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Pueblo Reservoir

Pueblo Reservoir

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Pueblo Dam and Reservoir, Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Bureau of Reclamation

Pueblo Dam and Reservoir are the "terminal" storage facility for the federal Fryingpan-Arkansas water diversion, storage, and delivery project. Water collected from the upper reaches of the Fryingpan River is diverted under the Continental Divide via the Fry-Ark project, stored in Turquoise and Twin Lakes reservoirs, used to generate hydro-electric power at the Mt. Elbert Power Plant, and then rel

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Location

Pueblo

Category

Recreation Center

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Pueblo, CO
81007

General information

Pueblo Dam and Reservoir, and the Fry-Ark Project of which they are a part, are all owned, operated, and were constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation under the Department of the Interior.

Pueblo Dam and Reservoir were constructed from 1970-1975.

The reservoir can store as much as 357,000 acre-feet of water.

The dam is about 2 miles long.

The reservoir offers about 5664 acres of surface area.

Colorado State Parks manages recreation at Pueblo Reservoir and Lake Pueblo State Park.