Dams in Salt Lake County, Utah
72Total Dams
28High Hazard
34Significant
Dam Safety in Salt Lake County, Utah
Salt Lake County has 72 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 28 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 34 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 3 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.
The average dam in Salt Lake County is 48 years old. The most common purpose is flood risk reduction. The tallest dam is Little Dell at 224 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Dell | High | Satisfactory | 224 | Water Supply | 1993 |
| Red Butte Dam | High | Satisfactory | 128 | Water Supply | 1930 |
| Salt Lake County Chandler Drive (#13) | High | Fair | 128 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1977 |
| Mountain Dell | High | Poor | 105 | Water Supply | 1916 |
| Kennecott Mine Bingham Creek | High | Satisfactory | 77 | Water Supply | 1965 |
| Lake Mary-phoebe | High | Poor | 72 | Water Supply | 1915 |
| Twin Lakes (salt Lake) | High | Satisfactory | 62 | Water Supply | 1914 |
| Salt Lake County Shriners (#12) | High | Fair | 59 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1978 |
| White Pine | High | Fair | 54 | Irrigation | 1933 |
| Juniper Canyon Detention Basin 3 | High | Satisfactory | 49 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2020 |
| Jordan Valley Water Purification Upper | High | Fair | 44 | Water Supply | 1981 |
| Salt Lake County - Sugarhouse | High | Satisfactory | 35 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1984 |
| Riverton City - Black Ridge Reservoir | High | Satisfactory | 32 | Irrigation | 2009 |
| Salt Lake Co.-big Cottonwood (spencer`s) | High | Fair | 31 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1984 |
| Salt Lake County-rotary Glen Park | High | Fair | 25 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1986 |
| Salt Lake County Federal Heights (#1a) | High | Fair | 23 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1978 |
| Ensign Downs Db (aka Victory Road Db) | High | Satisfactory | 23 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1991 |
| Red Pine | High | Poor | 20 | Irrigation | 1929 |
| Point Of The Mountain Raw Water Res | High | Satisfactory | 18 | Water Supply | 2006 |
| Draper Pressure Irrigation Project | High | Satisfactory | 18 | Water Supply | 1993 |
| Oquirrh Lake Dam/kennecott Daybreak | High | Satisfactory | 17 | Recreation | 2006 |
| Riverton City - 3200 West Pond | High | Satisfactory | 16 | Water Supply | 2000 |
| Salt Lake Co-creekside Park (big Cttnwd) | High | Fair | 16 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1969 |
| Riverton City - 4200 West Pond | High | Satisfactory | 12 | Water Supply | 2000 |
| Salt Lake County - Scott Avenue | High | Fair | 12 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1987 |
| Sandy City - Storm Mountain Db | High | Fair | 9 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1990 |
| Sandy City - Flat Iron Mesa | High | Satisfactory | 7 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Sandy City - East Sandy Elementary | High | Satisfactory | 5 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2002 |
| Kennecott Smelter Tailings Pond | Significant | Not Rated | 154 | Tailings | |
| Kennecott Smelter Kessler Cnyn #11 | Significant | Not Rated | 51 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1980 |
| Kennecott Smelter Kessler Cnyn #10 | Significant | Not Rated | 45 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1937 |
| A.j. Dean Concrete Sediment Pond | Significant | Not Rated | 40 | ||
| Kennecott Mine Small Reservoir | Significant | Not Rated | 40 | Tailings | 1961 |
| Jordan Valley Water Purification Lower | Significant | Not Rated | 32 | Water Supply | 1982 |
| Salt Lake County Wasatch Hollow | Significant | Not Rated | 32 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1992 |
| Salt Lake County School Pond (11th) 14 | Significant | Fair | 29 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1977 |
| Large Bingham Reservoir Distilling Basin | Significant | Not Available | 28 | Water Supply | |
| Bateman Pond | Significant | Not Rated | 17 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Salt Lake County - Wheeler Farm | Significant | Not Rated | 17 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Barney`s Wash (6400west)detention Basin | Significant | Not Rated | 17 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2001 |
| Herriman Springs Fish Pond | Significant | Not Rated | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |
| Riverton Dam -formerly American Contract | Significant | Not Rated | 15 | ||
| Kennecott Smelter Kessler Cnyn #06 | Significant | Not Rated | 15 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Sandy City - Willow Creek | Significant | Not Rated | 12 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1983 |
| Sandy City - Alta Canyon | Significant | Not Rated | 12 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1984 |
| Magna Reservoir | Significant | Not Rated | 10 | Irrigation | |
| Sandy City - Falcon Db | Significant | Not Rated | 10 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1986 |
| Secret Lake | Significant | Not Rated | 10 | Irrigation | 1926 |
| Magna Water Company & Improvement Dist. | Significant | Not Rated | 9 | Irrigation | |
| Udot - Pond 70a | Significant | Not Rated | 8 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Sandy City - Buttercup | Significant | Not Rated | 7 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1983 |
| Utah Dept. Of Transportation Basin 1 | Significant | Not Rated | 7 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Paredes, Astrid | Significant | Not Rated | 6 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| South Jordan City | Significant | Not Rated | 6 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| West Jordan City | Significant | Not Rated | 6 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Salt Lake County Upper I-9 | Significant | Not Rated | 6 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1990 |
| Udot - Pond 90a | Significant | Not Rated | 5 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Sandy City - Aspen Meadows | Significant | Not Rated | 4 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1992 |
| Sandy City - Crescent Park | Significant | Not Rated | 4 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1984 |
| Kennecott - Magna Reservoir #1 | Significant | Not Rated | 0 | ||
| Kennecott - Magna Reservoir #2 | Significant | Not Rated | 0 | ||
| West Jordan Detention - Airport | Significant | Not Rated | 0 | ||
| Draper City | Low | Not Rated | 62 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Kennecott Barney Gold Operation | Low | Not Rated | 45 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1988 |
| Suncrest-n Broadleaf Hollow Db | Low | Not Rated | 44 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Kennecott Barney Gold Operation | Low | Not Rated | 40 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1988 |
| Kennecott Barney Gold Operation | Low | Not Rated | 34 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Kennecott Barney Gold Operation | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1988 |
| Kennecott Mill Zone Iv Retention | Low | Not Rated | 25 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Kennecott Sedimentation Pond(96-59-06md) | Low | Not Rated | 15 | Tailings | |
| West Jordan City | Low | Not Rated | 9 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Riter Canal Dam | Low | Not Rated | 9 | Irrigation | 2009 |