Dams in El Paso County, Colorado

107Total Dams

28High Hazard

13Significant

Dam Safety in El Paso County, Colorado

El Paso County has 107 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 28 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 13 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 8 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.

The average dam in El Paso County is 72 years old. The most common purpose is flood risk reduction. The tallest dam is Rampart at 250 ft.

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Dam	Hazard	Condition	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
Rampart	High	Satisfactory	250	Hydroelectric	1970
Crystal Creek	High	Fair	133	Water Supply	1934
Manitou	High	Fair	124	Water Supply	1971
Gold Camp	High	Satisfactory	103	Water Supply	1954
Big Tooth	High	Satisfactory	102	Water Supply	1927
Regulating Reservoir	High	Satisfactory	96	Water Supply	1996
Woodland Park	High	Fair	82	Water Supply	1963
Kettle Creek Diversion Dam	High	Not assessed	80	Flood Risk Reduction	1961
Non Potable Reservoir Dam 2	High	Not assessed	70	Irrigation	1961
Fountain Valley No 2	High	Satisfactory	69	Irrigation	1910
Woodmoor Lake	High	Fair	68	Irrigation	1973
South Lake	High	Satisfactory	65	Recreation	1973
Lake Moraine	High	Fair	55	Water Supply	1891
South Suburban	High	Satisfactory	55	Water Supply	1932
Penrose	High	Unsatisfactory	50	Irrigation	1917
Palmer Lake #2	High	Satisfactory	50	Water Supply	1904
Non Potable Reservoir Dam 3	High	Not assessed	50	Irrigation	1961
Valley No. 2	High	Unsatisfactory	48	Recreation	1906
Fisher Canon	High	Fair	43	Water Supply	1929
Chapel Hills #2	High	Satisfactory	42	Flood Risk Reduction	1984
Fishers Canyon Debris Basin Dam	High	Fair	42	Flood Risk Reduction	1999
Glen Eyrie #3	High	Fair	41	Water Supply	1901
Garden of the Gods	High	Satisfactory	41	Flood Risk Reduction	2020
Valley No. 1	High	Unsatisfactory	40	Recreation	1901
Spring Run #2	High	Satisfactory	39	Irrigation	1970
Highline	High	Satisfactory	38	Water Supply	1938
Spires Broadmoor North Debris Dam	High	Fair	38	Flood Risk Reduction	2005
Spires Broadmoor South Debris Dam	High	Fair	32	Flood Risk Reduction	2005
Bristlecone	Significant	Satisfactory	88	Recreation	1986
Sand Creek Detention Basin No. 6	Significant	Satisfactory	82	Flood Risk Reduction	2014
Mccullough	Significant	Satisfactory	70	Water Supply	1990
R. D. Nixon	Significant	Satisfactory	64	Other	1979
Ramah Det. and Rec.	Significant	Satisfactory	60	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Pinon	Significant	Satisfactory	55	Recreation	1986
Non Potable Reservoir Dam 1	Significant	Not assessed	50	Flood Risk Reduction	1961
Monument Lake	Significant	Satisfactory	47	Irrigation	1893
Curr	Significant	Satisfactory	47	Irrigation	1971
Palmer Lake #5	Significant	Satisfactory	35	Water Supply	1906
Prospect Lake	Significant	Satisfactory	32	Recreation	1954
Keeton Lake	Significant	Satisfactory	27	Water Supply	1936
Wilson	Significant	Satisfactory	25	Water Supply	1897
Non Potable Reservoir Dam 4	Low	Not assessed	80	Flood Risk Reduction	1958
Hanna Ranch Supernatant	Low	Not assessed	71	Other	1996
John Townsend	Low	Poor	60	Recreation	1885
Nichols	Low	Not assessed	57	Water Supply	1929
Franktown Parker Fpe-4	Low	Satisfactory	41	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Kiowa Crk Wtrshd F-18	Low	Not assessed	40	Flood Risk Reduction	1958
Big Sandy Creek Watershed S-17	Low	Not assessed	40	Flood Risk Reduction	1959
Kiowa Crk Wtrshd K-79	Low	Fair	39	Flood Risk Reduction	1955
Big Sandy Creek Antelope	Low	Satisfactory	38	Flood Risk Reduction	1960
Big Sandy Creek Watershed S-12	Low	Fair	37	Flood Risk Reduction	1959
Boehmer	Low	Not assessed	36	Water Supply	1893
Robinson	Low	Satisfactory	35	Irrigation	1958
Franktown Parker Fpe-3	Low	Not assessed	35	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Northfield	Low	Satisfactory	34	Water Supply	1955
Chapel Hills #1	Low	Not assessed	34	Flood Risk Reduction	1984
Woodmoor C. C. #4	Low	Satisfactory	34	Irrigation	1965
W. Cherry Creek Det. #1	Low	Fair	34	Flood Risk Reduction	1961
Kiowa Crk Wtrshd 1-p-10	Low	Fair	33	Flood Risk Reduction	1958
W. Cherry Creek Det. #4	Low	Fair	33	Flood Risk Reduction	1961
Franktown Parker Fpe-6	Low	Not assessed	32	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Big Sandy Creek Watershed N-5	Low	Not assessed	32	Flood Risk Reduction	1960
Big Sandy Creek Watershed S-1	Low	Fair	31	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Big Sandy Creek Watershed S-6	Low	Fair	31	Flood Risk Reduction	1960
Northfield Wtp Backwash Reservoir	Low	Not assessed	30	Other	1974
Banning Lewis #1	Low	Not assessed	30	Flood Risk Reduction	1888
Franktown Parker Fpe-2	Low	Satisfactory	29	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Kiowa Crk Wtrshd 1-g-20	Low	Fair	29	Flood Risk Reduction	1957
Pikeview	Low	Not assessed	28	Irrigation	1952
Glen Carin	Low	Not assessed	28	Water Supply	1899
Kiowa Crk Wtrshd Y-77	Low	Not assessed	28	Flood Risk Reduction	1955
W. Cherry Creek Det. #2	Low	Satisfactory	28	Flood Risk Reduction	1960
Franktown Parker Fpe-5	Low	Unsatisfactory	28	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
Kiowa Crk Wtrshd J-33	Low	Satisfactory	28	Flood Risk Reduction	1956
Kiowa Crk Wtrshd 1-g-30	Low	Fair	28	Flood Risk Reduction	1957
Kiowa Crk Wtrshd H-21	Low	Not assessed	28	Flood Risk Reduction	1956
Kiowa Crk Wtrshd K-38	Low	Satisfactory	27	Flood Risk Reduction	1956
Kiowa Crk Wtrshd 1-m-10	Low	Satisfactory	27	Flood Risk Reduction	1957
Kiowa Crk Wtrshd 1-n-10	Low	Not assessed	27	Flood Risk Reduction	1957
Rainbow	Low	Fair	26	Recreation	1930
Big Horn	Low	Satisfactory	26	Water Supply	1896
Kiowa Crk Wtrshd W-71	Low	Satisfactory	26	Flood Risk Reduction	1957
W. Cherry Creek Det. #5	Low	Satisfactory	26	Flood Risk Reduction	1960
Aspen Lake	Low	Satisfactory	25	Recreation	1956
Patty Jewett	Low	Satisfactory	25	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
Calahan	Low	Unsatisfactory	25	Irrigation	1963
Golding, Charles	Low	Satisfactory	25	Flood Risk Reduction	1971
John May #1	Low	Not assessed	25	Irrigation	1967
Leo Lake	Low	Not assessed	25	Irrigation	1930
Banning Lewis #8	Low	Not assessed	25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1943
Kettle Lake #2	Low	Not assessed	25	Recreation	1967
Kiowa Crk Wtrshd I-28	Low	Not assessed	25	Flood Risk Reduction	1955
Kiowa Crk Wtrshd K-41	Low	Fair	25	Flood Risk Reduction	1955
Minkler, Eldon Det. #1	Low	Fair	24	Flood Risk Reduction	1970
Kiowa Crk Wtrshd 1-p-20	Low	Fair	24	Flood Risk Reduction	1957
Glen Lawson #1	Low	Not assessed	23	Flood Risk Reduction	1971
Lemansany Detention No. 2	Low	Fair	23	Flood Risk Reduction	1973
Haymes Storage	Low	Unsatisfactory	22	Recreation	1887
Columbine	Low	Not assessed	21	Recreation	1930
Sand Creek Detention Basin No. 2	Low	Unsatisfactory	21	Flood Risk Reduction	2009
W. Cherry Creek Det. #6	Low	Fair	20	Flood Risk Reduction	1961
Interquest South Pond a	Low	Not assessed	19	Flood Risk Reduction	1990
Drake Lake	Low	Fair	16
Northside	Low	Fair	15	Recreation	1892
Kettle Lake #3	Low	Not assessed	15	Recreation	1967
Wolf Ranch Irrigation Reservoir	Low	Fair	12	Irrigation	2018
Curiton	Low	Not assessed	9	Irrigation	1903

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