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The largest reservoir entirely contained in Colorado is Blue Mesa Reservoir, with a capacity of 829,500 acre⋅ft (1.0 billion m 3). The total storage of the reservoirs on this list is 3,804,458 acre⋅ft (4.7 billion m 3), although not all is allocated for use by Colorado.
The location of the State of Colorado in the United States of America. An enlargeable map of the State of Colorado.. This is an alphabetical list of some notable lakes and reservoirs in the U.S. State of Colorado.
Lake Altus-Lugert, looking south. Lake Altus-Lugert, also known as Lake Altus, [3] Lake Lugert, [4] Lake Lugert-Altus, [5] and Lugert Lake, [3] is a reservoir located on the North Fork Red River, [1] about 17 miles (27 km) north of Altus, Oklahoma on the former site of the town of Lugert, Oklahoma.
The nearly 8100 major dams in the United States in 2006. The National Inventory of Dams defines a major dam as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
The depressions vary in size from .6–5.0 square miles (1.6–12.9 square kilometers), and the water depths range from 13–25 feet (4.0–7.6 meters), but the water levels vary because the reservoirs are filled in spring and drawn down during the growing season. [2]
The City of Altus and private donors bought 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) of land for the park. [3] NPS spent about $500,000 building roads, trails, rest rooms and other amenities. Quartz Mountain became one of the first seven state parks in Oklahoma when the NPS turned the completed project over to the state in 1937.
Location: Conejos County, Colorado: Coordinates: 1]: Type: reservoir: Primary inflows: Alamosa River: Primary outflows: Alamosa River: Designation: Terrace Reservoir State Wildlife Area: Built: 1912 () [2]: Water volume: 19,195 acre-feet (23,677,000 cubic meters) [2]: Surface elevation: 8,530 feet (2,600 meters) [1]: The reservoir's outlet from the dam's southern segment into the Alamosa River ...
The reservoir has a capacity of 153,000 acre-feet (189,000,000 m 3) of water. At maximum capacity, the elevation of the lake is 7,950 feet (2,420 m), and the dam is 309 feet (94 m) high. [2] The lake is popular with anglers, who catch rainbow trout, lake trout, brown trout, and kokanee. State Highway 9 follows the east side of the lake. [3]