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This is a list of lakes and reservoirs in the U.S. state of Illinois. The lakes are ordered by their unique names, (i.e. Lake Smith or Smith Lake would both be listed under "S"). Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.
Lick Creek is a 30.6-mile-long (49.2 km) [1] tributary of Lake Springfield and thus a tributary of the Sangamon River in central Illinois. [2] It drains a large portion of southwestern Sangamon County and a marginal adjacent fragment of southeastern Morgan County. The drainage of Lick Creek includes all of Loami, Illinois and part of Chatham ...
Busse Lake. Parts of the creek were modified and straightened during the 1960s and 1970s. [4] Flood control dams were constructed along the creek in 1978 within the Ned Brown Forest Preserve near Elk Grove Village, Illinois, creating the 590-acre (2.4 km 2) Busse Lake. A diversion tunnel was constructed approximately 1.6 miles (2.6 km) north of ...
Sugar Creek, a tributary of the Sangamon River, is a large creek in central Illinois, United States. It rises in Talkington Township in southwestern Sangamon County , flows briefly through northeastern Macoupin County , and then runs northeastward through south-central Sangamon County before discharging into Lake Springfield .
Salt Creek is about 110 miles (180 km) in length. [3] From its headwaters near Saybrook, Illinois , it runs generally westward to the main stem of the Sangamon near Greenview . The largest lake formed by Salt Creek is Clinton Lake near Clinton , which provides cooling water for the Clinton Nuclear Generating Station .
Beaucoup Creek; Little Muddy River; Casey Creek (Casey Fork) Marys River. Little Marys River; Kaskaskia River. Shoal Creek; West Okaw River; Palmer Creek; Wood River; Illinois River. Macoupin Creek; Big Sandy Creek; La Moine River; Sangamon River. Salt Creek; Spring Creek; Sugar Creek. Lick Creek; Spoon River; Mackinaw River. Little Mackinaw ...
The Big Bureau Creek is a 73-mile-long (117 km) [1] tributary of the Illinois River in north central Illinois. [2] It rises approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Mendota and flows southwest into Bureau County , turning south at Princeton and then flowing east into the Illinois River floodplain.
Buffalo Creek is an 11.2-mile-long (18.0 km) [2] tributary of the Des Plaines River. It begins in Lake Zurich, Illinois and flows mainly south-eastward through Kildeer, Long Grove, Buffalo Grove and Wheeling. In Wheeling, it is named Wheeling Drainage Ditch. It joins the Des Plaines River next to Chicago Executive Airport.