Paonia Dam
Dam in Gunnison County, Colorado · Colorado River · forms Paonia Reservoir
Height
199 ft
61 m (NID height)
Length
770 ft
235 m
Completed
1962
Paonia Reservoir today
6,388.70 ft
7 days ▲ 3.32 ft
Normal storage
17,461 acre-ft
Above normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 11:00 AM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Irrigation; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 199 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 23,230 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 357 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 171 ft
- Drainage area
- 257 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 209 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Sacramento District
- Also known as
- Paonia Reservoir
- NID ID
- CO01691
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID CO01691 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.