Cherry Creek Dam
Dam in Arapahoe County, Colorado · Cherry Creek · forms Cherry Creek Reservoir
Height
189 ft
58 m (NID height)
Length
14,300 ft
4,359 m
Completed
1953
Cherry Creek Reservoir today
5,545.84 ft
7 days ▼ 0.01 ft
vs full pool
▼ 4.16 ft
Normal storage
13,960 acre-ft
Much below normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 9:00 AM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 189 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Omaha District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 134,470 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 852 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 140 ft
- Drainage area
- 385 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 67 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Omaha District
- Also known as
- Cherry Creek Lake
- NID ID
- CO01280
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID CO01280 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.