Tailings Dams

1,362 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name Hazard Height Built Type State
Wrg-Bl-08w Polk Significant Hazard 20 ft 1975 Earth Florida
Yerington Bb Dam Lyon Low Hazard 10 ft Earth Nevada
Yerington Mill Dam Lyon Significant Hazard 90 ft Earth Nevada
Yerington No 2 Dam Lyon Significant Hazard 10 ft Earth Nevada
York Bldg Products Settling Pond 11 Cecil Significant Hazard 51 ft 1999 Earth Maryland
York Bldg Products Settling Pond 12 Cecil Significant Hazard 70 ft 2004 Earth Maryland
York Bldg Products Settling Pond 9 Cecil Significant Hazard 43 ft 1988 Earth Maryland
York Building Products Pond No. 7 Dam Cecil Low Hazard 30 ft 1971 Earth Maryland
Young Mill Tailing #2 Jefferson Low Hazard 2002 Earth Tennessee
Young Mill Tailings Jefferson High Hazard 1998 Earth Tennessee
Zimmer Waste Water Pond Complex Dam Clermont Significant Hazard 21 ft 1989 Earth Ohio
Zion Lake Dam Harrison Low Hazard 37 ft 1963 Earth Ohio