Dams in Saline County, Illinois

23Total Dams

2High Hazard

7Significant

Dam Safety in Saline County, Illinois

Saline County has 23 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 2 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 7 carry a significant hazard classification.

The average dam in Saline County is 49 years old. The most common purpose is other. The tallest dam is Refuse Disposal Area at 175 ft.

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Dam	Hazard	Condition	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
American Coal/galatia/bunkhouse Rdf Dam	High	Not assessed	110	Other
Arclar/willow Lake/refuse Area 2 Dam	High	Not assessed	108	Tailings
Refuse Disposal Area	Significant	Not assessed	175	Water Supply
Western Fuels Assoc/brushy Cr/west Slurry Dam	Significant	Not assessed	55	Other	1990
Glen O. Jones Lake Dam	Significant	Not assessed	42	Recreation	1963
New Harrisburg Reservoir Dam	Significant	Not assessed	38	Other	1955
Fresh Water Lake	Significant	Not assessed	26	Water Supply
Harrisburg-sahara Retention Impoundment Dam	Significant	Not assessed	25	Flood Risk Reduction	2003
Eldorado Reservoir Dam	Significant	Not assessed	20	Water Supply	1920
American Coal/galatia/slurry Pond Dam	Low	Not assessed	95	Other	1993
Western Fuels/brushy Creek/slurry Cell 5	Low	Not assessed	45	Tailings	2004
Western Fuels/brushy Creek/slurry Cell 4 Dam	Low	Not assessed	40	Other	1994
Clarifiers	Low	Not assessed	36	Water Supply
Sipc/southern Delta/slurry Impoundment Dam	Low	Not assessed	34	Other	1976
Western Fuels/brushy Cr/main Slurry Dam	Low	Not assessed	31	Other	1983
Western Fuels Assoc/brushy Cr/east Slurry Dam	Low	Not assessed	29	Other	1984
Western Fuels Assoc/brushy Cr/freshwater Lake Dam	Low	Not assessed	28	Other	1990
Sipc/southern Delta/freshwater Impoundment Dam	Low	Not assessed	26	Other	1976
Harrisburg Reservoir Dam	Low	Not assessed	25	Other	1920
Potters Pond Dam	Low	Not assessed	22	Recreation	1972
Underground Mine Water Management Storage Impound.	Low	Not assessed	15	Water Supply
American Coal/galatia/chloride Water Pond Dam	Low	Not assessed	15	Other	1991
American Coal/galatia/sed Pond 2 Dam	Low	Not assessed	15	Other	1982

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