Tailings Dams

1,362 dams in the US serve this purpose.

Dam Name	Hazard	Height	Built	Type	State
Franklin Impound No. 4 Dam Washington	Low Hazard	32 ft	1992	Earth	Georgia
Freshwater Cross-Valley Pond 001 Dam Jackson	Significant Hazard	17 ft	1981	Earth	Ohio
Freshwater/Runoff Pond Sacramento	High Hazard	20 ft	—	Earth	California
Fugate Fork Dam Breathitt	High Hazard	295 ft	—	Earth	Kentucky
Ga Kaolin #7 Dam Twiggs	Low Hazard	51 ft	1985	Earth	Georgia
Ga Kaolin Impound #11a Upper Twiggs	Low Hazard	15 ft	—	Earth	Georgia
Ga Kaolin Impound Dam #11 Twiggs	Low Hazard	41 ft	—	Earth	Georgia
Galena Mill No 3 Lower Shoshone	Significant Hazard	64 ft	1979	—	Idaho
Galena No 2 Mtis Shoshone	Significant Hazard	48 ft	—	—	Idaho
Ga Power Plant Arkwright Ash Pond # 3 Bibb	Low Hazard	32 ft	1977	Earth	Georgia
Gardinier Area E Polk	Significant Hazard	48 ft	1976	Earth	Florida
Gavin Bottom Ash Pond Gallia	High Hazard	37 ft	1974	Earth	Ohio
General Motors Secondary Lagoon Defiance	Significant Hazard	29 ft	—	Earth	Ohio
Genoa Ug Sewage Disposal Lgn Cells 1,2,3&4 Ottawa	Significant Hazard	10 ft	1963	Earth	Ohio
Genon Energy North Pond Dam Trumbull	Significant Hazard	20 ft	1955	Earth	Ohio
Genon Energy South Pond Dam Trumbull	Significant Hazard	14 ft	—	Earth	Ohio
Georgetown Upper Pond No. 2 Dam Harrison	Low Hazard	22 ft	1978	Earth	Ohio
Georgia Kaolin 7a Dam Twiggs	Low Hazard	40 ft	—	Earth	Georgia
Georgia Kaolin Reject Pond Dam Jefferson	Low Hazard	32 ft	1981	Earth	Georgia
Georgia Marble Co. Lake Dam Cherokee	Low Hazard	26 ft	1958	Earth	Georgia
Getchell Mine Tailings Dam Humboldt	Low Hazard	150 ft	—	Earth	Nevada
Gibsonton (Ne) Hillsborough	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Gibsonton (Nw) Hillsborough	Significant Hazard	11 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Gibsonton (S) Hillsborough	Significant Hazard	25 ft	1989	Earth	Florida
Gibsonton (Se) Hillsborough	Significant Hazard	25 ft	1989	Earth	Florida
Gibsonton (Sw1) Hillsborough	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Gibsonton (Sw2) Hillsborough	Significant Hazard	100 ft	—	Earth	Florida
Gibsonton (W) Hillsborough	Significant Hazard	25 ft	1989	Earth	Florida
Giroux Wash Tsf Dam White Pine	High Hazard	194 ft	1995	Earth	Nevada
Glen Miller Lake Dam Carroll	Low Hazard	52 ft	2006	Earth	Mississippi
Golden Sunlight #2 Tailings Dam Jefferson	High Hazard	—	—	—	Montana
Gooseberry Tails Dam Storey	Low Hazard	67 ft	1984	Earth	Nevada
Gordon Plant Wilkinson	Significant Hazard	85 ft	—	Earth	Georgia
Grace Mine Tailings Berks	High Hazard	145 ft	1957	Earth	Pennsylvania
Grant Mine Tailings Dam Fairbanks North Star Borough	Significant Hazard	30 ft	1987	—	Alaska
Grasshopper Hollow Tailings Dam Morgan	High Hazard	129 ft	1965	Rockfill	West Virginia
Graymont Sludge Lagoons Ottawa	Significant Hazard	18 ft	1981	Earth	Ohio
Green Bay Gypstack Cell 1 Polk	Significant Hazard	80 ft	1965	Earth	Florida
Greystone Tails Dam Lander	Low Hazard	111 ft	1954	Earth	Nevada
Gribben Tailings Basin Dam Marquette	Significant Hazard	115 ft	1977	Earth	Michigan
Grizzly Gulch Tailings Dam Lawrence	High Hazard	380 ft	1998	Earth	South Dakota
Grouse Creek North Custer	Significant Hazard	110 ft	1994	—	Idaho
Grouse Creek South Custer	Significant Hazard	300 ft	1994	—	Idaho
Grubstake Tailings Dam Sierra	Low Hazard	70 ft	1992	Earth	New Mexico
Gum Branch Anderson	High Hazard	—	1981	Earth	Tennessee
Gun Club Lake Dam Washington	High Hazard	85 ft	1962	Other	Missouri
Guy Branch Holding Pond Polk	Low Hazard	24 ft	1971	Earth	Florida
Gw-1 Pond Dam Clark	High Hazard	17 ft	2014	Earth	Nevada
Gypsum Field Dike Hillsborough	Low Hazard	100 ft	1974	Earth	Florida
H-1 Settling Area Polk	Significant Hazard	34 ft	1976	Earth	Florida