Fire Protection and Stock Pond Dams in Colorado

Colorado has 83 fire protection and stock pond dams, of which 2 carry a high hazard classification. The dam maintains a small impoundment used for fire suppression, livestock watering, or as a fish pond.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	Dry Fork Reservoir	Delta	65	Low	Not Rated	1962
2	Sappington	Archuleta	60	Significant	Fair	1981
3	Magic Mountain #1	Jefferson	56	High	Not Rated	1958
4	Cottonwood Detention Dam	Fremont	36	Low	Fair	1956
5	Big Lick Irrigation	Rio Blanco	35	Low	Not Rated	1968
6	Sunny Acres	Adams	33	Low	Fair	1963
7	Wright - Brink	Huerfano	33	Low	Satisfactory
8	Kowach	Moffat	33	Low	Satisfactory	1957
9	Hoopengarner Sw #4	Baca	32	Low	Fair	1963
10	Jack Williams	Las Animas	32	Low	Not Rated	1965
11	Poison Spring	Montrose	32	Low	Fair	1952
12	Wilson	Rio Blanco	32	Low	Not Rated	1970
13	Baxter	Garfield	31	Low	Satisfactory	1905
14	Buck Pasture	Dolores	30	Low	Fair	1966
15	Beeman	Huerfano	30	Low	Not Rated	1932
16	Roache	Huerfano	30	Low	Satisfactory	1915
17	Bunkwater Ridge Retention Dam	Mesa	30	Low	Fair	1960
18	Elk Lake	Moffat	30	Significant	Fair	1904
19	Brown	Pueblo	30	Low	Not Rated	1904
20	Ziff Dam	Pitkin	29	Low	Not Rated	1992
21	Hoopengarner Sw #1	Baca	28	Low	Unsatisfactory	1963
22	Folly Pond	Routt	28	Low	Fair	1982
23	Brunelli #2	Huerfano	27	Low	Fair
24	Clark #2	Huerfano	27	Low	Satisfactory	1907
25	Bar-bee Lake	Routt	27	Low	Unsatisfactory	1974
26	Bunkwater Retention Dam	Mesa	26	Low	Fair	1960
27	Heart	Weld	26	Low	Fair	1906
28	Banning Lewis #8	El Paso	25	Low	Not Rated	1943
29	B-2	Moffat	25	Low	Satisfactory	1960
30	Browning And Reese #2	Otero	25	Low	Not Rated	1908
31	Hardesty	Pueblo	25	Low	Not Rated	1905
32	Gill Reservoir	Routt	25	Low	Not Rated
33	Sunnyside	Huerfano	24	Low	Not Rated	1901
34	Gomez	Archuleta	23	Low	Fair	1971
35	Hoopengarner Sw #3	Baca	23	Low	Fair	1963
36	Brown No 1	Las Animas	23	Low	Not Rated	1913
37	Mccargar	Routt	23	Low	Satisfactory	1974
38	Plum Creek Stock	Baca	22	Low	Satisfactory	1939
39	Middlemist	Elbert	22	Low	Not Rated	1907
40	Offield	Moffat	22	High	Unsatisfactory	1914
41	Red Top	Pueblo	22	Low	Fair	1912
42	J.h. Holland No. 2	Pueblo	22	Low	Not Rated	1949
43	Jett	Baca	21	Low	Not Rated	1948
44	Mc Intire	Huerfano	21	Low	Not Rated	1907
45	Bergen #5	Jefferson	21	Low	Fair	1908
46	Mchatton	Rio Blanco	21	Low	Not Rated	1896
47	Jolly Ranch	Arapahoe	20	Low	Fair	1987
48	Ethel Belmear	Dolores	20	Low	Unsatisfactory	1944
49	Pala Dura	Huerfano	20	Low	Fair	1979
50	Timpas 1_(browning & Reese #1)	Otero	20	Low	Not Rated	1916
51	Koch	Phillips	20	Low	Not Rated	1947
52	No Name 1-1 #1	Adams	19	Low	Not Rated	1971
53	Arnold Flood Water	Huerfano	19	Low	Fair	1909
54	Carson, H. R. #2	Huerfano	19	Low	Not Rated	1973
55	State Stock #7	Cheyenne	18	Low	Unsatisfactory	1939
56	Greenland L&c Stockwater	Douglas	18	Low	Unsatisfactory	1950
57	Breidenbach	Logan	16	Low	Satisfactory	1941
58	Cottonwood #1	Prowers	16	Low	Fair	1939
59	W. V. Middlemist	Adams	15	Low	Satisfactory	1954
60	Box Springs #2	Crowley	15	Low	Satisfactory	1899
61	Lambert	Douglas	15	Low	Fair	1897
62	Bijou Cattle Co.	Elbert	15	Low	Fair	1925
63	Owens #2	Huerfano	15	Low	Satisfactory	1901
64	Forbes Park	Costilla	14	Low	Not Rated	1976
65	Nienhuser	Lincoln	14	Low	Satisfactory	1924
66	Cottonwood #2	Prowers	14	Low	Fair	1950
67	Gains	Pueblo	14	Low	Fair	1903
68	Carson, H. R. #1	Huerfano	13	Low	Fair	1901
69	Brands	Jackson	13	Low	Fair	1949
70	Lolita #3	Crowley	12	Low	Satisfactory	1895
71	Owens #1	Huerfano	12	Low	Fair
72	J. M.	Huerfano	12	Low	Fair	1915
73	Van Valkenburg	Jackson	12	Low	Satisfactory	1950
74	Stainton #3	Garfield	11	Significant	Satisfactory	1983
75	Horse Creek And Black Draw	Crowley	10	Low	Not Rated	1904
76	Box Springs #4	Crowley	10	Low	Fair	1901
77	Montez #5	Huerfano	10	Low	Not Rated	1909
78	Best	Kiowa	10	Low	Not Rated	1904
79	D.t. #3	Morgan	10	Low	Not Rated	1909
80	Lost Creek #1	Weld	9	Low	Not Rated	1908
81	Fielden	Huerfano	8	Low	Satisfactory	1901
82	Hunter	Jackson	7	Low	Not Rated	1936
83	H.a. Smith	Weld	7	Low	Not Rated	1895

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