Horsetooth-Dixon Canyon
Dam in Larimer County, Colorado · Cache La Poudre Tr, Dixon Creek · forms Horsetooth Reservoir
Height
245 ft
75 m (NID height)
Length
1,265 ft
386 m
Completed
1949
Horsetooth Reservoir today
5,411.51 ft
7 days ▼ 0.08 ft
Normal storage
156,735 acre-ft
Reservoir level measured Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Irrigation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 243 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 170,370 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 1,900 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 215 ft
- Drainage area
- 17 sq mi
- Spillway
- None
- Army Corps district
- Omaha District
- Also known as
- Horsetooth Reservoir
- NID ID
- CO01659S001
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID CO01659S001 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.
Other dams at Horsetooth Reservoir
- Horsetooth-Soldier Canyon
- Horsetooth-Spring Canyon
- Horsetooth Dam
- Horsetooth-Satanka Dike