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Page 1 Lessons Learned from Dam Incidents and Failures Case Studies Identified Dam Name State Country Year of incident Type of dam A.V. Watkins Dam Utah USA 2006 Earthfill Adams Lake Dam Ohio USA 1992 Earthfill Alamo Arroyo Site 2 1960 Earthfill Alcova 1968 Earthfill Alexander Lake Dam Washington USA 1982 Earthfill Alla Sella Zerbino Dam Italy 1935 Concrete Alpine 1969 Rockfill Alum Fork 1938 Earthfill American Falls 1970 Earthfill Amistad 1969 Earthfill Anaconda 1938 Earthfill Angels 1895 Earthfill Anita Dam Montana USA 1997 Earthfill Ansonia Brass & Copper Co. Dam Connecticut USA 1912 Apishapa Colorado USA 1923 Earthfill Archusa Creek Dam Mississippi USA 1998 Earthfill Arm Brook Site 1964 Earthfill Arrowhead Lake Dam Pennsylvania USA 1994 Earthfill Ashley Dam Massachusetts USA 1909 Concrete Austin Dam (Bayless Dam) Pennsylvania USA 1911 Concrete Austin Dam (McDonald Dam) Texas USA 1915 Rockfill Austrian Dam California USA 1989 Earthfill Avalon Dam New Mexico USA 1904 Composite Ayers Island 1960 Concrete Bad Axe Watershed 33 1965 Earthfill Balderhead Dam Great Britain 1966 Earthfill Baldhill 1951 Earthfill Baldwin Hills Dam California USA 1963 Earthfill Balsam 1929 Earthfill Banqiao Dam China 1975 Earthfill Barker 1967 Concrete Barnes Dam North Carolina USA 1982 Earthfill Bartlett 1966 Concrete Bass Haven Dam Texas USA 1984 Earthfill

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Page 1: Lessons Learned from Dam Incidents and Failures Case ...€¦ · Lessons Learned from Dam Incidents and Failures Case Studies Identified Dam Name State Country Year of incident Type

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Lessons Learned from Dam Incidents and Failures

Case Studies Identified

Dam Name State Country Year of incident Type of dam

A.V. Watkins Dam Utah USA 2006 Earthfill

Adams Lake Dam Ohio USA 1992 Earthfill

Alamo Arroyo Site 2 1960 Earthfill

Alcova 1968 Earthfill

Alexander Lake Dam Washington USA 1982 Earthfill

Alla Sella Zerbino Dam Italy 1935 Concrete

Alpine 1969 Rockfill

Alum Fork 1938 Earthfill

American Falls 1970 Earthfill

Amistad 1969 Earthfill

Anaconda 1938 Earthfill

Angels 1895 Earthfill

Anita Dam Montana USA 1997 Earthfill

Ansonia Brass & Copper Co. Dam Connecticut USA 1912

Apishapa Colorado USA 1923 Earthfill

Archusa Creek Dam Mississippi USA 1998 Earthfill

Arm Brook Site 1964 Earthfill

Arrowhead Lake Dam Pennsylvania USA 1994 Earthfill

Ashley Dam Massachusetts USA 1909 Concrete

Austin Dam (Bayless Dam) Pennsylvania USA 1911 Concrete

Austin Dam (McDonald Dam) Texas USA 1915 Rockfill

Austrian Dam California USA 1989 Earthfill

Avalon Dam New Mexico USA 1904 Composite

Ayers Island 1960 Concrete

Bad Axe Watershed 33 1965 Earthfill

Balderhead Dam Great Britain 1966 Earthfill

Baldhill 1951 Earthfill

Baldwin Hills Dam California USA 1963 Earthfill

Balsam 1929 Earthfill

Banqiao Dam China 1975 Earthfill

Barker 1967 Concrete

Barnes Dam North Carolina USA 1982 Earthfill

Bartlett 1966 Concrete

Bass Haven Dam Texas USA 1984 Earthfill

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Bean Blossom Lake Indiana USA 1993 Earthfill

Bear Foot Lake Dam Texas USA 1994 Earthfill

Bear Gulch 1914 Earthfill

Bear Valley 1931 Concrete

Beaver Park 1914 Rockfill

Belci Romania 1991 Earthfill

Belden 1966 Rockfill

Belle Fourche 1965 Earthfill

Bennett Dam Canada 1996 Earthfill

Betsy Lake Dam Pennsylvania USA 2004 Earthfill

Big Bay Lake Dam Mississippi USA 2004 Earthfill

Big Creek Lake Dam Alabama USA 2005 Earthfill

Big Santa Anita 1926 Concrete

Bila Desna Dam Austria-Hungary

1916 Composite

Bilberry Dam Great Britain 1852 Earthfill

Black Beauty 1951 Earthfill

Black Creek site 53 Mississippi USA 1983 Earthfill

Black Rock 1909 Rockfill

Blackfoot 1913 Rockfill

Blackmon Lake Tasmania Earthfill

Blanchard Hydroelectric Sta 1939 Earthfill

Bloemveld Dam South Africa Earthfill

Bohemia Mill Dam/Bridge Maryland USA 2004

Bonneville 1955 Concrete

Bouzey Dam France 1895 Masonry

Bowman 1928 Rockfill

Bradfield Dam (Dale Dike) England 1864 Earthfill

Breedsville Dam Michigan USA 2008

Brodhead Creek Dam Pennsylvania USA

Brokaw Wisconsin USA 1912

Brookstail No. 3 North 1971 Earthfill

Brush Hollow 1928 Earthfill

Buck Powerhouse 1928 Concrete

Buffalo Creek 1970 Earthfill

Buffalo Creek Coal Waste Dam West Virginia USA 1972 Tailings

C. D. Clark Dam Alabama USA 1990

Cabresto Lake Dam New Mexico USA 2005 Earthfill

Calaveras 1938 Earthfill

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Calderwood 1930 Concrete

California Jim's Pond Dam Rhode Island USA 1998 Earthfill

Callaway Dam Texas USA 2004

Camara Dam Brazil 2004 Concrete

Canby Creek, Site R-1 Minnesota USA Earthfill

Canyon Lake Dam South Dakota USA 1972 Earthfill

Caples Lake Dam California USA Concrete

Castlewood 1897 Concrete

Castlewood Dam Colorado USA 1933 Composite

Cave Creek Reservoir J-62 1969 Earthfill

Cazadero 1965 Timber

Cedar Creek 1971 Earthfill

Cedar Falls 1918 Concrete

Cedar Lake Dam Oklahoma USA 1986 Earthfill

Centennial Narrows Dam Arizona USA 1997 Earthfill

Chambers 1891 Earthfill

Channahon Dam Illinois USA 1996 Rockfill

Charles Lee Tilden Park 1964 Earthfill

Chatmoss County Club Dam Virginia USA

Cheaha Creek Watershed 6 1970 Earthfill

Cheney 1971 Earthfill

Chief Joseph 1957 Concrete

Chinook Dam Washington USA 1990 Earthfill

City Reservoir Tennessee USA 1912

Clear Creek 1970 Earthfill

Clendening 1937 Earthfill

Coal waste impoundment Kentucky USA 1981

Cobb Creek No. 1 1962 Earthfill

Coedty Dam Wales 1925 Earthfill

Cogswell 1934 Rockfill

Cole Marsh Dam New Hampshire USA 2007

Colley Lake 1960 Earthfill

Colorado Springs Res. 4 1912 Earthfill

Columbia River Dike Oregon USA 1948

Comanche Trail Lake Dam Texas USA 1986 Earthfill

Conconully 1967 Earthfill

Condit 1973 Concrete

Conowingo Dam Maryland USA 1996 Concrete

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Conroe 1973 Earthfill

Cooney 1962 Earthfill

Corpus Christi 1930 Earthfill

Country Club Lake Dam North Carolina USA 1994 Earthfill

Courtright 1968 Rockfill

Cowan Ford 1965 Earthfill

Cowlitz Falls Dam 2003 Concrete

Cowlyd Dam Great Britain 1924

Crane Creek 1928 Earthfill

Cranks Creek 1973 Earthfill

Cresta Dam California USA 1997 Concrete

CSC Orchards Frost Protection Pond Washington USA 1995 Earthfill

Cucharas No. 5 Dam Colorado USA 1987 Rockfill

Cummingswood Dam Pennsylvania USA Earthfill

Cushman No. 1 Concrete

Cushman No. 2 1930 Concrete

Cwm Carne Dam Great Britain 1875 Earthfill

Dale Dyke Great Britain 1864 Earthfill

Dams of Sergeant Major Creek Watershed Oklahoma USA

Davis Creek Dam Nebraska USA 2007 Earthfill

Deer Flat Dam Idaho USA 2006 Earthfill

Dell Creek Dam Wisconsin USA 2008

Deruyter 1940 Earthfill

Desabla Forebay 1932 Earthfill

Detention W-1 1966 Earthfill

Dickinson 1954 Earthfill

Disrow Pond Dam Connecticut USA 2007

DMAD Utah USA 1983

Dock Street Dam Pennsylvania USA

Drake Lake Dam Illinois USA 2000 Earthfill

Drum Afterbay 1968 Concrete

Dutch Fork Dam Pennsylvania USA

Eagle Valley J-78 1965 Earthfill

Earlham Lake Dam Indiana USA 2008

East Branch 1957 Earthfill

East Dike at Flint River Dam Georgia USA 1994 Earthfill

East Fork Dam Kentucky USA 1978 Earthfill

East Lake Dam Alabama USA 2004

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East Lake Dam USA 2008

East Reservoir Dam Ohio USA 2011 Earthfill

Eastwick RR Fill Washington USA 1932

Eder Dam Germany 1943 Masonry

Edith C. Justus 1971 Earthfill

Eigiau Dam Wales 1925 Concrete

El Fryle Dam Peru Concrete

El Guapo Dam Venezuela 1999 Earthfill

El Habra Algeria 1927 Masonry

Electric Light Pond New York USA 1960

Elwha Dam Washington USA 1912 Concrete

Emery Dam California USA 1966 Earthfill

Englewood 1970 Rockfill

English Water Supply 1965 Earthfill

Essex Mill Dam Virginia USA 2004

Etowah County Alabama USA 2009

Evans & Lockwood Dams North Carolina USA 1989

Fairfax Lake Dam Oklahoma USA 1992 Earthfill

Fellows 1965 Rockfill

Fergus Falls Minnesota USA 1909

Florence Lake 1941 Concrete

Flower 1966 Concrete

Folsom Dam California USA 1995

FondDulac Hydroelectric Sta 1928 Concrete

Fontenelle Dam Wyoming USA 1965 Earthfill

Fords Lake Dam Pennsylvania USA

Forge Pond Dam Massachusetts USA 2010 Earthfill

Forsythe 1921 Earthfill

Fort Peck Montana USA 1938 Earthfill

Fort Pitt Pennsylvania USA 1903

Forte Meade 1972 Rockfill

Fred Burr 1948 Earthfill

Freeman Lake Dam Kentucky USA Earthfill

Frias Dam (Pardo Dam) Argentina 1970 Rockfill

Furnace Brook Watershed 2 1971 Earthfill

Galestown Dam Maryland USA 2006

Gallinas 1957 Masonry

Garza 1926 Earthfill

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Geary County State Lake 1971 Rockfill

Geary Levee Oregon USA 2006

Gem Lake 1965 Concrete

Gering Valley E 1965 Earthfill

Gering Valley F 1965 Earthfill

Germantown 1971 Earthfill

Gilbert Run 2 1942 Earthfill

Gillespie Dam Arizona USA 1993 Concrete

Glen 1969 Concrete

Glen Canyon Dam Colorado USA 1983

Gleno Dam Italy 1923 Concrete

Golder 1964 Earthfill

Goodrich 1956 Earthfill

Goose Creek 1900 Rockfill

Gouhou Dam China 1993 Earthfill

Graham 1923 Earthfill

Grand Coulee 1943 Concrete

Grandview 1960 Earthfill

Grassy Lake 1940 Earthfill

Graybrook Dam Indiana USA

Great Falls 1925 Concrete

Great Western 1958 Earthfill

Greenlick 1904 Earthfill

Greenpeter 1965 Concrete

Gros Ventre 1927 Earthfill

Guadalupe 1939 Earthfill

Hadlock Pond Dam New York USA 2005 Composite

Hales Bar 1913 Concrete

Hansonville Pond Dam New Hampshire USA 2007

Harlan County 1956 Earthfill

Harlow Hill Dam Great Britain 1951 Earthfill

Harmony Gold Mine Tailings Dam #4 South Africa 1994 Tailings

Harris Pond Dam Rhode Island USA 1955

Hatchtown 1914 Earthfill

Hauser Dam Montana USA 1908 Composite

Hayden's Mill Pond Dam New Hampshire USA 2007 Earthfill

Hearns Pond Dam Delaware USA 2001

Hebgen Dam Idaho USA 2008 Composite

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Hebron 1942 Earthfill

Hemlock Lake Dam Pennsylvania USA

Highland Lake Dam Maine USA 1996 Earthfill

Hills Creek 1969 Earthfill

Holly Brooke Lake Dam Alabama USA 1990

Holmes Creek 1924 Earthfill

Holter 1971 Concrete

Homme 1955 Earthfill

Hope Mills Dam North Carolina USA 2003 Concrete

Horse Creek 1914 Earthfill

Houston Lake Dam Georgia USA 1994 Earthfill

Humphreys Lake Dam Maryland USA 1909

Huntington 1 1917 Concrete

Huntington 2 1917 Concrete

Huntington 3 1917 Concrete

Iowa Beef Processors Waste Pond Washington USA 1993 Earthfill

Iron Bridge 1963 Earthfill

IVEX Dam Ohio USA 1994 Composite

Jackson Lake 1973 Earthfill

Jackson Summit Dam New York USA 2002 Composite

Jemez 1958 Earthfill

Jennings Creek Dam No. 17 1965 Earthfill

Jennings Creek Dam No. 18 1965 Earthfill

Jennings Creek Watershed 13 1962 Earthfill

Jennings Creek Watershed 16 1964 Earthfill

Jennings Creek Watershed 3 1963 Earthfill

Jennings Creek Watershed 5 1962 Earthfill

Jewell Brook Watershed No. 2 1970 Earthfill

John Zinc Ranch No. 2 1973 Earthfill

Johnny's Creek Alabama USA 1985 Earthfill

Julesburg 1910 Earthfill

Ka Loko Dam Hawaii USA 2006 Other

Kadashan Bottoms, Site 2 Oklahoma USA 2008

Kanopolis 1950 Earthfill

Keith Lake Dam Alabama USA 2004 Earthfill

Kelly Barnes Dam Georgia USA 1977 Earthfill

Kendall Lake Dam South Carolina USA 1990 Earthfill

Kenray 1962 Earthfill

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Kerckhoff Dam California USA 1997 Concrete

Khadakwasla India 1961 Masonry

Kingsley 1948 Earthfill

Kingston Plant Coal Waste Dam Tennessee USA 2008 Tailings

Kirby Dam Idaho USA 1991 Rockfill

Kiskitto Lake Inlet Structure Canada

Kittaning Point 1894 Earthfill

Koelnbrein Dam Austria Concrete

La Fruta Dam Texas USA 1930 Composite

La Quemada Dam Mexico 1991 Rockfill

Lafayette 1928 Earthfill

Lake Algonquin Dam New York USA 1949

Lake Almanor 1928 Earthfill

Lake Altoona Dam Pennsylvania USA

Lake Barcroft Virginia USA 1972 Earthfill

Lake Bella Vista Dam Arkansas USA 2008

Lake Blackshear Dam Georgia USA 1994 Earthfill

Lake Dawn Dam Washington USA 1950

Lake Delhi Dam Iowa USA 2010 Composite

Lake Delton Dam Wisconsin USA 2008

Lake Francis 1935 Earthfill

Lake Grace Town Dam Australia 1958 Earthfill

Lake Graham 1958 Earthfill

Lake Hemet 1927 Concrete

Lake Hodges 1921 Concrete

Lake Idylwild Dam Virginia USA 2004 Earthfill

Lake Lanier 1926 Concrete

Lake Lonnie Dam Georgia USA 1990

Lake Maloya 1955 Earthfill

Lake Manatee Florida USA 2003

Lake Manitou Dam Indiana USA 1990

Lake Marie 1972 Other

Lake Naomi Dam Pennsylvania USA 1994 Composite

Lake Needwood Dam Maryland USA 2006 Earthfill

Lake O'Hills Alaska 1972

Lake Orinda 1962 Earthfill

Lake Palo Pinto 1966 Earthfill

Lake Patagonia 1969 Earthfill

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Lake Powell Dam Virginia USA 2004

Lake Purdy 1928 Concrete

Lake Spaulding 1939 Concrete

Lake Susan Dam North Carolina USA 2004

Lake Toxaway North Carolina USA 1916 Earthfill

Lake Upchurch and McLaughlin Lake Dams North Carolina USA 2003

Lake Vera 1905 Timber

Lake Waco 1947 Earthfill

Lake Yosemite 1943 Earthfill

Lambieletham Dam Great Britain 1984 Earthfill

Laurel Run Dam Pennsylvania USA 1977 Rockfill

Lava Cap Mine Tailings Dam California USA 1997

Lawn Lake Dam Colorado USA 1982 Earthfill

Le Gage Dam France Concrete

Lee Lake Massachusetts USA 1968 Earthfill

Lee's Fishing Lake Dam West Virginia USA 2007

Levees in Sacramento and San Joaquin River Basins

California USA 1997

Little Deer Creek Utah USA 1963 Earthfill

Little Goose Lock & Dam 1971 Concrete

Little Rocky Run 1971 Earthfill

Littlefield 1929 Rockfill

Lluest Wen Dam Great Britain 1970 Earthfill

Locklin Lake Dam Florida USA 2008 Timber

Logan Martin 1964 Earthfill

Lon Hagler 1969 Earthfill

Lone Pine Reservoir 1936 Rockfill

Long Tom 1916 Earthfill

Lookout Shoals 1916 Earthfill

Lopez Dam California USA Earthfill

Los Verjels 1965 Concrete

Lost Creek Dam Utah USA Earthfill

Loup Loup Dam Washington USA 1938 Earthfill

Lower Hell Hole Dam California USA 1964 Rockfill

Lower Lee Hall Dam Virginia USA 2009 Earthfill

Lower Monumental 1965 Concrete

Lower Otay Dam California USA 1916 Rockfill

Lower San Fernando Dam California USA 1971 Other

Lower St. Anthony Falls Lock & Dam Minnesota USA 1982

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Lower Two Medicine Montana USA 1964

Lyell Dam Australia 2000 Rubber

Lyman Dam Arizona USA 1915 Earthfill

Lyman Run Dam Pennsylvania USA

Machhu II Dam India 1979 Composite

Madison 1970 Rockfill

Magic 1911 Earthfill

Magnolia Shores Lake Dam Alabama USA 1990

Malpasset France 1959 Concrete

Mammoth Dam Utah USA 1917 Earthfill

Marion County 1938 Earthfill

Marshall Lake 1908 Earthfill

Marston 1925 Earthfill

Martin Power Plant Dam Florida USA 1979

Masonry Dam Washington USA 1918

Masterson 1951 Rockfill

Matilija 1964 Concrete

Mayfield 1965 Concrete

McCloud 1972 Rockfill

McGuire Dam Texas USA 2004

McMahon Gulch 1926 Earthfill

McMillian 1915 Rockfill

Meadow Pond Dam New Hampshire USA 1996 Earthfill

Meeks Cabin 1969 Rockfill

Melzingah New York USA 1897 Earthfill

Middle Goose Tailings Dam Arizona USA 1997

Mike Horse Montana USA 1975

Mill Creek Dam Washington USA 2008 Earthfill

Mill River Dam Massachusetts USA 1874 Masonry

Millers Pond Dam Connecticut USA 2007

Mineral Wells 1970 Earthfill

Minnewawa 1952 Concrete

Misteguay Site 4 Michigan USA 1985

Mohne Dam Germany 1943 Concrete

Montpelier Creek 1971 Rockfill

Moon Valley Lake Missouri 2008

Mossman Dam New Hampshire USA 2007

Mount Pisgah 1928 Earthfill

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Mountain Dell 1919 Concrete

Moyie River 1926 Concrete

Mt. Carmel Dam North Dakota USA 2003 Earthfill

Mud Mountain Washington USA 1976 Composite

Mule Creek Dam California USA Earthfill

Murphy Family Farms Hog Waste Lagoon North Carolina USA 1999

Murray Gill Reservoir 1967 Earthfill

Myron Isabel Dam Colorado USA 1978

Nacimiento 1969 Earthfill

Nahal Oz Dam Israel 2001 Earthfill

Nanaksagar Dam India 1967 Earthfill

Narraquinnep 1925 Earthfill

Natural Dam Texas USA Earthfill

Navajo 1964 Earthfill

Nepaug 1971 Concrete

New Croton 1955 Concrete

New Don Pedro 1969 Rockfill

New Exchequer 1972 Rockfill

New found Creek Dam (Bear Wallow) North Carolina USA 1976

Newton Falls Paper Mill Lagoon No. 4 Dam New York USA 1984 Earthfill

Nimbus 1953 Concrete

Nix Lake Dam Texas USA 1989 Earthfill

Nolichucky Project 1972 Concrete

Noppikoski Dam Sweden 1985

North Hartland Lake 1969 Earthfill

North Springfield Lake 1969 Earthfill

North Star Sand & Gravel Dams Washington USA 1967

Nottingham Dam New Hampshire USA 2007

Oakford Park Pennsylvania USA 1903

Oceanview Farms Waste Lagoon North Carolina USA 1995

Ochoco Dam Oregon USA Earthfill

Olive Hills 1963 Earthfill

Olufson Dam Washington USA 1996 Earthfill

Opuha Dam New Zealand 1997

Oros Dam Brazil 1960 Earthfill

Otter Brook 1958 Earthfill

Otter Creek Watershed 9 1970 Earthfill

Overhosler 1923 Concrete

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Owen 1914 Earthfill

Pablo Dam Montana USA 1994 Earthfill

Pacoima Dam California USA 1994 Concrete

Palagnedra Dam Switzerland 1978 Concrete

Palisades 1964 Earthfill

Panshet Dam India 1961 Earthfill

Papillion Creek Watershed Dams Nebraska

Pardeeville Dam Wisconsin USA 2008

Paris 1939 Rockfill

Park Reservoir 1969 Earthfill

Patoka Lake Dam Indiana USA Earthfill

Penn Forest Dam Pennsylvania USA 1960/1991 Earthfill

Penn Run Dam Pennsylvania USA 2003

Percy Quin Dam (Lake Tangipahoa Dam) Mississippi USA 2012 Earthfill

Phoenix Lake 1968 Earthfill

Piedmont 1 1905 Earthfill

Piedmont Driving Club Dam Georgia USA 2004 Earthfill

Pilarcitos 1969 Earthfill

Pillar Rock Washington USA 1970 Concrete

Pine Lake Dam Georgia USA 2002 Earthfill

Pit No. 6 1969 Concrete

Pit No. 7 1969 Concrete

Pleasant Valley 1928 Rockfill

Point of Rocks 1915 Earthfill

Polk Township Dam Pennsylvania USA 2003

Pomona Lake 1968 Earthfill

Possum Kingdom 1971 Concrete

Powell Dam Montana USA 1995 Earthfill

Powerdale Dam Oregon USA 2005 Concrete

Prado Dam California USA 2005 Earthfill

Priest Rapid 1964 Earthfill

Prospect Valley & Lord Reservoir Dams Colorado USA 1980

Puddingstone 1926 Earthfill

Puentes Dam Spain 1802 Rockfill

Pumpkinvine Creek Dam No. 3 Georgia USA 2009 Earthfill

Pure Oil Lake Dam Texas USA 2008

Quail Creek Dike Utah USA 1989 Earthfill

Rainbow Lake Dam New Jersey USA 2007 Earthfill

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Ralston Dam California USA 2004 Concrete

Randall's Pond 1901

Rector Creek 1947 Earthfill

Red Mountain Reservoir 1950 Earthfill

Red Rock 1969 Earthfill

Red Rock 1910 Earthfill

Redlands Ranch Dam Arizona USA 2008

Revelstoke Dam Canada Rockfill

Ricobayo Dam Spain 1934 Concrete

Rio Cobre Dam Jamaica 1991 Composite

River Reservoir Dam No. 3 Arizona USA 2004 Earthfill

Riverside 1910 Earthfill

Rocky Reach 1961 Concrete

Rocky Run 1972 Earthfill

Rodgers Dam Nevada USA 2006 Concrete

Rogers Pond Connecticut USA 2007

Ross Barnett Reservoir 1969 Earthfill

Roxboro Municipal Lake Dam North Carolina USA 1984 Earthfill

Rumph's Pond Dam South Carolina USA 2003

Ryan 1970 Concrete

Ryerson Dam Pennsylvania USA

Saco Lake Dam Pennsylvania USA 2001

Sallisaw Creek Watershed 29 1964 Earthfill

Salmon Creek 1967 Concrete

Salt Fork Lake Dam Ohio USA 2005 Composite

Saltville Muck (Mathieson Alkali Works Plants Waste Dam)

Virginia USA 1924

Saluda 1930 Earthfill

San Andreas 1906 Earthfill

San Antonio 1969 Earthfill

San Pablo 1936 Earthfill

Sandy Run Pennsylvania USA 1977

Santa Clara Dam Utah USA 2012 Earthfill

Santee 1941 Earthfill

Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant Dam

Russia 2009 Concrete

Saylorville Dam Iowa USA Earthfill

Schaeffer 1921 Earthfill

Seminary Hill Reservoir Dams 3 and 4 Washington USA 1991

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Sepulveda Canyon 1914 Earthfill

Seven Lakes Development Dam #1 Missouri USA Earthfill

Shavers Lake 1941 Concrete

Sheep Creek Dam North Dakota USA 1970 Earthfill

Sheffield Dam California USA 1925 Earthfill

Shell Oil Company 1947 Earthfill

Sherman 1964 Earthfill

Shih Kang Dam Taiwan 1999 Concrete

Shih Kang Dam Taiwan 1999 Concrete

Shimantan Dam China 1975 Earthfill

Shivlakha Dam India 2001

Sid White Dam Washington USA 1971 Earthfill

Sidie Hollow 1965 Earthfill

Silver Jack 1969 Earthfill

Silver Lake Dam Michigan USA 2003 Earthfill

Simmons Dam Pennsylvania USA 2004

Simplot Wastewater Lagoon No. 1 Oregon USA 2005 Earthfill

Sinker Creek 1943 Earthfill

Six Mile Creek Site 26 Arkansas USA 2008 Earthfill

Smith’s Pond Dam Massachusetts USA 2004

Snake Creek Dam Georgia USA 2009 Earthfill

Snake Ravine 1898

South Fork Dam Pennsylvania USA 1889 Composite

Spaulding Pond Connecticut USA 1963

Spit Brook Dam New Hampshire USA 2007

Split Rock Creek Dam Minnesota USA 1993 Composite

St. Francis Dam California USA 1928 Concrete

Standley Lake 1912 Earthfill

Stanislaus Forebay 1970 Earthfill

Stevenson 1939 Concrete

Stewart Mountain 1953 Concrete

Stockton Creek 1950 Earthfill

Stony River 1914 Concrete

Sublette 1937 Rockfill

Sugar Creek L-44 Oklahoma USA 2007 Earthfill

Summer Lake 1925 Earthfill

Surry Mountain 1943 Earthfill

Sweetwater California USA 1916 Concrete

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Swift Irrigation Dam Montana USA 1964 Rockfill

Swift No. 2 Canal Dam Washington USA 2002 Earthfill

Sylvan Lake Dam Indiana USA Earthfill

Syphon Canyon Dam California USA 2011 Earthfill

Table Rock Cove 1928 Earthfill

Taum Sauk (Upper) Reservoir Dam Missouri USA 2005 Rockfill

Tempe Dam Arizona USA 2010 Rubber

Terrace Reservoir 1957 Earthfill

Teton Dam Idaho USA 1976 Earthfill

Thompson Falls 1968 Concrete

Tiber 1956 Earthfill

Tigra Dam India 1917 Masonry

Tillson Lake Dam New York USA 1955 Other

Timber (York) Lake Dam Mississippi USA 2004

Timberlake Dam Virginia USA 1995

Tinaztepe Dam Turkey 2000 Earthfill

Toa Vaca 1970 Rockfill

Tobesofkee Creek Dam Georgia USA 1995 Earthfill

Tolla Dam France Concrete

Tongue River 1965 Rockfill

Toreson 1953 Earthfill

Tous Dam Spain 1982 Rockfill

Townshend Lake 1969 Earthfill

Treasure Lake Kentucky USA 1993

Truckee Canal Nevada USA 2008 Earthfill

Tugalo 1943 Concrete

Tuttle Creek 1967 Earthfill

Tyron Tailings Dam No. 3 1980

Tyson Lake Dam New York USA 1955

Ulley Dam Great Britain 2007 Earthfill

United Nuclear Corp. New Mexico 1979

Unknown Wisconsin USA Earthfill

Unknown Tailings Dams Italy 1985 Tailings

Unnamed Colorado USA 1999

Unnamed Tennessee USA 1902

Unnamed North Carolina USA 1904

Unnamed West Virginia USA 1916

Unnamed West Virginia USA 1916

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Unnamed Washington USA 1916

Unnamed New York USA 1979

Unnamed (maybe John Thompson's Mill Dam) Tennessee USA 1916

Unnamed Dam Massachusetts USA 1987 Earthfill

Upper & Lower Kohanza Connecticut USA 1869

Upper Barnes Creek 1966 Earthfill

Upper Clear boggy Creek Site 50 Dam Oklahoma USA Earthfill

Upper Elk Creek No. 22 1971 Earthfill

Upper Highline Reservoir 1967 Earthfill

Upper Mystic Lake Dam Massachusetts USA 2006 Composite

Upper Red rock Site 20 Oklahoma USA Earthfill

Upper San Fernando 1971 Earthfill

Upriver Dam Washington USA 1986 Concrete

Utica Reservoir New York USA 1902 Earthfill

Vajont Dam Italy 1963 Concrete

Vaughn Creek 1926 Concrete

Vaux dams Montana USA 1951

Vega de Tera Dam Spain 1959 Concrete

Vermilion Valley Dam California USA 2010 Earthfill

Victor Braunig 1969 Earthfill

Victor Conservation Club Dam Indiana USA 2008

Victor Lake (Upper Stinchomb) Georgia USA 2004

Virden Creek Dam Iowa USA 1968

Wachusett North Pike 1907 Earthfill

Waddell 1928 Concrete

Wadi Qattarah Secondary Dam Libya 1977 Earthfill

Wagner Creek 1938 Earthfill

Wahlawa 1921 Rockfill

Walden Pond Outlet Dam Massachusetts USA 2006 Earthfill

Walkers Dam Virginia USA 2007

Walnut Grove Dam Arizona USA 1890 Rockfill

Walter Bouldin Dam Alabama USA 1975 Earthfill

Wanapum 1964 Earthfill

Wanship 1969 Earthfill

Warmwithens Dam Great Britain 1970 Earthfill

Washakie Dam Wyoming USA Earthfill

Wesley E. Seale 1965 Earthfill

West Branch 1964 Earthfill

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West Brook Reservoir #3 New York USA 1916

West Grand Lake Dam Maine 2003 Composite

Wewoka Dam Oklahoma USA 1945

Wheatland No. 1 1969 Earthfill

Wheeler Island Levee California USA

White Oaks Dam Virginia USA 1995 Earthfill

White Rapids 1956 Concrete

Whitewater Brook Upper 1972 Earthfill

Whitewater Creek Dam Georgia USA 1997 Earthfill

Whittenton Mill Pond Dam Massachusetts USA 2005 Timber

Whittle Brook Dam New Hampshire USA 2007

Wilbur 1940 Concrete

Williams 1947 Earthfill

Windy Hills Lake Dam Mississippi USA 2002

Wisconsin Dells 1911 Earthfill

Wister Dam Oklahoma USA 1949 Masonry

Wolf Creek Dam Kentucky USA 1968 Composite

Woodmoor Reservoir 1972 Earthfill

Woodrat 1961 Earthfill

Wyndotte County 1937 Earthfill

Yarrow Dam Great Britain 2002 Earthfill

Yellowtail 1967 Concrete

Yeonchun Dam Korea 1996 Concrete

Yorba 1930 Earthfill

Zeuzier Dam Switzerland Concrete