General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Earthfill dam |
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Location
| Location: |
La Plata County, Colorado, USA |
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| Coordinates: | 37° 22' 41.94" N 107° 34' 27.33" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 49.4 m | |
| crest length | 1222.2 m |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
Vallecito Dam (National ID # CO01695) is a dam in La Plata County, Colorado, a few miles northeast of Durango.
Trees were cleared for the reservoir by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The earthen dam was constructed in 1940 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation, with a height of 162 feet, and a length at its crest of 4010 feet. It impounds the Los Pinos River for irrigation water storage. The dam is owned by the Bureau and is operated by the local Pine River Irrigation District.
The reservoir it creates, Vallecito Reservoir, has a water surface of 4.3 square miles and a maximum capacity of 125,400 acre-feet. Recreational opportunities include fishing, hunting, boating, camping and hiking.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Vallecito Dam" and modified on November 15, 2021 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20050422 - Published on:
13/12/2009 - Last updated on:
07/11/2021
