Pol48 is an earth dam located in Polk County, Florida. It carries a Undetermined hazard potential classification.
About Pol48
The primary purpose of Pol48 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 Mosaic Fertilizer Llc (private). It impounds the Unnamed Pond near Bartow.
The dam stands 25 feet tall and stretches 8,596 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 21 acres, and has a storage capacity of 331 acre-feet.