch Slurry Impoundment Letcher	High Hazard	422 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Reading Anthracite - Trevorton Northumberland	High Hazard	25 ft	—	Earth	Pennsylvania
Reclamation Pond 017 Leon	Low Hazard	26 ft	1987	Earth	Texas
Red Dog Tailings Back Dam Northwest Arctic Borough	High Hazard	66 ft	2010	Earth	Alaska
Red Dog Tailings Main Dam Northwest Arctic Borough	High Hazard	208 ft	1993	Rockfill	Alaska
Redwood Landfill Leachate Impoundment Marin	Significant Hazard	10 ft	1991	Earth	California
Refinery Upground West Reservoir Allen	Significant Hazard	9 ft	1968	Earth	Ohio
Refuse Disposal Area Saline	Significant Hazard	175 ft	—	Earth	Illinois
Refuse Imp. (Sands Hill Reservoir) Vinton	High Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Ohio
Reject Pond Dam No. 5 Wilkinson	Low Hazard	31 ft	1992	Earth	Georgia
Republic Mine Tailings Pond Dam B Marquette	Low Hazard	42 ft	1960	Earth	Michigan
Republic Mine Tailings Pond Dams Marquette	Low Hazard	91 ft	1960	Earth	Michigan
Republic Mine Tailings Pond Dam Tertiary Marquette	Low Hazard	16 ft	1973	Earth	Michigan
Reservoir No. 2 Itasca	Significant Hazard	33 ft	1972	Earth	Minnesota
Reservoir No. 6 Itasca	Low Hazard	35 ft	1966	Earth	Minnesota
Residue Pond #5 Montgomery	Low Hazard	—	2001	Earth	Tennessee
Residue Pond #7 Dam Montgomery	Low Hazard	50 ft	2022	Earth	Tennessee
Rich Creek Slurry Impoundment	High Hazard	—	—	Other	West Virginia
Richwoods Mine B Dam Washington	High Hazard	48 ft	1943	Other	Missouri
Right Fork Dam Harlan	High Hazard	370 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Right Fork of Pine Creek #22	High Hazard	—	—	Other	West Virginia
Right Fork Slurry Dam Perry	High Hazard	329 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
River Green Lake Dam Cherokee	Low Hazard	52 ft	—	Earth	Georgia
River View Slurry Lake 02i Union	High Hazard	160 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
River View West Slurry Lake Union	High Hazard	146 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
R J Reynolds Raw Water Pond Dam Chesterfield	Low Hazard	50 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Rmg Cell A Tsf Nye	Significant Hazard	90 ft	1997	Rockfill	Nevada
Rmg Cell B Tsf Dam Nye	Significant Hazard	175 ft	2016	Earth	Nevada
R.N. Industries, Pond #1 Uintah	Low Hazard	—	—	Earth	Utah
R.N. Industries, Pond #3 Uintah	Low Hazard	—	—	Earth	Utah
Rob Fork Slurry Impoundment Pike	High Hazard	450 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Robinson Eagle	High Hazard	103 ft	1936	Earth	Colorado
Robinson Tailing Pond #1dam Summit	High Hazard	235 ft	—	Earth	Colorado
Robinson Tailings Pond #2 Dam Park	Significant Hazard	52 ft	—	Earth	Colorado
Rockcamp Branch Refuse Disposal Facility Nicholas	High Hazard	213 ft	—	Earth	West Virginia
Rock Creek El Dorado	Low Hazard	35 ft	1932	Earth	California
Rockhouse Branch #15	High Hazard	—	—	Other	West Virginia
Rock House Branch Slurry Impoundment Logan	High Hazard	482 ft	—	Earth	West Virginia
Rockland Mine N-3 Polk	Low Hazard	15 ft	1969	Earth	Florida
Rockland Mine S-1 Polk	Low Hazard	40 ft	1967	Earth	Florida
Rockland Mine S-4 Polk	Low Hazard	20 ft	1967	Earth	Florida
Rocklick Slurry Impoundment Boone	High Hazard	540 ft	—	Earth	West Virginia
Ross Recovery Cell 6 Converse	Low Hazard	33 ft	2014	Earth	Wyoming
Ross Recovery Cell 7 Converse	Low Hazard	56 ft	2016	Earth	Wyoming
Rubber Dam 3 Alameda	Significant Hazard	17 ft	1990	Other	California
Rufe Wysong Dam and Navigation Lock Sumter	Low Hazard	15 ft	1964	Earth	Florida
S1 Mix Area South Pasture Hardee	Significant Hazard	35 ft	1999	Earth	Florida
S-6 Rockland Mine Polk	Low Hazard	40 ft	1976	Earth	Florida