# Savanna Army Depot

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**Savanna Army Depot** was a 13,062-acre (52.86-square kilometre) installation, located on the eastern bank of the [Mississippi River](/source/Mississippi_River), in [Carroll](/source/Carroll_County,_Illinois) and [Jo Daviess](/source/Jo_Daviess_County,_Illinois) counties, around 7 miles (11 km) north of [Savanna, Illinois](/source/Savanna,_Illinois). It was opened in 1917 as a proving and testing facility for weapons developed at [Rock Island Arsenal](/source/Rock_Island_Arsenal). In 1921 it became a weapons depot. The [U.S. Environmental Protection Agency](/source/U.S._Environmental_Protection_Agency) (EPA) listed the depot as a [Superfund](/source/Superfund) site in 1989.[1] The depot was selected for closure through the [Base Realignment and Closure](/source/Base_Realignment_and_Closure) process in July 1995 and was officially closed on March 18, 2000. The Jo-Carroll Local Redevelopment Authority (LRA) was established to redevelop a portion of the property for commercial and business usage referred to as the Savanna Depot Park. On September 26, 2003, the [United States Department of Defense](/source/United_States_Department_of_Defense) agreed to transfer 9,404 acres (38.06 km2) of land to become the Lost Mound Unit of the [Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge](/source/Upper_Mississippi_River_National_Wildlife_and_Fish_Refuge). 3,022 acres (12.23 km2) were initially transferred with the rest to be transferred following environmental cleanup. The portion near [Lock and Dam No. 12](/source/Lock_and_Dam_No._12) was transferred to the [United States Army Corps of Engineers](/source/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers) and a small part to the [Illinois Department of Natural Resources](/source/Illinois_Department_of_Natural_Resources).

## References

1. ["Savanna Army Depot Activity"](https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0501174). *Superfund Site*. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Retrieved 17 July 2019.

## External links

- [Jo-Carroll Local Redevelopment Authority (LRA)]
- [Lost Mound Unit of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge.](http://www.fws.gov/Midwest/planning/LostMound/index.html)
- [Savanna Depot Park]

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