Bear Creek Dam
Dam in Jefferson County, Colorado · Bear Creek · forms Bear Creek Reservoir
Height
179 ft
55 m (NID height)
Length
5,300 ft
1,615 m
Completed
1979
Bear Creek Reservoir today
5,544.64 ft
7 days ▼ 0.07 ft
vs full pool
▼ 13.36 ft
Normal storage
2,000 acre-ft
Much below normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 6:00 AM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 179 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Omaha District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 75,000 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 110 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 174 ft
- Drainage area
- 236 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 800 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Omaha District
- Also known as
- Bear Creek Lake
- NID ID
- CO00004
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID CO00004 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.
Other dams at Bear Creek Reservoir
- Bear Creek Dam - South Embankment
- Bear Creek No. 4