Fruitgrowers Dam
Dam in Delta County, Colorado · Alfalfa Run Creek · forms Fruitgrowers Reservoir
Height
55 ft
17 m (NID height)
Length
1,520 ft
463 m
Completed
1939
Fruitgrowers Reservoir today
5,465.79 ft
7 days ▲ 0.50 ft
Normal storage
4,540 acre-ft
Reservoir level measured Oct 21, 2026, 1:00 AM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Irrigation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 55 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 7,548 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 640 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 32 ft
- Drainage area
- 12 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 30 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Omaha District
- Also known as
- Fruitgrowers Reservoir
- NID ID
- CO01683
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID CO01683 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.