Pol38 is an earth dam located in Polk County, Florida. It carries a Undetermined hazard potential classification.
About Pol38
The primary purpose of Pol38 is tailings. Tailings dams contain waste material from mining operations — typically a slurry of finely ground rock left over after valuable minerals have been extracted. These structures require ongoing monitoring because tailings can contain heavy metals and other contaminants. The dam is owned by The Mosaic Company (private). It impounds the Unnamed Pond near Bartow.
The dam stands 9 feet tall and stretches 12,900 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 70 acres, and has a maximum storage capacity of 1,705 acre-feet.