Tailings Dams

1,362 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Borax Solar Evaporation Ponds Kern	Low Hazard	18 ft	1984	Earth	California
Borden Holding Pond No 2 Hillsborough	Significant Hazard	13 ft	1960	Earth	Florida
Bordens South Cooling Pond Manatee	Low Hazard	14 ft	1966	Earth	Florida
Boron Tails Pond 6 Kern	Low Hazard	39 ft	1980	Earth	California
Bottom Ash Ponds 1a Putnam	Significant Hazard	28 ft	—	Earth	West Virginia
Bottom Diggins Dam Washington	High Hazard	41 ft	1957	Earth	Missouri
Boyette Sa-2 Polk	Significant Hazard	15 ft	1951	Earth	Florida
Boyette Sa-5 Hillsborough	Significant Hazard	15 ft	1966	Earth	Florida
Boyette Sa-6 Polk	Significant Hazard	16 ft	1966	Earth	Florida
Bradley Junction 1 Polk	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Bradley Junction E (Ctr) Polk	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Bradley Junction N (Ctr) Polk	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Bradley Junction Ne Polk	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Bradley Junction Nw Polk	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Bradley Junction S Polk	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Bradley Junction S (Ctr) Polk	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Bradley Junction W (Ctr) Polk	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Bradley Jxn 2 Polk	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Bradley Jxn 3 Polk	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Bradley Jxn 4 Polk	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Bradley Jxn 5 Polk	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Bradley Jxn 6 Polk	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Bradley Jxn 7 Polk	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Bragg Fork Slurry Impoundment Boone	High Hazard	155 ft	—	Earth	West Virginia
Bremo Power Station Dam Fluvanna	High Hazard	102 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Briar Plant Dam No 1 Howard	Low Hazard	34 ft	1967	Earth	Arkansas
Britton Branch Refuse Dam Leslie	High Hazard	250 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Broken Aro Sediment Pond No. 47 Dam Coshocton	Low Hazard	40 ft	1980	Earth	Ohio
Broken Aro Slurry Pond No. 1 Dam Coshocton	Significant Hazard	49 ft	1962	Earth	Ohio
Brooks Millpond Dam Macon	Low Hazard	11 ft	1880	Earth	Georgia
Brown's Branch Cr Dam	High Hazard	—	—	Other	West Virginia
Browns Run Impoundment Marshall	High Hazard	246 ft	—	Earth	West Virginia
Brushy Creek Tailings Reynolds	High Hazard	205 ft	1970	Earth	Missouri
Brushy Fork Impoundment Greenbrier	High Hazard	605 ft	1996	Other	West Virginia
Brushy Fork No. 7 Dam Harrison	Significant Hazard	47 ft	1950	Other	Ohio
Brushy Fork Slurry Dam Knott	High Hazard	332 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Brushy Knob Ranch Lake Dam Upper Rockdale	Low Hazard	27 ft	1960	Earth	Georgia
Buck Ash Basin #1 Dam Rowan	High Hazard	—	1982	Earth	North Carolina
Buck Ash Basin Divider Dam Rowan	High Hazard	—	1977	Earth	North Carolina
Buck Basin #1 To Basin #2 Dam Rowan	High Hazard	—	1982	Earth	North Carolina
Buck Basin #2 To Basin #3 Dam Rowan	High Hazard	—	1979	Earth	North Carolina
Buckeye Creek Dam Perry	High Hazard	300 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Buckeye Tailings No. 2 Itasca	Low Hazard	50 ft	1950	Earth	Minnesota
Buck Main Ash Basin Dam Rowan	High Hazard	—	1957	Earth	North Carolina
Buick Tailings Dam Reynolds	High Hazard	147 ft	1981	Earth	Missouri
Building Run Cr Dam	High Hazard	—	—	—	West Virginia
Burke Branch Slurry Impoundment Pike	High Hazard	421 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Burnett Lake Dam Wichita	Low Hazard	18 ft	1968	Earth	Texas
Butler 1 Wsp Highlands	Low Hazard	8 ft	1989	Earth	Florida
Butler #2 Wsp #2 Okeechobee	Low Hazard	8 ft	1991	Earth	Florida