Tailings Dams

1,362 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Cherry Tree Hollow Refuse Facility Boone	High Hazard	385 ft	—	Earth	West Virginia
Chess Refuse Disposal Area No. 1 Boone	High Hazard	780 ft	—	Earth	West Virginia
Chesterfield Power Station Uap Chesterfield	Significant Hazard	25 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Chino Mines Tailings Dam No. 7 Grant	High Hazard	230 ft	1988	Other	New Mexico
Cit03 Citrus	Significant Hazard	7 ft	—	Earth	Florida
City of Lakeland Wetland Treatment System Central Polk	Significant Hazard	25 ft	1995	Earth	Florida
City of Lakeland Wetland Treatment System East Polk	Significant Hazard	15 ft	1995	Earth	Florida
City of Lakeland Wetland Treatment System West Polk	Significant Hazard	45 ft	1995	Earth	Florida
Clark Branch Dam	High Hazard	—	—	Other	West Virginia
Clay-Boswell Itasca	Significant Hazard	50 ft	—	Earth	Minnesota
Clay Hollow Slurry Impoundment Letcher	High Hazard	375 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Clay Settling Area Al Hillsborough	Low Hazard	27 ft	1976	Earth	Florida
Clay Settling Area Bl Hillsborough	Low Hazard	27 ft	1979	Earth	Florida
Clean Water Holding Pond Polk	Low Hazard	30 ft	1969	Earth	Florida
Clear Springs Cs-1 Polk	Significant Hazard	18 ft	1950	Earth	Florida
Clear Springs Cs-3 Polk	Significant Hazard	18 ft	1954	Earth	Florida
Clear Springs Cs-4 Polk	Significant Hazard	27 ft	1956	Earth	Florida
Clear Springs Cs-5 Polk	Significant Hazard	19 ft	1966	Earth	Florida
Clear Springs Cs-6a Polk	Significant Hazard	17 ft	1960	Earth	Florida
Clear Springs Cs-6c Polk	Significant Hazard	20 ft	1967	Earth	Florida
Clear Springs Cs-8 Polk	Significant Hazard	48 ft	1977	Earth	Florida
Clear Springs Cs-8 Marina Polk	Significant Hazard	16 ft	1977	Earth	Florida
Clear Springs Fortner Lake Polk	Significant Hazard	17 ft	1977	Earth	Florida
Clear Springs H-6 Polk	Significant Hazard	20 ft	1958	Earth	Florida
Clear Springs H-9 Polk	Significant Hazard	22 ft	1964	Earth	Florida
Clear Springs Marina Polk	Significant Hazard	18 ft	1956	Earth	Florida
Clear Springs N-12a Polk	Significant Hazard	45 ft	1975	Earth	Florida
Cleco Ash Pond Dam De Soto	Low Hazard	20 ft	1985	Earth	Louisiana
Cliffside Active Ash Basin Downstream Dam Cleveland	High Hazard	—	1972	Earth	North Carolina
Cliffside Active Ash Basin Upstream Dam Cleveland	High Hazard	—	1972	Earth	North Carolina
Clinch Valley "B" Grainger	Significant Hazard	—	1995	Earth	Tennessee
Clinch Valley "C" Grainger	Significant Hazard	—	1995	Earth	Tennessee
Clinch Valley Mine Grainger	Significant Hazard	70 ft	—	Other	Tennessee
Clymers Basin Dam Presque Isle	Low Hazard	65 ft	1999	Earth	Michigan
Coal Ash Pond Number Two Richland	Low Hazard	20 ft	1970	—	South Carolina
Coal Refuse Disposal Facility No. 1 Upshur	High Hazard	190 ft	—	Earth	West Virginia
Cobre Main Tailings Dam Grant	High Hazard	310 ft	1968	Other	New Mexico
Coldwater Wastewater Treatment Dam Mercer	Significant Hazard	25 ft	1991	Earth	Ohio
Cole Storage Tank Dam Archer	Low Hazard	15 ft	1923	Earth	Texas
Collins Fork Cr Dam	High Hazard	—	—	Other	West Virginia
Collins Park Wtp Sludge Lagoon A Lucas	Significant Hazard	12 ft	1954	Earth	Ohio
Collins Park Wtp Sludge Lagoon E Lucas	Significant Hazard	33 ft	1987	Earth	Ohio
Collins Park Wtp Sludge Lagoons B & C Lucas	High Hazard	21 ft	1987	Earth	Ohio
Conda Site Mtis (Simplot) Caribou	Significant Hazard	45 ft	1979	—	Idaho
Conesville Plant Ash Pond Complex Coshocton	Significant Hazard	35 ft	—	Earth	Ohio
Conner Run Refuse Impoundment Marshall	High Hazard	267 ft	1976	Other	West Virginia
Conserv Cooling Pond Polk	Unknown	104 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Conserv Retention Pond Polk	Unknown	20 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Contee Main Settling Pond Prince George's	High Hazard	41 ft	1973	Earth	Maryland
Continental Oil Lake Dam Wichita	Low Hazard	7 ft	1925	Earth	Texas