Tailings Dams

1,362 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
U. S. Steel Corp. Tailings (Lower) Carbon	Low Hazard	—	1984	Earth	Utah
U. S. Steel Corp. Tailings (Upper) Carbon	Low Hazard	—	1958	Earth	Utah
Van Stone Pit Lake Dam Stevens	High Hazard	—	1999	Earth	Washington
Van Stone Tailings Dam Stevens	Significant Hazard	—	1970	Earth	Washington
Viburnum City Lake Dam Iron	High Hazard	47 ft	1959	Earth	Missouri
Village of Amanda Dam Fairfield	Significant Hazard	16 ft	1992	Earth	Ohio
Vinson Impound # 1 Dam Wilkinson	High Hazard	44 ft	1985	Earth	Georgia
Vulcan Materials Lake Dam Bartow	Low Hazard	43 ft	—	Earth	Georgia
W1mix Area South Pasture Hardee	Significant Hazard	35 ft	2001	Earth	Florida
W1 Phase2 South Pasture Hardee	Significant Hazard	35 ft	2003	Earth	Florida
W2 Mix Area South Pasture Hardee	Significant Hazard	30 ft	2002	Earth	Florida
W3 Mix Area South Pasture Hardee	Significant Hazard	30 ft	2004	Earth	Florida
Wabigone Tailings St. Louis	Low Hazard	10 ft	1941	Earth	Minnesota
Wadsworth Sludge Lagoon Medina	Significant Hazard	25 ft	1990	Earth	Ohio
Wallace Cabin Branch Cr Dam	High Hazard	—	—	Other	West Virginia
Walnut Creek Mine Dam Spc-27 Robertson	Low Hazard	28 ft	1995	Earth	Texas
Ward Impoundment (Lower) Dam Kanawha	Significant Hazard	152 ft	—	Rockfill	West Virginia
Ward Impoundment (Upper) Dam Kanawha	High Hazard	139 ft	1965	Earth	West Virginia
Waste Pond San Diego	Significant Hazard	20 ft	—	Earth	California
Waterloo Coal Double-Cell Slurry Dam Jackson	Significant Hazard	34 ft	1981	Earth	Ohio
Watson Sa N09 Bowlegs Polk	Low Hazard	55 ft	1969	Earth	Florida
Watson Sa No 10 Polk	Low Hazard	51 ft	1974	Earth	Florida
Watson Sa No 11 Phase 1 Polk	Low Hazard	37 ft	1974	Earth	Florida
Watson Sa No 11 Phase 2 Polk	Low Hazard	45 ft	1974	Earth	Florida
Waynoka Wwt Lagoon Brown	Significant Hazard	13 ft	1995	Earth	Ohio
Wc 3(A) Mix Area Manatee	Significant Hazard	12 ft	1992	Earth	Florida
West Akins Dam Polk	High Hazard	37 ft	1963	Earth	Florida
Western Fuels/Brushy Creek/Slurry Cell 5 Saline	Low Hazard	45 ft	2004	Other	Illinois
Western Hibtac St. Louis	Unknown	100 ft	1978	Earth	Minnesota
Western Nuclear Tailings Pond Stevens	Significant Hazard	—	1977	Earth	Washington
Western Zirconium, INC. Weber	Low Hazard	—	—	Earth	Utah
Westfork Main Dam Reynolds	High Hazard	132 ft	1992	Other	Missouri
Westfork Southeast Dam Reynolds	High Hazard	60 ft	1992	Other	Missouri
West Hill Mine Pit Koochiching	Significant Hazard	—	—	Rockfill	Minnesota
West Peak Quarry Dam #1 Iron	High Hazard	90 ft	2001	Earth	Missouri
West Stephens Settling St. Louis	Low Hazard	10 ft	1964	Earth	Minnesota
White Pine Mine North Tailings Dam #1 Ontonagon	Low Hazard	30 ft	1970	Earth	Michigan
White Pine Mine North Tailings Dam #2 Ontonagon	Significant Hazard	75 ft	1971	Earth	Michigan
Whitney Tailings St. Louis	Unknown	37 ft	1960	Earth	Minnesota
Williams Valley Mendocino	Low Hazard	47 ft	1965	Earth	California
Willis Mt. Tailings Pond Buckingham	Significant Hazard	35 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Willow Hill Reservoir Sacramento	High Hazard	24 ft	—	Earth	California
Wilson Hollow Slurry Imp Monongalia	High Hazard	197 ft	—	Earth	West Virginia
Windsor Minerals Pond #10 Windsor	Low Hazard	33 ft	1982	Earth	Vermont
Windsor Minerals Pond #9 Windsor	Low Hazard	40 ft	1972	Earth	Vermont
Wingate Creek Isa Manatee	Significant Hazard	35 ft	1978	Earth	Florida
W.R. Bonsal Mud Pond Dike Anson	Significant Hazard	—	1986	Earth	North Carolina
Wrg-Bl-010 Polk	Significant Hazard	30 ft	1922	Earth	Florida
Wrg Bl 04 Polk	Low Hazard	40 ft	1956	Earth	Florida
Wrg-Bl-08e Polk	Low Hazard	20 ft	1977	Earth	Florida