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This is a list of lakes and reservoirs in the U.S. state of Illinois. The lakes are ordered by their unique names, (i.e. Lake Smith or Smith Lake would both be listed under "S"). Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.
The larger of the two lakes, Loon Lake, covers 21 acres (8.5 ha) and has 0.9 miles (1.4 km) of shoreline. Loon Lake's maximum depth is 20 feet (6.1 m) and it has an average depth of 11.8 feet (3.6 m). [6] Loon Lake, sometimes known as Silver Spring Lake, was constructed in 1960 when a lowland area was excavated.
Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on 20,000 acres (8,094 ha) in St. Clair, Monroe, and Randolph Counties, Illinois, United States. A focus of this conservation area is Baldwin Lake , a perched cooling pond managed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for fishing .
Top weather news for Monday, Feb. 10, 2025: A series of storms will sweep across the U.S. this week, putting tens of millions of people on alert for heavy snow, ice and floodin… USA TODAY 8 ...
The low-lying Illinois River's wetland bed is only partly suitable (at best) for agriculture, and large strips of the riverbank have been used for other purposes. The lake is heavily engineered to protect the power plant and other stretches of lake shoreline. Three causeway strips extend from the mainland out into the lake.
Wetlands adjacent to the lake include the 250 acres (100 ha) Eggers Woods Forest Preserve, 175 acres (71 ha) Powderhorn Lake Prairie, and 40 acres (16 ha) Hyde Lake Wetland. [12] William W. Powers State Recreation Area is on Chicago's far southeast side, off highways 94 , 90 , and 41 .
This weekend, Lake Erie's level at Buffalo is forecast to rise nearly 7 feet higher than before the storm, while at Toledo, Ohio, on the west side, levels will drop by 10 feet.
From 1910 to 1958, the former bottomland lake and marsh were leveed and drained for farming. [1] From the late 1880s to the mid-1980s, approximately 90% of the site was strip-mined for coal. [2] [3] [4] The Illinois Department of Natural Resources purchased the land in the 1980s. [5]