Harrisburg Lake Boat Ramps

2 boat launches are mapped on Harrisburg Lake in Saline County, Illinois.

Harrisburg Lake facts

Surface area158 acres
TypeReservoir (mapped as Harrisburg Reservoir)
Average depthabout 13 ft (normal storage ÷ surface area)
Shoreline lengthabout 3.8 miles
Surface elevation415 ft above sea level
DamNew Harrisburg Reservoir Dam, completed 1955
Dam size38 ft high, 1,000 ft long, earth dam
Dam purposesOther, Water Supply
Dam ownerCITY OF HARRISBURG (Local Government)
Normal storage2,050 acre-feet
Impounded streamTrib Middle Fork Saline River

Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset (public domain); HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016, CC BY 4.0); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams (NID ID IL00017). Matched to this page by name and location; modelled values are approximate. See all sources.

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