Tailings Dams

1,362 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Engelhard Trapnell # 3 Plant Tailings Pond Wilkinson	Low Hazard	50 ft	1983	Earth	Georgia
Eramet Fluid Waste Pond 1a Washington	Significant Hazard	35 ft	1975	Earth	Ohio
Eramet Slag Tailings Pond Washington	Significant Hazard	25 ft	1975	Earth	Ohio
Eramet Waste Retention Dam Washington	High Hazard	118 ft	1982	Earth	Ohio
Erie Basin 1 St. Louis	Significant Hazard	200 ft	1978	Earth	Minnesota
Erie Basin 2 St. Louis	Significant Hazard	250 ft	1978	Earth	Minnesota
Eshbaugh-Martin Dam Washington	High Hazard	115 ft	1968	Earth	Missouri
Esmeralda Mine Tsf 2 Dam Mineral	Low Hazard	56 ft	2012	Earth	Nevada
Esmeralda Project Tails Dam Mineral	Low Hazard	88 ft	1990	Earth	Nevada
Essar Steel Reclaim Pond Itasca	Low Hazard	70 ft	2011	Earth	Minnesota
Essar Steel Tailings Basin Itasca	Significant Hazard	200 ft	2011	Earth	Minnesota
Es-Tech At-7 Polk	Low Hazard	23 ft	1959	Earth	Florida
Es-Tech Sa-12 Polk	Low Hazard	31 ft	1977	Earth	Florida
Es-Tech Sa-13 Polk	Low Hazard	50 ft	1976	Earth	Florida
Es-Tech Sa-8 Polk	Low Hazard	20 ft	1977	Earth	Florida
Es-Tech Sa-9 Polk	Low Hazard	20 ft	1979	Earth	Florida
Eveleth Taconite Tailings St. Louis	High Hazard	50 ft	1978	Earth	Minnesota
Exxonmobil Coal Usa/Mine 2/Refuse Disposal Area 1 Clinton	High Hazard	47 ft	—	Other	Illinois
F1 Four Corners Mine Manatee	Significant Hazard	55 ft	1989	Earth	Florida
F3a Four Corners Mine Manatee	Significant Hazard	65 ft	2001	Earth	Florida
F3b Four Corners Mine Manatee	Significant Hazard	65 ft	2005	Earth	Florida
Fayette Sewage Lagoons Fulton	Significant Hazard	15 ft	1963	Earth	Ohio
Fgd Effluent #4 Lincoln	Significant Hazard	62 ft	2010	Earth	Wyoming
Fgd Effluent Pond #5 Lincoln	Significant Hazard	58 ft	2018	Earth	Wyoming
Fgh1a Fort Green Mine Hardee	Significant Hazard	35 ft	1981	Earth	Florida
Fgh1b Fort Green Mine Manatee	Significant Hazard	35 ft	1976	Earth	Florida
Fgh2 Fort Green Mine Hardee	Significant Hazard	40 ft	1980	Earth	Florida
Fgh3 Fort Green Mine Hardee	Significant Hazard	40 ft	1980	Earth	Florida
Fgh4 Fort Green Mine Hardee	Significant Hazard	50 ft	2002	Earth	Florida
Fine Refuse Pond Macoupin	Low Hazard	23 ft	—	Earth	Illinois
Finney Branch Embankment Kanawha	Significant Hazard	28 ft	1971	Other	West Virginia
Fletcher Mine Clarification Da Reynolds	High Hazard	51 ft	1977	Earth	Missouri
Fletcher Tailings Dam Reynolds	High Hazard	201 ft	1965	Other	Missouri
Fly Ash Settling Basin Dam Kanawha	High Hazard	28 ft	1974	Rockfill	West Virginia
Flying "S" Bar Ranch Dam Washington	High Hazard	62 ft	1977	Other	Missouri
Fm 1-2 (Fort Meade) Polk	Low Hazard	65 ft	1972	Earth	Florida
Fm 3 (Fort Meade) Polk	Low Hazard	50 ft	1974	Earth	Florida
Fmc Granger Tailings Pond Phases 1e -1j Sweetwater	Low Hazard	24 ft	2013	Earth	Wyoming
Fmcp Cooling Pond Cell A Polk	Significant Hazard	140 ft	1978	Earth	Florida
Foote Mineral Tailings Dam Cleveland	Low Hazard	—	1958	Earth	North Carolina
Fort Green Fg-1 Polk	Significant Hazard	25 ft	1975	Earth	Florida
Fort Green Fg-2 Polk	Significant Hazard	23 ft	1977	Earth	Florida
Fort Green Fg-3 Polk	Significant Hazard	17 ft	1979	Earth	Florida
Fort Knox Tailings Dam Fairbanks North Star Borough	Significant Hazard	350 ft	1996	Rockfill	Alaska
Fort Meade Pr-4 Polk	High Hazard	54 ft	1975	Earth	Florida
Fort Meade Pr-6 Polk	High Hazard	48 ft	1977	Earth	Florida
Fort Meade Sa-1 Polk	Significant Hazard	50 ft	1980	Earth	Florida
Four Mile Branch Slurry Dam Knott	High Hazard	350 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Four Seam Slurry Dam Perry	High Hazard	410 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Franklin Impoundment No. 3 Washington	Low Hazard	23 ft	1987	Earth	Georgia