Tailings Dams

1,362 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
S9 Fort Meade Polk	Significant Hazard	40 ft	1985	Earth	Florida
Sa 10 S.C. Hamilton	Significant Hazard	45 ft	2005	Earth	Florida
Sa 11 S.R. Hamilton	Low Hazard	23 ft	1988	Earth	Florida
Sa 12 S.R. Hamilton	Low Hazard	24 ft	1982	Earth	Florida
Sa 13 S.R. Hamilton	Low Hazard	24 ft	2000	Earth	Florida
Sa 14 S.R. Hamilton	Low Hazard	24 ft	2000	Earth	Florida
Sa 15 Mobil Ft. Meade Polk	Low Hazard	20 ft	1975	Earth	Florida
Sa 1 S.C. Hamilton	Significant Hazard	25 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Sa 1 S.R. Hamilton	Low Hazard	21 ft	1965	Earth	Florida
Sa 2 S.C. Hamilton	Low Hazard	29 ft	1976	Earth	Florida
Sa 2 S.R. Hamilton	Low Hazard	18 ft	1966	Earth	Florida
Sa 3a S.R. Hamilton	Low Hazard	16 ft	1968	Earth	Florida
Sa 3b S.R. Hamilton	Low Hazard	26 ft	1968	Earth	Florida
Sa 3 S.C. Hamilton	Significant Hazard	24 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Sa 4 S.C. Hamilton	Significant Hazard	26 ft	1986	Earth	Florida
Sa 4 S.R. Hamilton	Low Hazard	27 ft	1968	Earth	Florida
Sa 5 S.R. Hamilton	Low Hazard	19 ft	1972	Earth	Florida
Sa 6a S.C. Hamilton	Significant Hazard	33 ft	1992	Earth	Florida
Sa 6a S.R. Hamilton	Low Hazard	19 ft	1974	Earth	Florida
Sa 6b S.R. Hamilton	Low Hazard	23 ft	1976	Earth	Florida
Sa6 Fort Meade Polk	Significant Hazard	45 ft	1990	Earth	Florida
Sa 7 S.R. Hamilton	Significant Hazard	16 ft	1995	Earth	Florida
Sa 8a S.C. Hamilton	Significant Hazard	30 ft	1994	Earth	Florida
Sa 8b S.C. Hamilton	Significant Hazard	30 ft	1999	Earth	Florida
Sa 8 S.R. Hamilton	Low Hazard	20 ft	1980	Earth	Florida
Sa 9 S.C Hamilton	Significant Hazard	45 ft	2005	Earth	Florida
Sa 9 S.R. Hamilton	Low Hazard	26 ft	1978	Earth	Florida
Sabine Mining 87-B12-005-Dam Harrison	Low Hazard	25 ft	1988	Earth	Texas
Sabine Mining 87-B12-006-Dam Harrison	Low Hazard	29 ft	1988	Earth	Texas
Sabine Mining C 8 Dam Harrison	Low Hazard	29 ft	1987	Earth	Texas
Saddle Creek #3 Polk	Low Hazard	18 ft	1970	Earth	Florida
Saddle Creek 4w Polk	Low Hazard	15 ft	1970	Earth	Florida
Saddle Creek Bd-T-01 Polk	Significant Hazard	40 ft	1998	Earth	Florida
Saddle Creek Sa-1 Polk	Significant Hazard	26 ft	1955	Earth	Florida
Saddle Creek Sa-2 Polk	Significant Hazard	24 ft	1956	Earth	Florida
Saddle Creek Sa-3 Polk	Low Hazard	19 ft	1970	Earth	Florida
Saddle Creek Sa-4 Polk	Significant Hazard	24 ft	1958	Earth	Florida
Saddle Creek Sc-7 Polk	Low Hazard	16 ft	1979	Earth	Florida
Saddle Creek Settling Area No 5 Polk	Significant Hazard	55 ft	1971	Earth	Florida
Saddle Fork Dam Perry	High Hazard	200 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Sah Fort Mead Polk	Significant Hazard	40 ft	1990	Earth	Florida
Salt Springs Valley Calaveras	High Hazard	47 ft	1882	Earth	California
Salt Water Cooling Pond Dam Hillsborough	Low Hazard	9 ft	1973	Earth	Florida
Sammis Station North Bottom Ash Pond Dam Jefferson	Significant Hazard	21 ft	—	Earth	Ohio
Sandersville Tailing Pond No. 4 Washington	Low Hazard	54 ft	1984	Earth	Georgia
Sands Hill Slurry Impoundment Dam Vinton	High Hazard	131 ft	1992	Rockfill	Ohio
Sauntry Creek Settling St. Louis	Low Hazard	32 ft	1977	Earth	Minnesota
Sausman Tailings Huntingdon	Significant Hazard	39 ft	—	—	Pennsylvania
Sawtooth Brine Pond #1 Millard	Significant Hazard	—	2013	Earth	Utah
Scioto County Sludge Lagoon Scioto	Significant Hazard	46 ft	1980	Earth	Ohio