Willow Creek Dam (Colorado)

Willow Creek Dam (National ID # CO01670) is a dam in Grand County, Colorado.

Map of Willow Creek Dam, Granby, CO 80446, USA

The earthen dam was constructed between 1951 and 1953 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation, with a height of 127 feet (39 m), and a length of 1,100 feet (340 m) at its crest. It impounds Willow Creek for irrigation water storage and hydroelectric power, part of the Bureau's larger Colorado-Big Thompson Project. The dam is owned by the Bureau and operated by the local Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District.

The reservoir it creates, Willow Creek Reservoir, has a normal water surface of 303 acres (123 ha), and has a maximum capacity of 11,177 acre feet (13,787,000 m³). Recreation includes camping and fishing (for brown trout, rainbow trout, and salmon).