Lemon Dam
Dam in La Plata County, Colorado · Florida River · forms Lemon Reservoir
Height
284 ft
87 m (NID height)
Length
1,360 ft
415 m
Completed
1963
Lemon Reservoir today
8,131.65 ft
7 days ▲ 9.93 ft
Normal storage
40,146 acre-ft
Much above normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 9:15 AM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Fish and Wildlife Pond; Irrigation; Recreation; Hydroelectric
- Dam type
- Rockfill
- Structural height
- 284 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 487,660 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 686 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 196 ft
- Drainage area
- 68 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 57 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Albuquerque District
- Also known as
- Lemon Reservoir
- NID ID
- CO01688
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID CO01688 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.