Tailings Dams in Kentucky

Kentucky has 51 tailings dams, of which 39 carry a high hazard classification. Tailings dams contain waste material from mining operations — typically a slurry of finely ground rock left over after valuable minerals have been extracted.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	Sidney Slurry Impoundment	Pike	665	High	Not assessed
2	Long Fork Slurry Impoundment	Pike	665	High	Not assessed
3	Bloss Branch Slurry Dam	Clay	535	High	Not assessed
4	Oldhouse Branch Slurry Impoundment	Letcher	481	High	Not assessed
5	Sukey Branch Slurry Impoundment	Pike	478	High	Not assessed
6	Rob Fork Slurry Impoundment	Pike	450	High	Not assessed
7	Cow Branch Slurry Impoundment	Pike	442	High	Not assessed
8	Turkeypen Branch Slurry Impoundment	Harlan	425	High	Not assessed
9	Razorblade Branch Slurry Impoundment	Letcher	422	High	Not assessed
10	Burke Branch Slurry Impoundment	Pike	421	High	Not assessed
11	Big Groundhog Slurry Impoundment	Pike	412	High	Not assessed
12	Four Seam Slurry Dam	Perry	410	High	Not assessed
13	Clay Hollow Slurry Impoundment	Letcher	375	High	Not assessed
14	Upper Lick Branch Slurry Impoundment	Pike	370	High	Not assessed
15	Stonecoal Branch Slurry Dam	Perry	365	High	Not assessed
16	Big Hollow Slurry Impoundment	Martin	356	High	Not assessed
17	Four Mile Branch Slurry Dam	Knott	350	High	Not assessed
18	Right Fork Slurry Dam	Perry	329	High	Not assessed
19	Scotts Branch Slurry Impoundment	Pike	305	High	Not assessed
20	Big Branch Impoundment	Knott	304	High	Not assessed
21	Fugate Fork Dam	Breathitt	295	High	Not assessed
22	Millstone Branch Slurry Impoundment No. 1	Pike	285	High	Not assessed
23	High Ridge Slurry Impoundment	Pike	285	High	Not assessed
24	Lackey Branch Slurry Impoundment	Johnson	265	High	Not assessed
25	Bear Branch Slurry Impoundment	Lawrence	258	High	Not assessed
26	Lick Branch Refuse Impoundment	Pike	250	High	Not assessed
27	King Branch Slurry Dam	Knott	214	High	Not assessed
28	Saddle Fork Dam	Perry	200	High	Not assessed
29	Millstone Branch Slurry Impoundment No.2	Pike	200	High	Not assessed
30	Butler Branch Refuse Disposal Facility	Floyd	195	High	Not assessed
31	Betsie Branch Refuse Impoundment	Bell	191	High	Not assessed
32	Middle Fork Impoundment	Martin	190	High	Not assessed
33	River View Slurry Lake 02i	Union	160	High	Not assessed
34	Lick Branch Refuse Dam	Perry	150	High	Not assessed
35	River View West Slurry Lake	Union	146	High	Not assessed
36	Tom Hollow Refuse Disposal Facility	Floyd	132	High	Not assessed
37	Module No. 1	Knox	100	Low	Not assessed
38	Paradise Fossil Plant - Coal Wash Fines Pond #3	Muhlenberg	99	Low	Not assessed	1994
39	Slurry Lake 04i	Union	86	High	Not assessed
40	Slurry Lake 07i	Union	69	High	Not assessed
41	Pads Branch Slurry Impoundment	Perry	67	Low	Not assessed
42	Slurry Lake IV	Union	65	High	Not assessed
43	Module No. 7	Knox	40	Low	Not assessed
44	Module No. 6	Whitley	40	Low	Not assessed
45	Module No. 5	Whitley	40	Low	Not assessed
46	Slurry Impoundment Cfd-1	Muhlenberg	30	Significant	Not assessed
47	Paradise Fossil Plant - Coal Wash Fines Pond 2 Stilling Pond	Muhlenberg	22	Low	Not assessed	1987
48	Paradise Fossil Plant - Daniel Run Phase 2 Stilling Pond	Muhlenberg	18	Low	Not assessed	1987
49	Slurry Impoundment Cfd-2	Muhlenberg	10	Low	Not assessed
50	Paradise Fossil Plant - Daniel Run Pond	Muhlenberg	8	Low	Not assessed	1987
51	Paradise Fossil Plant - Daniel Run Phase 2 Pond 2	Muhlenberg	8	Low	Not assessed	1987

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