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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]
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.
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.
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 ...
Grand Valley Diversion Dam CO: USBR: Irrigation 1916 N/A N/A 3: 19,350 [15] Windy Gap Dam CO: Northern Water: Irrigation Municipal 1970 Windy Gap Reservoir: 445 acre.ft (549 dam 3) N/A N/A [16] Granby Dam CO: USBR: Irrigation Municipal 1950 Lake Granby: 539,800 acre.ft (665,800 dam 3) N/A N/A [17] Shadow Mountain Dam CO: USBR: Irrigation ...
The park retains a unique part of Colorado's history, the remains of Castlewood Canyon Dam. Visitors can still see the remnants and damage from that dam which burst in 1933. The event sent a 15-foot (5 m) wave of water all the way to downtown Denver resulting in a flood. Also contained within the park is the historic Cherry Creek Bridge.
The Arkansas was dammed immediately upstream of Pueblo in 1975 by the Pueblo Dam. Augmented by flood waters from Fountain Creek, the Saint Charles River, and other tributaries, the flow increased to 200,000 cubic feet per second (5,700 cubic meters per second) as the crest passed through La Junta over several hours during the afternoon of June ...