Tailings Dams

1,362 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Dominion Virginia City Dam #2 Wise	High Hazard	40 ft	—	Earth	Virginia
Donora Settling St. Louis	Low Hazard	20 ft	1970	Earth	Minnesota
Dorlac Lake Dam Washington	High Hazard	45 ft	1941	Other	Missouri
Dorothy Mine Pond Dam Jefferson	Significant Hazard	48 ft	1950	Earth	Ohio
Douglas Creek Tailings Dam Granite	Significant Hazard	60 ft	—	Earth	Montana
Douglas Tailings St. Louis	Significant Hazard	40 ft	1960	Earth	Minnesota
Dresser #1 Dam Washington	High Hazard	30 ft	1968	Rockfill	Missouri
Dresser Ind. Old #1 Washington	High Hazard	45 ft	1968	Earth	Missouri
Dresser Minerals #7 Dam South (Dry) Washington	High Hazard	35 ft	1950	Rockfill	Missouri
Dresser Minerals No 7 Dam (Dry) Washington	Low Hazard	30 ft	1972	Rockfill	Missouri
Dresser No. 10 Dam Jefferson	High Hazard	100 ft	1974	Earth	Missouri
Dresser No. 11 Jefferson	High Hazard	90 ft	1975	Other	Missouri
Dresser No.4 Dam Washington	High Hazard	105 ft	1975	Rockfill	Missouri
Dry Fork (Amonate) Slurry Dam	High Hazard	—	—	Other	West Virginia
D Tailings Pinal	Significant Hazard	150 ft	—	Earth	Arizona
Duck Creek Gypsum Stack Dam Fulton	Low Hazard	45 ft	—	Earth	Illinois
Duck Creek Recycle Pond Dam Fulton	Low Hazard	41 ft	—	Earth	Illinois
Duckwood Tailings Storage Facility Lancaster	High Hazard	110 ft	—	—	South Carolina
Dynegy/ Wood River East Ash Disposal Pond Dam Madison	High Hazard	33 ft	2005	Earth	Illinois
E2 Mix Area South Pasture Hardee	Significant Hazard	35 ft	1998	Earth	Florida
E3 Mix Area South Pasture Hardee	Significant Hazard	40 ft	2001	Earth	Florida
East Boulder Tailings Dam Sweet Grass	High Hazard	—	—	—	Montana
East Catchment Basin Dam Eddy	Significant Hazard	33 ft	—	Earth	New Mexico
East Fork of Crane Creek Dam	High Hazard	—	—	—	West Virginia
East Stephens Settling St. Louis	Low Hazard	15 ft	1964	Earth	Minnesota
Eaton Tailings Dam St. Francois	High Hazard	58 ft	1955	Other	Missouri
Edison Wwt Lagoon Morrow	Significant Hazard	10 ft	2000	Earth	Ohio
E.L. Huey Land Application Facility Dam "B" Clayton	Low Hazard	19 ft	—	Earth	Georgia
E.L. Huey Land Application Facility Dam "C" Clayton	Low Hazard	30 ft	—	Earth	Georgia
E.L. Huey Land Application Facility Dam "D" Clayton	Low Hazard	28 ft	—	Earth	Georgia
E.L. Huey Land Application Facility Dam "E" Clayton	Unknown	36 ft	—	Earth	Georgia
Elisa Fork Dam	High Hazard	—	—	Other	West Virginia
Elizabeth Mine Tp-1 Orange	High Hazard	120 ft	1958	Earth	Vermont
Elk Creek #10 Slurry Impoundment	High Hazard	—	—	Other	West Virginia
Elkem Effluent Treatment Pond No. 4 Ashtabula	Significant Hazard	18 ft	1977	Earth	Ohio
Elkem Fluid Waste Pond 3a Ashtabula	Significant Hazard	40 ft	1967	Earth	Ohio
Elkem Sludge Holding Pond 5c Dam Ashtabula	Significant Hazard	20 ft	1988	Earth	Ohio
Elk Run Cr Facility	High Hazard	—	—	—	West Virginia
Elmore-Tralee Cr Dam	High Hazard	—	—	Other	West Virginia
Elmwood Tailings Smith	Significant Hazard	—	1974	Other	Tennessee
Emery Calaveras	Low Hazard	53 ft	1850	Earth	California
Empire Mine Expanded Tertiary Dam Marquette	Significant Hazard	52 ft	1985	Earth	Michigan
Empire Mine Tailings Basin Dam Marquette	Significant Hazard	163 ft	1975	Earth	Michigan
Engelhard Brannon # 1 Dam Wilkinson	High Hazard	68 ft	1980	Earth	Georgia
Engelhard Holliman # 1 Finishing Pond Dam Wilkinson	Low Hazard	18 ft	1978	Earth	Georgia
Engelhard Job Tailings Pond (Lower) Dam Wilkinson	Low Hazard	27 ft	1983	Earth	Georgia
Engelhard Kaolin Tailings Pond Dam Wilkinson	Low Hazard	44 ft	1968	Earth	Georgia
Engelhard Trapnell # 1 A Plant Tailings Impoundment Wilkinson	Low Hazard	27 ft	1978	Earth	Georgia
Engelhard Trapnell # 1 Plant Tailings Pond Wilkinson	Low Hazard	23 ft	1978	Earth	Georgia
Engelhard Trapnell # 2 Plant Tailings Impoundment Wilkinson	Low Hazard	40 ft	1983	Earth	Georgia