Tailings Dams

1,362 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Cooling Pond Northeast Polk	Significant Hazard	15 ft	1975	Earth	Florida
Cooling Pond Perimeter Dike Hillsborough	Low Hazard	20 ft	1995	Other	Florida
Cooper Valley LLC Dam Jefferson	Significant Hazard	42 ft	1963	Earth	Ohio
Cop Circulation Pond Polk	Low Hazard	20 ft	1958	Earth	Florida
Cop North Surge Area Polk	Low Hazard	19 ft	1962	Earth	Florida
Copper Flats Tailings Dam Sierra	Significant Hazard	54 ft	1980	Earth	New Mexico
Copper Range Company Dam Ontonagon	Unknown	70 ft	1958	Earth	Michigan
Coppers Fork Refuse Dam Bell	High Hazard	530 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Cop Storm Sewer Surge Area Polk	Low Hazard	12 ft	1971	Earth	Florida
Cornwall Tailings Lebanon	High Hazard	200 ft	1961	Rockfill	Pennsylvania
Coronet No. 4 Hillsborough	Significant Hazard	9 ft	1930	Earth	Florida
Coronet No. 5 Hillsborough	Low Hazard	9 ft	1930	Earth	Florida
Coronet No. 6 Hillsborough	Significant Hazard	10 ft	1930	Earth	Florida
Cortez Area 28 Tsf Cell 4 Dam Lander	Low Hazard	270 ft	—	Earth	Nevada
Cortez Area 28 Tsf Dam Lander	Low Hazard	215 ft	1997	Earth	Nevada
Cortez Tails #7 Dam Lander	Low Hazard	63 ft	1994	Earth	Nevada
Cotter Tailings Fremont	Low Hazard	93 ft	1980	Earth	Colorado
Coulterville Coal/Gateway Mine/Slurry Cell 4 Dam Randolph	Low Hazard	34 ft	2006	Other	Illinois
Cove Point Lng Main Dam Calvert	Significant Hazard	74 ft	1974	Earth	Maryland
Cove Point Lng Secondary Dam Calvert	Significant Hazard	35 ft	1974	Earth	Maryland
Cow Branch Slurry Impoundment Pike	High Hazard	442 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Coyote Moffat	Low Hazard	45 ft	1977	Earth	Colorado
C P Burton Dam Archer	Low Hazard	10 ft	1923	Earth	Texas
Crooked Run Cr Dam	High Hazard	—	—	Other	West Virginia
Crooked Run (Ft Martin) #3 Monongalia	High Hazard	38 ft	1983	Earth	West Virginia
Cs 10 Polk	Low Hazard	20 ft	2002	Earth	Florida
Cs-11 Polk	Significant Hazard	6 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Cunningham Flyash Pond Kanawha	Significant Hazard	31 ft	1971	Earth	West Virginia
Cunningham Run #95 Cr Dam	High Hazard	—	—	—	West Virginia
Cygnet Wwt Lagoon Wood	Significant Hazard	9 ft	1994	Earth	Ohio
Dalton Branch Cr Dam	High Hazard	—	—	Other	West Virginia
Dam E2 Harrison	Significant Hazard	25 ft	1994	Earth	Texas
Davis Creek Yolo	High Hazard	105 ft	1985	Earth	California
Deer Creek Diversion Nevada	High Hazard	92 ft	1928	Arch	California
Deer Run Pond K Dam Will	Low Hazard	11 ft	2002	Rockfill	Illinois
Delamar Wmp-1 Owyhee	Low Hazard	42 ft	2009	—	Idaho
Des01 DeSoto	Unknown	8 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Des02 DeSoto	Unknown	7 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Des03 DeSoto	Unknown	8 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Des04 DeSoto	Unknown	7 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Desoto Mine Pit & Plant A Dam Washington	High Hazard	78 ft	1980	Other	Missouri
Desoto Pit & Plant B Dam Washington	High Hazard	54 ft	1980	Other	Missouri
Deushane Slurry Impoundment 1 Dam Knox	Low Hazard	28 ft	1983	Earth	Illinois
Deushane Slurry Impoundment 2 Dam Knox	Low Hazard	45 ft	1983	Earth	Illinois
Deushane Slurry Impoundment 3 Dam Knox	Low Hazard	46 ft	—	Earth	Illinois
Dickerson Slurry No. 3 Dam Harrison	Significant Hazard	54 ft	1982	Earth	Ohio
Dickinson Lake Dam Wichita	Low Hazard	13 ft	1957	Earth	Texas
Ditch Creek Dam Washington	High Hazard	60 ft	1955	Other	Missouri
Docp1 Hamilton	Significant Hazard	8 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Do Gypsum Hamilton	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida