Tailings Dams

1,362 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Star No 6 Shoshone	High Hazard	33 ft	1979	—	Idaho
Stevenot Calaveras	High Hazard	70 ft	1987	Earth	California
St. Henry Wwt Lagoon Mercer	Significant Hazard	27 ft	1988	Earth	Ohio
Stillwater Hertzler Tailings Dam Stillwater	High Hazard	—	—	—	Montana
Stillwater Nye Tailings Dam Stillwater	High Hazard	—	—	—	Montana
Stingy Run Fly Ash Dam Gallia	High Hazard	89 ft	1974	Earth	Ohio
St. Joe State Park Dam St. Francois	High Hazard	130 ft	1965	Rockfill	Missouri
St. Joe Tailings Boulder	Low Hazard	37 ft	1936	Other	Colorado
St. Marys Lime Sludge Lagoons Auglaize	Significant Hazard	13 ft	1988	Earth	Ohio
Stonecoal Branch Slurry Dam Perry	High Hazard	365 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Stoney Fork Slurry Dam Bell	High Hazard	264 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Sugar Camp Branch Coal Refuse Impoundment Nicholas	High Hazard	150 ft	2006	Other	West Virginia
Sugar Camp/Mine 1/Coal Refuse Disposal 1 Dam Franklin	High Hazard	86 ft	—	Earth	Illinois
Sugar Camp/Mine 1/North Refuse Disposal Facility Dam Franklin	High Hazard	117 ft	—	Earth	Illinois
Sugar Pine Placer	High Hazard	251 ft	1981	Earth	California
Sukey Branch Slurry Impoundment Pike	High Hazard	478 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Sulphur Springs Draw Dam Martin	High Hazard	33 ft	1993	Earth	Texas
Sun Mine Dam Washington	High Hazard	56 ft	1973	Other	Missouri
Sunshine Lakes Dam Columbiana	Significant Hazard	38 ft	—	Earth	Ohio
Sunshine No 2 Shoshone	Significant Hazard	54 ft	—	—	Idaho
Sweetwater Main San Diego	High Hazard	112 ft	1888	Gravity	California
Sweetwater Tailings Dam Reynolds	High Hazard	130 ft	1980	Other	Missouri
Tailings Pond Millard	Low Hazard	15 ft	—	Earth	Utah
Tailings Pond Garland	High Hazard	90 ft	1980	Earth	Arkansas
Tailings Pond Dam No 3 Franklin	Low Hazard	35 ft	1963	Rockfill	Arkansas
Tailings Pond Expansion Lexington	Low Hazard	22 ft	—	—	South Carolina
Tailings Pond No. 1 Sweetwater	Low Hazard	38 ft	—	Earth	Wyoming
Tailings Pond No. 4 Dam 2a Sweetwater	Significant Hazard	27 ft	1992	Earth	Wyoming
Tailings Pond No. 4 Dam 2b Sweetwater	Significant Hazard	27 ft	1992	Earth	Wyoming
T/A Minerals Settling Pond A Polk	Low Hazard	13 ft	1976	Earth	Florida
Tamra Mining Flotation Tailings Pond Beaver	Low Hazard	—	—	Earth	Utah
Temple Terrace Cell D Hillsborough	Significant Hazard	100 ft	1970	Earth	Florida
Temple Terrace Cell E Hillsborough	Significant Hazard	75 ft	1970	Earth	Florida
Temple Terrace Cell G Hillsborough	Significant Hazard	75 ft	1975	Earth	Florida
Temple Terrace (Ne) A Hillsborough	Significant Hazard	60 ft	1984	Earth	Florida
Temple Terrace (Se) Gypstack Hillsborough	Significant Hazard	60 ft	1984	Earth	Florida
Temple Terrace (S) Recircle Hillsborough	Significant Hazard	20 ft	2001	Earth	Florida
Temple Terrace (Sw) Hillsborough	Significant Hazard	103 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Ten Mile Pond #3 Dam Summit	High Hazard	416 ft	—	Earth	Colorado
Tenneco Mill Pond Dam Nye	Low Hazard	18 ft	—	Earth	Nevada
Tenoroc Bdn-T-03 Polk	Significant Hazard	10 ft	1950	Earth	Florida
Tenoroc Lake 5a Polk	Low Hazard	20 ft	1950	Earth	Florida
Tenoroc Lake 5b Polk	Low Hazard	25 ft	1950	Earth	Florida
Texas Gulf Reservoir Dam Wharton	Low Hazard	10 ft	1929	Earth	Texas
Texas Gulf Tailings (Phase 1e & 1f Enl.) Sweetwater	Significant Hazard	28 ft	1976	Earth	Wyoming
The Ohio Valley Coal Slurry Disposal Dam Belmont	High Hazard	275 ft	1981	Earth	Ohio
Thiele-Kaolin CO Impound Dam Washington	Low Hazard	86 ft	1962	Earth	Georgia
Thiele Limestone Creek Water Impoundment Washington	Low Hazard	84 ft	1985	Earth	Georgia
Thiele Process Water Retention Dam A Washington	Low Hazard	28 ft	1984	Earth	Georgia
Thiele Process Water Retention Dam B Washington	Low Hazard	38 ft	1984	Earth	Georgia