Dams in Salt Lake County, Utah

72Total Dams
28High Hazard
34Significant
DamHazardConditionHeight (ft)PurposeYear
Little DellHighSatisfactory224Water Supply1993
Red Butte DamHighSatisfactory128Water Supply1930
Salt Lake County Chandler Drive (#13)HighFair128Flood Risk Reduction1977
Mountain DellHighPoor105Water Supply1916
Kennecott Mine Bingham CreekHighSatisfactory77Water Supply1965
Lake Mary-phoebeHighPoor72Water Supply1915
Twin Lakes (salt Lake)HighSatisfactory62Water Supply1914
Salt Lake County Shriners (#12)HighFair59Flood Risk Reduction1978
White PineHighFair54Irrigation1933
Juniper Canyon Detention Basin 3HighSatisfactory49Flood Risk Reduction2020
Jordan Valley Water Purification UpperHighFair44Water Supply1981
Salt Lake County - SugarhouseHighSatisfactory35Flood Risk Reduction1984
Riverton City - Black Ridge ReservoirHighSatisfactory32Irrigation2009
Salt Lake Co.-big Cottonwood (spencer`s)HighFair31Flood Risk Reduction1984
Salt Lake County-rotary Glen ParkHighFair25Flood Risk Reduction1986
Salt Lake County Federal Heights (#1a)HighFair23Flood Risk Reduction1978
Ensign Downs Db (aka Victory Road Db)HighSatisfactory23Flood Risk Reduction1991
Red PineHighPoor20Irrigation1929
Point Of The Mountain Raw Water ResHighSatisfactory18Water Supply2006
Draper Pressure Irrigation ProjectHighSatisfactory18Water Supply1993
Oquirrh Lake Dam/kennecott DaybreakHighSatisfactory17Recreation2006
Riverton City - 3200 West PondHighSatisfactory16Water Supply2000
Salt Lake Co-creekside Park (big Cttnwd)HighFair16Flood Risk Reduction1969
Riverton City - 4200 West PondHighSatisfactory12Water Supply2000
Salt Lake County - Scott AvenueHighFair12Flood Risk Reduction1987
Sandy City - Storm Mountain DbHighFair9Flood Risk Reduction1990
Sandy City - Flat Iron MesaHighSatisfactory7Flood Risk Reduction
Sandy City - East Sandy ElementaryHighSatisfactory5Flood Risk Reduction2002
Kennecott Smelter Tailings PondSignificantNot Rated154Tailings
Kennecott Smelter Kessler Cnyn #11SignificantNot Rated51Flood Risk Reduction1980
Kennecott Smelter Kessler Cnyn #10SignificantNot Rated45Flood Risk Reduction1937
A.j. Dean Concrete Sediment PondSignificantNot Rated40
Kennecott Mine Small ReservoirSignificantNot Rated40Tailings1961
Jordan Valley Water Purification LowerSignificantNot Rated32Water Supply1982
Salt Lake County Wasatch HollowSignificantNot Rated32Flood Risk Reduction1992
Salt Lake County School Pond (11th) 14SignificantFair29Flood Risk Reduction1977
Large Bingham Reservoir Distilling BasinSignificantNot Available28Water Supply
Bateman PondSignificantNot Rated17Flood Risk Reduction
Salt Lake County - Wheeler FarmSignificantNot Rated17Flood Risk Reduction
Barney`s Wash (6400west)detention BasinSignificantNot Rated17Flood Risk Reduction2001
Herriman Springs Fish PondSignificantNot Rated16Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Riverton Dam -formerly American ContractSignificantNot Rated15
Kennecott Smelter Kessler Cnyn #06SignificantNot Rated15Flood Risk Reduction
Sandy City - Willow CreekSignificantNot Rated12Flood Risk Reduction1983
Sandy City - Alta CanyonSignificantNot Rated12Flood Risk Reduction1984
Magna ReservoirSignificantNot Rated10Irrigation
Sandy City - Falcon DbSignificantNot Rated10Flood Risk Reduction1986
Secret LakeSignificantNot Rated10Irrigation1926
Magna Water Company & Improvement Dist.SignificantNot Rated9Irrigation
Udot - Pond 70aSignificantNot Rated8Flood Risk Reduction
Sandy City - ButtercupSignificantNot Rated7Flood Risk Reduction1983
Utah Dept. Of Transportation Basin 1SignificantNot Rated7Flood Risk Reduction
Paredes, AstridSignificantNot Rated6Flood Risk Reduction
South Jordan CitySignificantNot Rated6Flood Risk Reduction
West Jordan CitySignificantNot Rated6Flood Risk Reduction
Salt Lake County Upper I-9SignificantNot Rated6Flood Risk Reduction1990
Udot - Pond 90aSignificantNot Rated5Flood Risk Reduction
Sandy City - Aspen MeadowsSignificantNot Rated4Flood Risk Reduction1992
Sandy City - Crescent ParkSignificantNot Rated4Flood Risk Reduction1984
Kennecott - Magna Reservoir #1SignificantNot Rated0
Kennecott - Magna Reservoir #2SignificantNot Rated0
West Jordan Detention - AirportSignificantNot Rated0
Draper CityLowNot Rated62Flood Risk Reduction
Kennecott Barney Gold OperationLowNot Rated45Flood Risk Reduction1988
Suncrest-n Broadleaf Hollow DbLowNot Rated44Flood Risk Reduction
Kennecott Barney Gold OperationLowNot Rated40Flood Risk Reduction1988
Kennecott Barney Gold OperationLowNot Rated34Flood Risk Reduction
Kennecott Barney Gold OperationLowNot Rated25Flood Risk Reduction1988
Kennecott Mill Zone Iv RetentionLowNot Rated25Flood Risk Reduction
Kennecott Sedimentation Pond(96-59-06md)LowNot Rated15Tailings
West Jordan CityLowNot Rated9Flood Risk Reduction
Riter Canal DamLowNot Rated9Irrigation2009