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The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
Flood control dams were constructed along the creek in 1978 within the Ned Brown Forest Preserve near Elk Grove Village, Illinois, creating the 590-acre (2.4 km 2) Busse Lake. A diversion tunnel was constructed approximately 1.6 miles (2.6 km) north of the confluence with the Des Plaines River, at a point where the two streams are separated by ...
This category is for articles about dams in the U.S. state of ... Pages in category "Dams in Illinois" ... List of locks and dams of the Ohio River; 0–9. Lock and ...
The project impounded ten reservoirs, known as the Salt Creek Lakes, and provide many water-based recreational opportunities for local residents as well as providing wildlife habitat. These projects cover 11,239 acres , of which 4,289 are surface acres of water.
Salt Creek is a major tributary to the Sangamon River, which it joins at the boundary between Mason and Menard County, Illinois. [2] There are at least two other Salt Creeks in Illinois, Salt Creek (Des Plaines River Tributary), and in Effingham County, Illinois. Salt Creek is about 110 miles (180 km) in length. [3]
The dam was built for flood control and navigation in 1969 as a part of the Stratton project [1] dam system [2] which was designed to keep the river navagable from the Wisconsin border to the confluence with the Illinois River. It is owned by Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The dam is 7 ft (2.1 m) high and 325 ft (99 m) long. It ...
The Dam maintains the Fox Chain O'Lakes Pool levels while the Lock provides recreational passage between the Fox Chain O'Lakes in northern Illinois, and the Fox River for recreational watercraft from May through October and is closed for the winter season each year from November 1 through April 30. An average of 17,000 boats pass through the ...
Salt Creek (Sangamon River tributary) Salt Fork Vermilion River; Sangamon River; Shoal Creek; Sinsinawa River; Skillet Fork; Skokie River; Somonauk Creek; South Branch Chicago River; South Branch Kishwaukee River; Spoon River; Stillman Creek; Sugar Creek; Sugar River; Thorn Creek; Tyler Creek (Illinois) (not to be confused with a creek of the ...