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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.
Sand Creek is a stream in El Paso County, Colorado, and a tributary of Fountain Creek. Banning Lewis Number 1 Dam, located approximately one mile south of Shirley, [2] was built across the East Fork of Sand Creek to create Banning Lewis Reservoir Number 1. [2] Sand Creek is not to be confused with Big Sandy Creek, location of the Sand Creek ...
Location: Skamania County, Washington, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Type: reservoir: Primary inflows: Lewis River: Primary outflows: Lewis River: Catchment area: 481 square miles (1,250 km 2) [2]: Basin countries: United States: Surface area: 4,620 acres (18.7 km 2) [2]: Water volume: 755,600 acre-feet (0.932 km 3) [3]: Surface elevation: 1,012 ft (308 m) [4]: References: [1] [2]: Swift ...
The Colorado runs 1,450 mi (2,330 km) from the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of California, draining parts of seven U.S. states and two Mexican states. The river system is one of the most heavily developed in the world, with fifteen dams on the main stem of the Colorado [citation needed] and hundreds more on tributaries.
Swift Dam or Swift No. 1 is an earth-type hydroelectric dam on the Lewis River, in the U.S. state of Washington. [2] Completed in 1958, [2] it is located in Skamania County and its reservoir is called Swift Reservoir.
Location: Conejos County, Colorado: Coordinates: 1]: Type: reservoir: Primary inflows: Alamosa River: Primary outflows: Alamosa River: Designation: Terrace Reservoir State Wildlife Area: Built: 1912 () [2]: Water volume: 19,195 acre-feet (23,677,000 cubic meters) [2]: Surface elevation: 8,530 feet (2,600 meters) [1]: The reservoir's outlet from the dam's southern segment into the Alamosa River ...
La Jara Reservoir is a reservoir in Conejos County, Colorado. Located 24 miles (39 kilometers) west of the town of La Jara, Colorado , the reservoir lies high in the San Juan Mountains . [ 1 ] The rocky dirt road to the reservoir is difficult, and the reservoir lies about 15 miles (24 kilometers) from the nearest paved road.
Elevation in the Wilderness ranges from 8,400 feet (2,600 m) to 14,309 feet (4,361 m), at the summit of Uncompahgre Peak. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Managed by the Uncompahgre National Forest , it is located approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of the town of Lake City and some 10 miles (16 km) east of the town of Ouray .