Platoro Dam
Dam in Conejos County, Colorado · Conejos River · forms Platoro Reservoir
Height
165 ft
50 m (NID height)
Length
885 ft
270 m
Completed
1951
Platoro Reservoir today
9,993.22 ft
7 days ▲ 5.70 ft
vs full pool
▼ 34.35 ft
Normal storage
53,506 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; Fish and Wildlife Pond; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 165 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 73,317 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 1,000 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 140 ft
- Drainage area
- 41 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 50 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Sacramento District
- Also known as
- Platoro Reservoir
- NID ID
- CO01671
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID CO01671 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.
Other dams at Platoro Reservoir
- Platoro Dike