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Blue Mesa Dam is a 390-foot-tall (120 m) zoned earthfill dam on the Gunnison River in Colorado. It creates Blue Mesa Reservoir , and is within Curecanti National Recreation Area just before the river enters the Black Canyon of the Gunnison .
Blue Mesa Reservoir is an artificial reservoir located on the upper reaches of the Gunnison River in Gunnison County, Colorado.The largest lake located entirely within the state, Blue Mesa Reservoir was created by the construction of Blue Mesa Dam, a 390 feet (120 m) tall earthen fill dam constructed on the Gunnison by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in 1966 for the generation of hydroelectric ...
Blue Mesa Dam CO: Gunnison: USBR: Flood control Hydropower Regulation 1966 Blue Mesa Reservoir: 940,700 acre.ft (1,160,300 dam 3) 86.4: 203,412 [19] Dillon Dam CO: Blue: Denver Water: Irrigation Municipal 1963 Dillon Reservoir: 257,304 acre.ft (317,373 dam 3) 1.8? [20] [21] Flaming Gorge Dam UT: Green: USBR: Flood control Hydropower Regulation ...
Blue Mesa Reservoir from the air. Created by the construction of Blue Mesa Dam in 1966, Blue Mesa Reservoir is Colorado's largest body of water. Fed by the Lake Fork Arm of the Gunnison River, Soap Creek, and Cebolla Creek, the long, broad lake is 20 miles (32 km) long, has 96 miles (154 km) of shoreline, and is the largest Lake Trout and Kokanee salmon fishery in the United States.
Last year, Reclamation sent additional water from the Blue Mesa and Flaming Gorge reservoirs to protect Lake Powell's elevation. In January, it also held back releases from Glen Canyon Dam.
Jul. 24—New action announced by the federal government in June to keep water levels above critical levels in Lakes Powell and Mead may result in serious cuts to water supplies in Arizona cities ...
The largest reservoir entirely contained in Colorado is Blue Mesa Reservoir, with a capacity of 829,500 acre⋅ft (1.0 billion m 3). The total storage of the reservoirs on this list is 3,804,458 acre⋅ft (4.7 billion m 3 ), although not all is allocated for use by Colorado.
Drone footage shot by storm chaser Brandon Clement showed the improvement in water level and snowpack in places such as Folson Lake, Lake Oroville and Donner Pass, since last summer.