Irrigation Dams in Colorado

Colorado has 914 irrigation dams, of which 180 carry a high hazard classification. The dam stores and diverts water for agricultural irrigation, supporting farming operations in the surrounding area.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	Taylor Park Dam	Gunnison	206	High	Not Available	1937
2	Terrace	Conejos	183	High	Fair	1912
3	Jackson Gulch Dam	Montezuma	180	High	Not Available	1949
4	Silver Jack Dam	Gunnison	173	High	Not Available	1971
5	Crawford Dam	Delta	162	High	Not Available	1962
6	Sugar Loaf Dam	Lake	162	High	Not Available	1968
7	Vega Dam	Mesa	162	High	Not Available	1959
8	Horsetooth Dam	Larimer	158	High	Not Available	1949
9	Rifle Gap Dam	Garfield	157	High	Not Available	1967
10	Mountain Home	Costilla	153	High	Satisfactory	1908
11	Groundhog	Dolores	141	High	Fair	1939
12	Sanchez	Costilla	137	High	Unsatisfactory	1911
13	Rattlesnake Dam	Larimer	130	High	Not Available	1952
14	Ritschard	Grand	126	High	Fair	1995
15	Standley Lake	Jefferson	123	High	Satisfactory	1913
16	Continental	Hinsdale	120	High	Satisfactory	1927
17	Rio Grande	Hinsdale	117	High	Satisfactory	1914
18	Fall River	Clear Creek	114	High	Fair	1974
19	Narraguinnep - Main Dam	Montezuma	114	High	Unsatisfactory	1908
20	Beaver	Gunnison	113	High	Fair	1958
21	Ice Lake	Clear Creek	110	Low	Not Rated	1900
22	Yamcolo	Garfield	110	High	Fair	1980
23	Long Hollow	La Plata	110	High	Satisfactory	2014
24	Onion Valley	Montrose	110	High	Fair	1954
25	Park Creek	Larimer	108	High	Satisfactory	1970
26	Santa Maria	Mineral	102	High	Satisfactory	1911
27	Marshall Lake	Boulder	101	High	Satisfactory	1908
28	Halligan	Larimer	95	High	Fair	1970
29	Brush Hollow	Fremont	90	High	Satisfactory	1922
30	Needle Creek	Saguache	90	Low	Not Rated	1961
31	Stillwater #1	Garfield	89	High	Unsatisfactory	1939
32	Barton Porter West	Garfield	89	High	Fair	2005
33	Long Draw	Larimer	88	High	Satisfactory	1975
34	Gurley	San Miguel	88	High	Fair	1961
35	Point Of Rocks	Logan	86	High	Satisfactory	1948
36	Overland #1	Delta	85	High	Fair	1987
37	Wellington	Jefferson	84	High	Fair	1895
38	Mount Pisgah	Teller	80	High	Fair	1911
39	Worster	Larimer	78	Significant	Satisfactory	1911
40	Monument	Gunnison	76	High	Fair	1889
41	Barton Porter East	Garfield	75	Significant	Fair	1958
42	Sheriff	Rio Blanco	72	High	Unsatisfactory	1955
43	Panhandle	Larimer	71	High	Satisfactory	1971
44	Lon Hagler	Larimer	71	High	Satisfactory	1967
45	Trout Creek	Chaffee	70	High	Not Rated	2001
46	Carl Smith	Delta	70	High	Fair	2000
47	Non Potable Reservoir Dam 2	El Paso	70	High	Not Available	1961
48	Fountain Valley No 2	El Paso	69	High	Satisfactory	1910
49	Left Hand Valley	Boulder	68	High	Satisfactory	1952
50	Woodmoor Lake	El Paso	68	High	Fair	1973
51	Gaylord	Grand	67	Low	Not Rated	1991
52	Julesburg #2	Sedgwick	67	High	Unsatisfactory	1910
53	Mcdonough #1	Saguache	66	Low	Not Rated	1950
54	Left Hand Park	Boulder	65	High	Satisfactory	1966
55	Bull Canal (main Reservoir)	Weld	65	High	Satisfactory	1982
56	Deweese	Custer	63	High	Satisfactory	1903
57	Fossil Creek	Larimer	63	High	Satisfactory	1903
58	Bruce Park	Delta	62	High	Fair	1950
59	Whiteley Peak	Grand	62	Significant	Fair	1941
60	Grass Valley	Garfield	61	High	Unsatisfactory	1892
61	Red Mesa Ward	La Plata	61	High	Fair	1915
62	Mcchivvis	Routt	61	Low	Not Rated	1951
63	Matheson	Grand	60	Significant	Unsatisfactory	1951
64	Hot Springs Creek	Gunnison	60	Low	Satisfactory	1956
65	Cache La Poudre	Larimer	60	High	Satisfactory	1977
66	Beckwith	Pueblo	60	High	Unsatisfactory	1911
67	Vouga	Saguache	60	High	Unsatisfactory	1978
68	Scholl	Grand	59	Significant	Unsatisfactory	1964
69	Spence	Archuleta	58	Significant	Fair	1965
70	Cobb Lake	Larimer	58	High	Satisfactory	1953
71	Chambers Lake	Larimer	58	High	Satisfactory	1924
72	Allen Basin	Rio Blanco	58	Significant	Fair	1956
73	Youngs Creek #1 & 2	Delta	57	High	Fair	1952
74	L E D E	Eagle	57	High	Fair	1931
75	Gobbo #3	Mesa	57	Significant	Fair	1973
76	Foothills	Boulder	56	High	Satisfactory	1911
77	Luark	Eagle	56	Low	Not Rated	1947
78	Windsor #8	Larimer	56	High	Satisfactory	1903
79	Fruitgrowers Dam	Delta	55	High	Not Available	1939
80	Memorial Dam	Denver	55	Significant	Fair	1983
81	Craig #2	Mesa	55	Significant	Fair	1960
82	Milton Lake	Weld	55	High	Satisfactory	1911
83	Mattingly	Larimer	54	Low	Not Rated	1969
84	Lilylands	San Miguel	54	Low	Satisfactory	1959
85	North Poudre #15	Larimer	53	High	Satisfactory	1949
86	Martin Cull	Moffat	53	Low	Satisfactory	1955
87	Vancil	Morgan	53	Significant	Satisfactory	1990
88	Six Mile - Main	Boulder	52	High	Satisfactory	1892
89	Pole Mountain	Jackson	52	High	Satisfactory	1964
90	A. M. Puett	Montezuma	52	Significant	Satisfactory	1960
91	Oso Diversion Dam	Archuleta	51	Low	Not Available	1970
92	Panama No. 1 - East	Boulder	51	Significant	Satisfactory	1904
93	Ault	Gunnison	51	Low	Not Rated	1959
94	Williams-mccreery	Morgan	51	Low	Not Rated	1910
95	Cornerstone Pond No. 4	Ouray	51	Significant	Satisfactory	2007
96	Penrose	El Paso	50	High	Unsatisfactory	1917
97	Non Potable Reservoir Dam 3	El Paso	50	High	Not Available	1961
98	Harris	Garfield	50	Low	Not Rated	1950
99	Mcelroy	Grand	50	Low	Not Rated	1931
100	Barnes Meadow	Larimer	50	High	Satisfactory	1923

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