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 assessed | 154 | Tailings | |
| Kennecott Smelter Kessler Cnyn #11 | Significant | Not assessed | 51 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1980 |
| Kennecott Smelter Kessler Cnyn #10 | Significant | Not assessed | 45 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1937 |
| A.j. Dean Concrete Sediment Pond | Significant | Not assessed | 40 | ||
| Kennecott Mine Small Reservoir | Significant | Not assessed | 40 | Tailings | 1961 |
| Jordan Valley Water Purification Lower | Significant | Not assessed | 32 | Water Supply | 1982 |
| Salt Lake County Wasatch Hollow | Significant | Not assessed | 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 assessed | 28 | Water Supply | |
| Bateman Pond | Significant | Not assessed | 17 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Salt Lake County - Wheeler Farm | Significant | Not assessed | 17 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Barney`s Wash (6400west)detention Basin | Significant | Not assessed | 17 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2001 |
| Herriman Springs Fish Pond | Significant | Not assessed | 16 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | |
| Riverton Dam -formerly American Contract | Significant | Not assessed | 15 | ||
| Kennecott Smelter Kessler Cnyn #06 | Significant | Not assessed | 15 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Sandy City - Willow Creek | Significant | Not assessed | 12 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1983 |
| Sandy City - Alta Canyon | Significant | Not assessed | 12 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1984 |
| Magna Reservoir | Significant | Not assessed | 10 | Irrigation | |
| Sandy City - Falcon Db | Significant | Not assessed | 10 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1986 |
| Secret Lake | Significant | Not assessed | 10 | Irrigation | 1926 |
| Magna Water Company & Improvement Dist. | Significant | Not assessed | 9 | Irrigation | |
| Udot - Pond 70a | Significant | Not assessed | 8 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Sandy City - Buttercup | Significant | Not assessed | 7 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1983 |
| Utah Dept. of Transportation Basin 1 | Significant | Not assessed | 7 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Paredes, Astrid | Significant | Not assessed | 6 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| South Jordan City | Significant | Not assessed | 6 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| West Jordan City | Significant | Not assessed | 6 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Salt Lake County Upper I-9 | Significant | Not assessed | 6 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1990 |
| Udot - Pond 90a | Significant | Not assessed | 5 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Sandy City - Aspen Meadows | Significant | Not assessed | 4 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1992 |
| Sandy City - Crescent Park | Significant | Not assessed | 4 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1984 |
| Kennecott - Magna Reservoir #1 | Significant | Not assessed | 0 | ||
| Kennecott - Magna Reservoir #2 | Significant | Not assessed | 0 | ||
| West Jordan Detention - Airport | Significant | Not assessed | 0 | ||
| Draper City | Low | Not assessed | 62 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Kennecott Barney Gold Operation | Low | Not assessed | 45 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1988 |
| Suncrest-n Broadleaf Hollow Db | Low | Not assessed | 44 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Kennecott Barney Gold Operation | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1988 |
| Kennecott Barney Gold Operation | Low | Not assessed | 34 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Kennecott Barney Gold Operation | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1988 |
| Kennecott Mill Zone IV Retention | Low | Not assessed | 25 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Kennecott Sedimentation Pond(96-59-06md) | Low | Not assessed | 15 | Tailings | |
| West Jordan City | Low | Not assessed | 9 | Flood Risk Reduction | |
| Riter Canal Dam | Low | Not assessed | 9 | Irrigation | 2009 |