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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 ...
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.
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. The dam is upstream of the Morrow Point Dam.
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.
The location of the State of Colorado in the United States of America. An enlargeable map of the State of Colorado.. This is an alphabetical list of some notable lakes and reservoirs in the U.S. State of Colorado.
Reservoir Reservoir capacity Capacity Annual generation Refs 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 ...
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.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... All reservoirs in Colorado should be included in this category. ... Black Lake (Eagle County, Colorado) Blue Mesa Reservoir;