Tailings Dams

1,362 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Thomas Lake Dam Perry	Low Hazard	27 ft	—	Earth	Ohio
Thompson Mtis Custer	High Hazard	789 ft	1982	—	Idaho
Tinsley Branch Refuse Impoundment Logan	Unknown	405 ft	2005	Earth	West Virginia
Titanic Hollow Dam	High Hazard	—	—	Other	West Virginia
Tmpa Gibbons Creek Mine Dam Sp-20 Grimes	Low Hazard	28 ft	1992	Earth	Texas
Tmpa Gibbons Creek Mine Dam Sp 50 Grimes	High Hazard	37 ft	1995	Earth	Texas
Tmpa Gibbons Creek Mine Dam Sp-64 Grimes	Low Hazard	21 ft	1995	Earth	Texas
Tn Consolidated Coal #1 Marion	Low Hazard	—	1976	Earth	Tennessee
Toland Mine Cumberland	Low Hazard	28 ft	1981	Earth	Pennsylvania
Tom Hollow Refuse Disposal Facility Floyd	High Hazard	132 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Tonkin Springs Tailings Dam Eureka	Low Hazard	65 ft	1989	Earth	Nevada
Tony M Evaporation Pond Garfield	Low Hazard	—	1981	Earth	Utah
Trace Branch Slurry Impoundment Boone	High Hazard	320 ft	1992	Earth	West Virginia
Trampas Canyon Orange	High Hazard	229 ft	1975	Earth	California
Treatment Ponds Shasta	High Hazard	16 ft	1975	Earth	California
Trout Lake Tailings Itasca	Low Hazard	35 ft	1954	Earth	Minnesota
Tumbleweed Primary Lagoon Ellis	Low Hazard	25 ft	2015	—	Oklahoma
Tumco Dam 4ii-31 Panola	Low Hazard	14 ft	1996	Earth	Texas
Tumco Dam Ai-50 Panola	Low Hazard	14 ft	1995	Earth	Texas
Tumco Dam Di-12 Rusk	Low Hazard	16 ft	1992	Earth	Texas
Tumco Dam Di-16 Rusk	Low Hazard	18 ft	1992	Earth	Texas
Tumco Dam Di-40 Rusk	Low Hazard	33 ft	—	Earth	Texas
Tumco Dam Di-41 Rusk	Low Hazard	28 ft	—	Earth	Texas
Tumco Dam L-3 Titus	Low Hazard	8 ft	1996	Earth	Texas
Tumco Monticello Mine Dam H-2 Titus	Low Hazard	24 ft	1994	Earth	Texas
Tumco Monticello Mine Dam H-4 Titus	Low Hazard	10 ft	1996	Earth	Texas
Tumco Monticello Winfield Mine Dam J-3 Titus	Low Hazard	30 ft	1992	Earth	Texas
Tungston Mine Tailings Dam Vance	Significant Hazard	—	—	Earth	North Carolina
Tunnel Ridge Slurry Cell A Ohio	High Hazard	60 ft	—	Earth	West Virginia
Turkey Gap Cr Dam	High Hazard	—	—	Other	West Virginia
Turkeypen Branch Slurry Impoundment Harlan	High Hazard	425 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Twelve Pack Lake Dam Tuscarawas	Low Hazard	28 ft	1985	Earth	Ohio
Twelvepole Refuse Impoundment Mingo	High Hazard	235 ft	—	Earth	West Virginia
Txi Storage Pond # 2 Johnston	Low Hazard	28 ft	2006	—	Oklahoma
Tyrone Lake Dam Fayette	Low Hazard	8 ft	1948	Earth	Georgia
Unimin Dam #5 Richmond	Low Hazard	—	1990	Earth	North Carolina
Unimin Quarry Dam Jefferson	Significant Hazard	25 ft	—	Earth	Missouri
Unimin Tailings Dam Frederick	High Hazard	96 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Unimin Tailings Pond O Dam LaSalle	Low Hazard	56 ft	2010	Earth	Illinois
Unimin Woodward Tract Dam Richmond	Low Hazard	—	1990	Earth	North Carolina
Unocal Storage Pond #3 Garfield	Low Hazard	8 ft	1989	Earth	Colorado
Upland Cell Ii Interior St. Louis	Significant Hazard	60 ft	2011	Earth	Minnesota
Upper Delta Basin Enlargement Sweetwater	High Hazard	40 ft	2013	Earth	Wyoming
Upper Lick Branch Slurry Impoundment Pike	High Hazard	370 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Upper Settling Basin Santa Clara	Low Hazard	58 ft	—	Earth	California
Upper Valle Mines Dam Jefferson	High Hazard	34 ft	1958	Other	Missouri
Usac Gypstack Nw Cell Polk	Significant Hazard	80 ft	1962	Earth	Florida
Usac N4n Polk	Low Hazard	15 ft	1985	Earth	Florida
U.S. Department of Energy Grand	Low Hazard	—	—	Earth	Utah
U. S. Steel Corp. Storage (Clear Water) Carbon	Low Hazard	—	1958	Earth	Utah