126Total Dams
27High Hazard
30Significant
Dam Safety in Mesa County, Colorado
Mesa County has 126 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 27 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 30 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 9 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.
The average dam in Mesa County is 87 years old. The most common purpose is irrigation. The tallest dam is Vega Dam at 162 ft.
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| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vega Dam | High | Not assessed | 162 | Irrigation | 1959 |
| Jerry Creek #2 | High | Satisfactory | 150 | Water Supply | 1978 |
| Palisade Cabin | High | Fair | 113 | Water Supply | 1956 |
| Juniata | High | Satisfactory | 110 | Water Supply | 1979 |
| Upper Highline | High | Satisfactory | 98 | Recreation | 1967 |
| Indian Wash Det. | High | Fair | 80 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Jerry Creek #1 | High | Satisfactory | 57 | Water Supply | 1964 |
| Hogchute | High | Fair | 56 | Water Supply | 1947 |
| Somerville-mccullah | High | Fair | 46 | Irrigation | 1972 |
| Hallenbeck #1 | High | Satisfactory | 43 | Water Supply | 1970 |
| Jerry Creek Dike 1 | High | Satisfactory | 40 | Water Supply | 1978 |
| Leach Creek Detention Basin | High | Fair | 39 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2015 |
| Bonham-wells | High | Fair | 38 | Irrigation | 1900 |
| Hallenbeck #2 | High | Fair | 36 | Water Supply | 1943 |
| Parker Basin #3 | High | Fair | 36 | Irrigation | 1899 |
| Y T Ranch | High | Unsatisfactory | 35 | Recreation | 1911 |
| Big Creek #3 | High | Fair | 35 | Irrigation | 1893 |
| Bull Creek #4 | High | Fair | 32 | Irrigation | 1901 |
| Cottonwood #1 | High | Fair | 31 | Irrigation | 1894 |
| Leon Lake | High | Unsatisfactory | 30 | Irrigation | 1898 |
| Flowing Park | High | Fair | 27 | Water Supply | 1973 |
| Bosley Wash Detention Basin | High | Satisfactory | 26 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2019 |
| Cottonwood #5 | High | Fair | 24 | Irrigation | 1909 |
| Big Creek #1 | High | Satisfactory | 23 | Irrigation | 1893 |
| Cottonwood #4 | High | Satisfactory | 22 | Irrigation | 1896 |
| Kitson | High | Fair | 20 | Irrigation | 1911 |
| Coon Creek #1 | High | Fair | 19 | Irrigation | 1900 |
| Fruita #2 | Significant | Unsatisfactory | 60 | Water Supply | 1959 |
| Gobbo #3 | Significant | Fair | 57 | Irrigation | 1973 |
| Craig #2 | Significant | Fair | 55 | Irrigation | 1960 |
| Fruita #1 | Significant | Fair | 50 | Water Supply | 1949 |
| Gobbo #1 | Significant | Fair | 44 | Irrigation | 1973 |
| Currier #2 | Significant | Fair | 44 | Irrigation | 1968 |
| Craig #1 | Significant | Fair | 38 | Irrigation | 1951 |
| Big Beaver | Significant | Fair | 37 | Irrigation | 1947 |
| Alsbury | Significant | Fair | 36 | Irrigation | 1996 |
| Anderson #2 | Significant | Fair | 35 | Water Supply | 1974 |
| Monument #1 | Significant | Fair | 35 | Irrigation | 1960 |
| Deep Creek #2 | Significant | Fair | 31 | Irrigation | 1906 |
| Gardner Lake | Significant | Fair | 30 | Water Supply | 1980 |
| Anderson #1 | Significant | Fair | 29 | Water Supply | 1963 |
| Blackman_* | Significant | Not assessed | 27 | Recreation | 1911 |
| Casto | Significant | Fair | 26 | Irrigation | 1940 |
| Colby Horse Park | Significant | Fair | 26 | Irrigation | 1956 |
| Bull Creek #5 | Significant | Fair | 26 | Irrigation | 1901 |
| Bolen | Significant | Fair | 25 | Water Supply | 1973 |
| Mesa Creek #1 | Significant | Fair | 25 | Irrigation | 1893 |
| Mesa Creek #4 | Significant | Fair | 23 | Irrigation | 1892 |
| Mesa Creek #3 | Significant | Fair | 23 | Irrigation | 1890 |
| Grand Mesa #1 | Significant | Unsatisfactory | 22 | Irrigation | 1887 |
| Bull Basin #2 | Significant | Fair | 22 | Irrigation | 1953 |
| Grand Mesa #8 | Significant | Fair | 21 | Irrigation | 1901 |
| Rapid Creek #1 | Significant | Fair | 21 | Irrigation | 1934 |
| Cottonwood #2 | Significant | Fair | 20 | Irrigation | 1895 |
| Jumbo Mesa Creek 5 | Significant | Not assessed | 19 | Recreation | 1963 |
| Glacier Spg Retaining Pond | Significant | Not assessed | 13 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1934 |
| Currier | Significant | Not assessed | 11 | Recreation | 1939 |
| Fruita #3 | Low | Satisfactory | 52 | Water Supply | 1932 |
| Omid Regulating Reservoir | Low | Not assessed | 51 | 2016 | |
| Ruby Lee | Low | Not assessed | 50 | Irrigation | 1922 |
| Beaver-huffington | Low | Not assessed | 44 | Irrigation | 1957 |
| Aubert | Low | Not assessed | 42 | Recreation | 1974 |
| Mole-richardson #2 | Low | Fair | 40 | Irrigation | 1973 |
| Gobbo #2 | Low | Not assessed | 40 | Recreation | 1940 |
| G.h. and S. #2 | Low | Not assessed | 38 | Irrigation | 1950 |
| Mack Mesa | Low | Fair | 36 | Recreation | 1952 |
| Mckelvie #1 | Low | Not assessed | 36 | Irrigation | 1911 |
| Joe King #2 | Low | Fair | 35 | Irrigation | 2008 |
| Thompson #2 | Low | Fair | 34 | Irrigation | 1953 |
| Mole-richardson #3 | Low | Not assessed | 33 | Irrigation | 1973 |
| Roots | Low | Unsatisfactory | 33 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1998 |
| Mirror Lake #1 | Low | Satisfactory | 33 | Water Supply | 1957 |
| King #3 | Low | Not assessed | 32 | Recreation | 1940 |
| Badger Detention | Low | Unsatisfactory | 31 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1957 |
| Cheney | Low | Satisfactory | 30 | Irrigation | 1908 |
| Molina Equalizing Reservoir Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | 1962 | |
| Reeder | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Irrigation | 1889 |
| Soap Retenton Dam | Low | Not assessed | 30 | Debris Control | 1960 |
| Bunkwater Ridge Retention Dam | Low | Fair | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Palisade #3 | Low | Not assessed | 29 | Water Supply | 1928 |
| Duvall #1 | Low | Fair | 29 | Irrigation | 1947 |
| Middle Canyon Creek | Low | Fair | 28 | Irrigation | 1980 |
| Deer Retention Dam #1 | Low | Not assessed | 27 | Debris Control | 1960 |
| Anderson Brothers #1 | Low | Unsatisfactory | 27 | Irrigation | 1940 |
| Bunkwater Retention Dam | Low | Fair | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Schorn Fish Pond | Low | Satisfactory | 26 | Recreation | 1935 |
| West Badger Detention | Low | Satisfactory | 25 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1962 |
| Bull Creek #3 | Low | Satisfactory | 25 | Irrigation | 1895 |
| Hartman Retention | Low | Satisfactory | 24 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1957 |
| Hawxhurst | Low | Satisfactory | 24 | Irrigation | 1911 |
| Anderson #6 | Low | Not assessed | 23 | Water Supply | 1929 |
| Michaelson #1 | Low | Fair | 22 | Irrigation | 1926 |
| Grove Creek #1 | Low | Unsatisfactory | 22 | Irrigation | 1894 |
| Grand Mesa #6 | Low | Not assessed | 21 | Irrigation | 1966 |
| Monument #2 | Low | Fair | 20 | Irrigation | 1954 |
| Bull Basin #1 | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1920 |
| Dawson | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Irrigation | 1911 |
| Six & Fifty Detention Dam | Low | Not assessed | 20 | Debris Control | 1957 |
| Bolen, Anderson, Jacobs | Low | Satisfactory | 19 | Water Supply | 1969 |
| Big Creek #5 | Low | Satisfactory | 19 | Irrigation | 1894 |
| Burg | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Irrigation | |
| Parker Basin #1 | Low | Fair | 18 | Irrigation | 1899 |
| Parker Basin #2 | Low | Not assessed | 18 | Irrigation | 1889 |
| Big Creek #4 | Low | Unsatisfactory | 18 | Irrigation | 1893 |
| Rapid Creek #2 | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Irrigation | 1946 |
| Kirkendall | Low | Not assessed | 17 | Irrigation | 1952 |
| Twin Basin | Low | Fair | 17 | Irrigation | 1912 |
| King #2 | Low | Satisfactory | 17 | Water Supply | 1940 |
| Coon Creek #3 | Low | Fair | 16 | Irrigation | 1895 |
| Kendall | Low | Not assessed | 16 | Irrigation | 1926 |
| Grove Creek #2 | Low | Satisfactory | 16 | Irrigation | 1911 |
| Grand Mesa #9 | Low | Fair | 15 | Irrigation | 1904 |
| Fred Decamp | Low | Satisfactory | 15 | Irrigation | 1931 |
| Mesa Creek #2 | Low | Satisfactory | 15 | Recreation | 1926 |
| Grand Valley Diversion Dam | Low | Not assessed | 14 | 1916 | |
| Casement | Low | Fair | 13 | Irrigation | 2007 |
| Bull Creek #1 | Low | Not assessed | 13 | Irrigation | 1895 |
| Redlands | Low | Satisfactory | 13 | Irrigation | 1917 |
| Lost Lake | Low | Fair | 12 | Irrigation | 1922 |
| Scales #1 (lower) | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Irrigation | 1959 |
| Coon Creek #2 | Low | Not assessed | 12 | Irrigation | 1900 |
| Bull Creek #2 | Low | Not assessed | 11 | Irrigation | 1895 |
| Long Slough | Low | Not assessed | 11 | Irrigation | 1912 |
| Chambers | Low | Not assessed | 10 | Irrigation | 1903 |
| Scales #3 (upper) | Low | Not assessed | 9 | Irrigation | 1969 |
| Jensen | Low | Not assessed | 7 | Irrigation | 1913 |