Tailings Dams

1,362 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Butler Branch Refuse Disposal Facility Floyd	High Hazard	195 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Butler Lake Dam Mitchell	Low Hazard	14 ft	1952	Earth	Texas
Butler Taconite Initial Tailings Itasca	Unknown	18 ft	1969	Earth	Minnesota
Bv Hedrick Tailings Dike #3 Anson	High Hazard	—	1989	Earth	North Carolina
Cadet Mine Tailings Dam Washington	High Hazard	97 ft	1978	Earth	Missouri
Cadet No. 1 Dam Washington	High Hazard	53 ft	1968	Earth	Missouri
Cadet No. 2 Dam Washington	High Hazard	77 ft	1980	Earth	Missouri
Cadet No. 3 Dam Washington	High Hazard	74 ft	1992	Earth	Missouri
Calero Santa Clara	High Hazard	90 ft	1935	Earth	California
Calvert Mine Spc 18 Dam Robertson	Low Hazard	28 ft	1992	Earth	Texas
Calvert Mine Spc-4 Dam Robertson	Low Hazard	19 ft	1991	Earth	Texas
Campbells Creek Slurry Impoundment Nicholas	High Hazard	355 ft	1999	Other	West Virginia
Canisteo No. 2 North Itasca	Low Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Minnesota
Canisteo Pit Itasca	Low Hazard	75 ft	—	Earth	Minnesota
Cardinal Fly Ash No. 1 Dam Jefferson	High Hazard	242 ft	1974	Earth	Ohio
Cardinal Fly Ash No. 2 Dam Jefferson	High Hazard	250 ft	2014	Earth	Ohio
Cardinal Plant Ash Pond Dam Jefferson	Significant Hazard	20 ft	1974	Earth	Ohio
Carlin Gold Tailings Dam Eureka	Low Hazard	270 ft	1991	Earth	Nevada
Carter Lake Dam Washington	Low Hazard	62 ft	1957	Earth	Missouri
Caselton Last Dam Lincoln	Low Hazard	28 ft	—	Earth	Nevada
Caselton Mill Middle Dam Lincoln	Low Hazard	20 ft	—	Earth	Nevada
Caselton No 4 Dam Lincoln	Low Hazard	32 ft	—	Earth	Nevada
Caselton No 5 Dam Lincoln	Low Hazard	29 ft	—	Earth	Nevada
Caselton No 8 Dam Lincoln	Low Hazard	34 ft	1960	Earth	Nevada
Caselton No 9 Dam Lincoln	Low Hazard	36 ft	—	Earth	Nevada
Casey Lake Dam Washington	High Hazard	56 ft	1957	Other	Missouri
Catfish Ii Dam Coshocton	Significant Hazard	25 ft	1967	Earth	Ohio
Cecil Sand and Gravel Pond 6 Cecil	Significant Hazard	49 ft	2006	Earth	Maryland
Cecil Sand and Gravel Pond 7 Cecil	Significant Hazard	24 ft	2017	Earth	Maryland
Cedarville Operation Tailings Basin Dam Mackinac	High Hazard	10 ft	—	Earth	Michigan
Cell 4 A and B San Juan	Low Hazard	30 ft	—	Earth	Utah
Cell J Sweetwater	Low Hazard	10 ft	—	Earth	Wyoming
Centralia Coal Mine Dam No 19 Lewis	Low Hazard	—	1977	Earth	Washington
Centralia Coal Mine Dam No 19a Lewis	Low Hazard	—	1977	Earth	Washington
Centralia Coal Mine Dam No 20c Thurston	Low Hazard	—	1981	Earth	Washington
Centralia Coal Mine Dam No 36 Lewis	Low Hazard	—	1989	Earth	Washington
Centralia Coal Mine Dam No 36a Lewis	Low Hazard	—	1989	Earth	Washington
Centralia Coal Mine Dam No 3a Lewis	Low Hazard	—	1970	Earth	Washington
Centralia Coal Mine Dam No 3b Lewis	Significant Hazard	—	1980	Earth	Washington
Centralia Coal Mine Dam No 3c East Lewis	Significant Hazard	—	1987	Earth	Washington
Centralia Coal Mine Dam No 3c North Lewis	Significant Hazard	—	1987	Earth	Washington
Centralia Coal Mine Dam No 3c South Lewis	Significant Hazard	—	1987	Earth	Washington
Centralia Coal Mine Dam No 3d Lewis	Low Hazard	—	1988	Earth	Washington
Centralia Coal Mine Dam No 44 Lewis	Low Hazard	—	1975	Earth	Washington
Centralia Coal Mine Dam No 5 Lewis	Low Hazard	—	1971	Earth	Washington
Centralia Coal Mine Dam No 5c Lewis	Low Hazard	—	1970	Earth	Washington
Centralia Coal Mine Dam No 6b Lewis	Low Hazard	—	1970	Earth	Washington
Centralia Coal Mine Dam No 8 Lewis	High Hazard	—	1972	Earth	Washington
Centralia Coal Mine Dam No 8a Lewis	High Hazard	—	1972	Earth	Washington
Cfi Plant City 10 Hillsborough	Significant Hazard	16 ft	2001	Other	Florida