Willow Creek Dam (Colorado)


Willow Creek Dam is a dam in Grand County, Colorado.
The earthen dam was constructed between 1951 and 1953 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation, with a height of, and a length of 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, and has a maximum capacity of. Recreation includes camping and fishing.