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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