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Cherry Creek Dam and reservoir. View is to the south. Dam wall Wildlife in state park. Cherry Creek State Park is a state park in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States.The park consists of a natural prairie and wetland environment with an 880-acre (3.6 km 2) reservoir at its center which is shared by powerboats, sailboats, and paddle craft.
Cherry Creek Dam (National ID # CO01280) is a dam in Arapahoe County, Colorado, southeast of Denver. The earthen dam was constructed between 1948 and 1950 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers with a height of 141 feet (43 m) and a length of 14,300 feet (4,400 m) at its crest. [ 2 ]
Cherry Creek Dam and reservoir. View is to the south. Frozen Cherry Creek reservoir. Cherry Creek is a tributary of the South Platte River, 48.0 miles (77.2 km) long, [2] in Colorado in the United States. [3] The creek is named for the profusion of black chokecherry shrubs (Prunus virginiana demissa) that grow along its banks. [4]
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.
Willow Creek Reservoir; Monarch Lake; Meadow Creek Reservoir; A sixth lake, Grand Lake, borders the recreation area on the north. Grand Lake is the largest natural lake in Colorado. Collectively, these six lakes are known as "The Great Lakes of Colorado." [3] The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail passes through the recreation area.
Cherry Creek Reservoir in Cherry Creek State Park; Clear Creek Reservoir in Chaffee County, Colorado; Clinton Gulch Dam Reservoir in Summit County, Colorado; Crater Lake in Pitkin County, Colorado; Cheesman Reservoir in Douglas and Jefferson counties, Colorado; Crawford Reservoir in Crawford State Park; Crystal Creek Reservoir in Teller County ...
Additionally there are minor natural flows from Newlin Gulch above the reservoir. Cherry Creek water is obtained from a diversion dam ("N+104°46'06.1"W 39°28'21.9"N 104°46'06.1"W), large wet well, and pumping station ("N 104°46'10.6"W 39°28'21.1"N 104°46'10.6"W), all located on Cherry Creek just south of Stroh Road and adjacent to the ...
Cherry Creek is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Cherry Creek CDP was 11,488 at the United States Census 2020. [3]