Dams in Salt Lake County, Utah
72Total Dams
28High Hazard
34Significant
| 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 |