Hydroelectric Dams in Colorado

Colorado has 33 hydroelectric dams, of which 23 carry a high hazard classification. The dam generates hydroelectric power by channeling water through turbines, converting the energy of flowing water into electricity.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	Morrow Point Dam	Montrose	468	High	Not assessed	1968
2	Gross	Boulder	350	High	Fair	1955
3	Crystal Dam	Montrose	323	High	Not assessed	1977
4	Ruedi Dam	Pitkin	322	High	Not assessed	1968
5	Green Mountain Dam	Summit	309	High	Not assessed	1943
6	Granby Dam	Grand	298	High	Not assessed	1950
7	Rampart	El Paso	250	High	Satisfactory	1970
8	Cabin Creek Upper	Clear Creek	210	High	Satisfactory	1967
9	Barker Meadow	Boulder	184	High	Satisfactory	1909
10	Lake Hope	San Miguel	130	Low	Satisfactory	1910
11	Twin Lakes Dam	Lake	100	High	Not assessed	1978
12	Cabin Creek Lower	Clear Creek	95	High	Satisfactory	1967
13	Mt. Elbert Forebay Dam	Lake	94	High	Not assessed	1981
14	Flatiron Dam	Larimer	86	High	Not assessed	1953
15	Humphreys	Mineral	85	High	Satisfactory	1923
16	Taylor Draw	Rio Blanco	81	High	Satisfactory	1984
17	Carter Lake Dam 2	Larimer	75	High	Not assessed	1952
18	Olympus Dam	Larimer	70	High	Not assessed	1949
19	Aspaas	La Plata	46	Low	Satisfactory	1980
20	Little Hell Creek Diversion Dam	Larimer	43	Low	Not assessed	1952
21	Trout Lake	San Miguel	43	High	Fair	1910
22	Fooses	Chaffee	33	Low	Satisfactory	1904
23	Shoshone Diversion Dam	Garfield	32	High	Not assessed	1909
24	Hay Press Park - Dam #1	Mineral	30	Low	Not assessed	1922
25	Marys Lake Dike 1	Larimer	29	High	Not assessed	1949
26	Waupaca No. 2 Main	Chaffee	28	Low	Satisfactory	1983
27	Georgetown Forebay	Clear Creek	21	Low	Fair	1902
28	Kossler	Boulder	20	High	Satisfactory	1909
29	Clear Lake	Clear Creek	19	High	Satisfactory	1908
30	Lewis	San Miguel	16	Low	Satisfactory	1904
31	Hay Press Park - Dam #2	Mineral	13	Low	Fair	1922
32	Stagecoach	La Plata	12	High	Satisfactory
33	Green Lake	Clear Creek	8	Significant	Satisfactory	1914

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