• BRAC Documents

  

  Official BRAC record for Savanna Army Depot Activity (BRAC 1995).

  File type: PDF Source: BRAC Round 1995

  Commission Recommendation Conveyance Report

BRAC Summary: Close Savanna Army Depot Activity (ADA). Relocate the United States Army Defense Ammunition Center and School (USADACS) to McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, Oklahoma.

Property Description: The Army purchased 13,062 acres on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River in Carroll and Jo Davies counties, about seven miles north of the city of Savanna, IL to construct the Savanna Proving Ground in support of World War I. The site is a long, narrow piece of land lying between the Mississippi River and a line of hills and bluffs. The installation is surrounded primarily by agricultural land; the neighboring communities are Hanover and Savanna, IL, and Bellevue, IA. The Depot was listed on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency s National Priorities List on 15 October 1984.

Conveyance Summary:
Starting Acres: 12,884.32
Remaining Acres: 7,520.56
Conveyed Acres: 5,363.76

Local Redevelopment Authority:
Jo Carroll Depot Local Redevelopment Authority
18933 “A” St
Savanna, Illinois 61074
(815) 273-4371
http://www.lrasavannail.us