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Lake Decatur is a 2,800-acre (11 km 2) reservoir located in the city of Decatur, Illinois, USA, east of downtown. The city and lake both share the name of U.S. Navy Commodore Stephen Decatur . The lake is 613 feet (187 m) above sea level and has a watershed of 925 square miles (2,400 km 2 ) or 592,000 acres (240,000 ha) reaching into parts of ...
Just beyond 19th Street, US 36 turns to the southeast on a four-lane divided alignment paralleling a railroad, exiting Decatur on the southeast side. The road crosses Lake Decatur and narrows to two lanes before turning due east. After turning east, U.S. 36 runs largely in a straight line, mostly through open country, until it exits the state.
Decatur (/ d ɪ ˈ k eɪ t ər / dih-KAY-tər) is the largest city in and the county seat of Macon County, Illinois, United States. The city was founded in 1829 and is situated along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Central Illinois. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 70,522. [4] It is the seventeenth-most populous city in ...
Crystal Lake – A Good Place to Live [22] Decatur. D-Town [23] Soybean Capital of the World [24] Soy City; ... This page was last edited on 22 September 2024, ...
Decatur metropolitan area, Alabama, the largest metro area with the name Decatur. Decatur, Arkansas, a city; Decatur, Georgia, county seat of DeKalb County; Decatur, Illinois, county seat of Macon County and largest city with the name Decatur. Lake Decatur, a reservoir in the city; Decatur, Indiana, county seat of Adams County
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").
The Sangamon River in Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve. The Sangamon is impounded in Decatur to form Lake Decatur, constructed in 1920–1922 to provide a water supply for Decatur. This lake, formed by damming the main stem of the river, with no control over upstream land uses, has had major problems with siltation and agricultural pollution.
The Macon County Conservation District (MCCD) is a public park authority, created in 1966, serving the metropolitan area of Decatur in the U.S. state of Illinois.The conservation district operates five conservation areas and six historic sites, as of 2022, throughout Macon County. [1]