Tailings Dams in West Virginia

West Virginia has 60 tailings dams, of which 48 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	Chess Refuse Disposal Area No. 1	Boone	780	High	Not assessed
2	Killarney Slurry Impoundment	Raleigh	657	High	Not assessed
3	Jake Gore Slurry Impoundment	Boone	610	High	Not assessed
4	Brushy Fork Impoundment	Greenbrier	605	High	Not assessed	1996
5	Aldrich Branch Slurry Impoundment	Mingo	560	High	Not assessed
6	Rocklick Slurry Impoundment	Boone	540	High	Not assessed
7	Jarrells Branch Slurry Impoundment	Boone	520	High	Not assessed
8	Rock House Branch Slurry Impoundment	Logan	482	High	Not assessed
9	Lotts Branch Slurry Impoundment	Boone	478	High	Not assessed
10	Oldhouse Branch Impoundment No. 3	Logan	440	High	Not assessed
11	Bean Hollow Slurry Impoundment (plant 1 Crdf)	Boone	415	High	Not assessed
12	Tinsley Branch Refuse Impoundment	Logan	405	Undetermined	Not assessed	2005
13	Shumate Creek Slurry Impoundment	Raleigh	390	High	Not assessed
14	Cherry Tree Hollow Refuse Facility	Boone	385	High	Not assessed
15	Amonate Slurry Impoundment	McDowell	384	High	Not assessed
16	Ragland Slurry Impoundment	Mingo	370	High	Not assessed
17	Jacks Branch Slurry Impoundment	Boone	365	High	Not assessed
18	Ben Creek Slurry Impoundment	Mingo	358	High	Not assessed
19	Holden #22 Slurry Impoundment	Logan	355	High	Not assessed
20	Campbells Creek Slurry Impoundment	Nicholas	355	High	Not assessed	1999
21	Trace Branch Slurry Impoundment	Boone	320	High	Not assessed	1992
22	Moccasin Hollow Impoundment	Boone	310	High	Not assessed	1999
23	Harmon Branch Refuse Disposal Facility	McDowell	294	High	Not assessed
24	Little White Oak Slurry Impoundment	Logan	290	High	Not assessed
25	Conner Run Refuse Impoundment	Marshall	267	High	Satisfactory	1976
26	Maynard Branch Slurry Impoundment	Wayne	262	High	Not assessed
27	Leer Slurry Cell	Taylor	250	High	Not assessed
28	Browns Run Impoundment	Marshall	246	High	Not assessed
29	Mcelroy Run Dam	Pleasants	243	High	Satisfactory	1978
30	Twelvepole Refuse Impoundment	Mingo	235	High	Not assessed
31	John Amos Flyash Dam	Putnam	223	High	Satisfactory	1978
32	Rockcamp Branch Refuse Disposal Facility	Nicholas	213	High	Not assessed
33	Holz Dam	Kanawha	203	High	Satisfactory	1972
34	Wilson Hollow Slurry Imp	Monongalia	197	High	Not assessed
35	Coal Refuse Disposal Facility No. 1	Upshur	190	High	Not assessed
36	Scott's Run Cinder Barrier	Kanawha	179	High	Satisfactory	1955
37	Bragg Fork Slurry Impoundment	Boone	155	High	Not assessed
38	Ward Impoundment (lower) Dam	Kanawha	152	Significant	Satisfactory
39	Sugar Camp Branch Coal Refuse Impoundment	Nicholas	150	High	Not assessed	2006
40	Ward Impoundment (upper) Dam	Kanawha	139	High	Satisfactory	1965
41	Nolan Run Slurry Impoundment	Harrison	133	High	Not assessed
42	Left Abutment Slurry Impoundment	Wayne	130	High	Not assessed
43	Grasshopper Hollow Tailings Dam	Morgan	129	High	Satisfactory	1965
44	Momentive Landfill #2 Dam	Tyler	121	High	Satisfactory
45	Harvey Run No. 2 Slurry Impoundment	Monongalia	83	High	Not assessed
46	Big Guano Creek Flyash Dam	Putnam	67	Undetermined	Not assessed	1966
47	Sporn Unit 5 Flyash Dam	Mason	65	Significant	Satisfactory
48	National Steel-ohio River Site	Wayne	65	Undetermined	Not assessed	1963
49	Tunnel Ridge Slurry Cell a	Ohio	60	High	Not assessed
50	Hughes Hollow Slurry Imp.	Monongalia	50	High	Not assessed
51	Sporn Bottom Ash Dam	Mason	42	Significant	Satisfactory
52	Crooked Run (ft Martin) #3	Monongalia	38	High	Satisfactory	1983
53	Cunningham Flyash Pond	Kanawha	31	Significant	Satisfactory	1971
54	Aep Proj. 1301 Ash Pond	Mason	30	Significant	Satisfactory	1978
55	Finney Branch Embankment	Kanawha	28	Significant	Poor	1971
56	Fly Ash Settling Basin Dam	Kanawha	28	High	Satisfactory	1974
57	Bottom Ash Ponds 1a	Putnam	28	Significant	Satisfactory
58	Mitchell Bottom Ash Ponds	Marshall	27	Significant	Satisfactory	1975
59	Kingston Coal Refuse Disposal Area	Fayette	8	Low	Not assessed
60	Rockhouse Branch #15		0	High	Not assessed

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