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Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Arkansas. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
Morrow Point Dam is a 468-foot-tall (143 m) concrete double-arch dam on the Gunnison River located in Colorado, the first dam of its type built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Located in the upper Black Canyon of the Gunnison , it creates Morrow Point Reservoir , and is within the National Park Service -operated Curecanti National Recreation ...
Black Canyon of the Gunnison, June 2016. The Gunnison River is formed by the confluence of the Taylor and East rivers at Almont in eastern Gunnison County, Colorado.Just past the town of Gunnison, the river begins to swell into the expanse of Blue Mesa Reservoir, a 36-mile-long (58 km) reservoir formed by Blue Mesa Dam, where it receives the Lake Fork of the Gunnison.
Dams on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas (8 P) Pages in category "Dams in Arkansas" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
The Gunnison Tunnel is an irrigation tunnel constructed between 1905 and 1909 [2] by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in Montrose County, Colorado. [3] The 5.8-mile-long (9.3 km) tunnel diverts water from the Gunnison River to the arid Uncompahgre Valley around Montrose, Colorado .
Dams on the Gunnison River — dams in operation, under construction, or in planning on the Gunnison, in the Colorado River basin and southwestern Colorado. Pages in category "Dams on the Gunnison River"
The Gunnison River is designated as a Gold Medal Water from 200 yards downstream of Crystal Reservoir Dam to the North Fork. This includes the 12 miles within the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. Only artificial flies and lures are permitted, and all rainbow trout are catch and release.
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 .