Dams in Mesa County, Colorado
126Total Dams
27High Hazard
30Significant
| Dam | Hazard | Condition | Height (ft) | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vega Dam | High | Not Available | 162 | Irrigation | 1959 |
| Jerry Creek #2 | High | Satisfactory | 150 | Water Supply | 1978 |
| Palisade Cabin | High | Fair | 113 | Water Supply | 1956 |
| Juniata | High | Satisfactory | 110 | Water Supply | 1979 |
| Upper Highline | High | Satisfactory | 98 | Recreation | 1967 |
| Indian Wash Det. | High | Fair | 80 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1965 |
| Jerry Creek #1 | High | Satisfactory | 57 | Water Supply | 1964 |
| Hogchute | High | Fair | 56 | Water Supply | 1947 |
| Somerville-mccullah | High | Fair | 46 | Irrigation | 1972 |
| Hallenbeck #1 | High | Satisfactory | 43 | Water Supply | 1970 |
| Jerry Creek Dike 1 | High | Satisfactory | 40 | Water Supply | 1978 |
| Leach Creek Detention Basin | High | Fair | 39 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2015 |
| Bonham-wells | High | Fair | 38 | Irrigation | 1900 |
| Hallenbeck #2 | High | Fair | 36 | Water Supply | 1943 |
| Parker Basin #3 | High | Fair | 36 | Irrigation | 1899 |
| Y T Ranch | High | Unsatisfactory | 35 | Recreation | 1911 |
| Big Creek #3 | High | Fair | 35 | Irrigation | 1893 |
| Bull Creek #4 | High | Fair | 32 | Irrigation | 1901 |
| Cottonwood #1 | High | Fair | 31 | Irrigation | 1894 |
| Leon Lake | High | Unsatisfactory | 30 | Irrigation | 1898 |
| Flowing Park | High | Fair | 27 | Water Supply | 1973 |
| Bosley Wash Detention Basin | High | Satisfactory | 26 | Flood Risk Reduction | 2019 |
| Cottonwood #5 | High | Fair | 24 | Irrigation | 1909 |
| Big Creek #1 | High | Satisfactory | 23 | Irrigation | 1893 |
| Cottonwood #4 | High | Satisfactory | 22 | Irrigation | 1896 |
| Kitson | High | Fair | 20 | Irrigation | 1911 |
| Coon Creek #1 | High | Fair | 19 | Irrigation | 1900 |
| Fruita #2 | Significant | Unsatisfactory | 60 | Water Supply | 1959 |
| Gobbo #3 | Significant | Fair | 57 | Irrigation | 1973 |
| Craig #2 | Significant | Fair | 55 | Irrigation | 1960 |
| Fruita #1 | Significant | Fair | 50 | Water Supply | 1949 |
| Gobbo #1 | Significant | Fair | 44 | Irrigation | 1973 |
| Currier #2 | Significant | Fair | 44 | Irrigation | 1968 |
| Craig #1 | Significant | Fair | 38 | Irrigation | 1951 |
| Big Beaver | Significant | Fair | 37 | Irrigation | 1947 |
| Alsbury | Significant | Fair | 36 | Irrigation | 1996 |
| Anderson #2 | Significant | Fair | 35 | Water Supply | 1974 |
| Monument #1 | Significant | Fair | 35 | Irrigation | 1960 |
| Deep Creek #2 | Significant | Fair | 31 | Irrigation | 1906 |
| Gardner Lake | Significant | Fair | 30 | Water Supply | 1980 |
| Anderson #1 | Significant | Fair | 29 | Water Supply | 1963 |
| Blackman_* | Significant | Not Rated | 27 | Recreation | 1911 |
| Casto | Significant | Fair | 26 | Irrigation | 1940 |
| Colby Horse Park | Significant | Fair | 26 | Irrigation | 1956 |
| Bull Creek #5 | Significant | Fair | 26 | Irrigation | 1901 |
| Bolen | Significant | Fair | 25 | Water Supply | 1973 |
| Mesa Creek #1 | Significant | Fair | 25 | Irrigation | 1893 |
| Mesa Creek #4 | Significant | Fair | 23 | Irrigation | 1892 |
| Mesa Creek #3 | Significant | Fair | 23 | Irrigation | 1890 |
| Grand Mesa #1 | Significant | Unsatisfactory | 22 | Irrigation | 1887 |
| Bull Basin #2 | Significant | Fair | 22 | Irrigation | 1953 |
| Grand Mesa #8 | Significant | Fair | 21 | Irrigation | 1901 |
| Rapid Creek #1 | Significant | Fair | 21 | Irrigation | 1934 |
| Cottonwood #2 | Significant | Fair | 20 | Irrigation | 1895 |
| Jumbo Mesa Creek 5 | Significant | Not Rated | 19 | Recreation | 1963 |
| Glacier Spg Retaining Pond | Significant | Not Rated | 13 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1934 |
| Currier | Significant | Not Rated | 11 | Recreation | 1939 |
| Fruita #3 | Low | Satisfactory | 52 | Water Supply | 1932 |
| Omid Regulating Reservoir | Low | Not Available | 51 | 2016 | |
| Ruby Lee | Low | Not Rated | 50 | Irrigation | 1922 |
| Beaver-huffington | Low | Not Rated | 44 | Irrigation | 1957 |
| Aubert | Low | Not Rated | 42 | Recreation | 1974 |
| Mole-richardson #2 | Low | Fair | 40 | Irrigation | 1973 |
| Gobbo #2 | Low | Not Rated | 40 | Recreation | 1940 |
| G.h. And S. #2 | Low | Not Rated | 38 | Irrigation | 1950 |
| Mack Mesa | Low | Fair | 36 | Recreation | 1952 |
| Mckelvie #1 | Low | Not Rated | 36 | Irrigation | 1911 |
| Joe King #2 | Low | Fair | 35 | Irrigation | 2008 |
| Thompson #2 | Low | Fair | 34 | Irrigation | 1953 |
| Mole-richardson #3 | Low | Not Rated | 33 | Irrigation | 1973 |
| Roots | Low | Unsatisfactory | 33 | Fish and Wildlife Pond | 1998 |
| Mirror Lake #1 | Low | Satisfactory | 33 | Water Supply | 1957 |
| King #3 | Low | Not Rated | 32 | Recreation | 1940 |
| Badger Detention | Low | Unsatisfactory | 31 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1957 |
| Cheney | Low | Satisfactory | 30 | Irrigation | 1908 |
| Molina Equalizing Reservoir Dam | Low | Not Available | 30 | 1962 | |
| Reeder | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Irrigation | 1889 |
| Soap Retenton Dam | Low | Not Rated | 30 | Debris Control | 1960 |
| Bunkwater Ridge Retention Dam | Low | Fair | 30 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Palisade #3 | Low | Not Rated | 29 | Water Supply | 1928 |
| Duvall #1 | Low | Fair | 29 | Irrigation | 1947 |
| Middle Canyon Creek | Low | Fair | 28 | Irrigation | 1980 |
| Deer Retention Dam #1 | Low | Not Rated | 27 | Debris Control | 1960 |
| Anderson Brothers #1 | Low | Unsatisfactory | 27 | Irrigation | 1940 |
| Bunkwater Retention Dam | Low | Fair | 26 | Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond | 1960 |
| Schorn Fish Pond | Low | Satisfactory | 26 | Recreation | 1935 |
| West Badger Detention | Low | Satisfactory | 25 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1962 |
| Bull Creek #3 | Low | Satisfactory | 25 | Irrigation | 1895 |
| Hartman Retention | Low | Satisfactory | 24 | Flood Risk Reduction | 1957 |
| Hawxhurst | Low | Satisfactory | 24 | Irrigation | 1911 |
| Anderson #6 | Low | Not Rated | 23 | Water Supply | 1929 |
| Michaelson #1 | Low | Fair | 22 | Irrigation | 1926 |
| Grove Creek #1 | Low | Unsatisfactory | 22 | Irrigation | 1894 |
| Grand Mesa #6 | Low | Not Rated | 21 | Irrigation | 1966 |
| Monument #2 | Low | Fair | 20 | Irrigation | 1954 |
| Bull Basin #1 | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Irrigation | 1920 |
| Dawson | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Irrigation | 1911 |
| Six & Fifty Detention Dam | Low | Not Rated | 20 | Debris Control | 1957 |
| Bolen, Anderson, Jacobs | Low | Satisfactory | 19 | Water Supply | 1969 |
| Big Creek #5 | Low | Satisfactory | 19 | Irrigation | 1894 |
| Burg | Low | Not Rated | 18 | Irrigation | |
| Parker Basin #1 | Low | Fair | 18 | Irrigation | 1899 |
| Parker Basin #2 | Low | Not Rated | 18 | Irrigation | 1889 |
| Big Creek #4 | Low | Unsatisfactory | 18 | Irrigation | 1893 |
| Rapid Creek #2 | Low | Not Rated | 17 | Irrigation | 1946 |
| Kirkendall | Low | Not Rated | 17 | Irrigation | 1952 |
| Twin Basin | Low | Fair | 17 | Irrigation | 1912 |
| King #2 | Low | Satisfactory | 17 | Water Supply | 1940 |
| Coon Creek #3 | Low | Fair | 16 | Irrigation | 1895 |
| Kendall | Low | Not Rated | 16 | Irrigation | 1926 |
| Grove Creek #2 | Low | Satisfactory | 16 | Irrigation | 1911 |
| Grand Mesa #9 | Low | Fair | 15 | Irrigation | 1904 |
| Fred Decamp | Low | Satisfactory | 15 | Irrigation | 1931 |
| Mesa Creek #2 | Low | Satisfactory | 15 | Recreation | 1926 |
| Grand Valley Diversion Dam | Low | Not Available | 14 | 1916 | |
| Casement | Low | Fair | 13 | Irrigation | 2007 |
| Bull Creek #1 | Low | Not Rated | 13 | Irrigation | 1895 |
| Redlands | Low | Satisfactory | 13 | Irrigation | 1917 |
| Lost Lake | Low | Fair | 12 | Irrigation | 1922 |
| Scales #1 (lower) | Low | Not Rated | 12 | Irrigation | 1959 |
| Coon Creek #2 | Low | Not Rated | 12 | Irrigation | 1900 |
| Bull Creek #2 | Low | Not Rated | 11 | Irrigation | 1895 |
| Long Slough | Low | Not Rated | 11 | Irrigation | 1912 |
| Chambers | Low | Not Rated | 10 | Irrigation | 1903 |
| Scales #3 (upper) | Low | Not Rated | 9 | Irrigation | 1969 |
| Jensen | Low | Not Rated | 7 | Irrigation | 1913 |