Pueblo Dam
Dam in Pueblo County, Colorado · Arkansas River · forms Pueblo Reservoir
Height
245 ft
75 m (NID height)
Length
10,230 ft
3,118 m
Completed
1975
Pueblo Reservoir today
4,858.16 ft
7 days 0.00 ft
vs full pool
▼ 22.22 ft
Normal storage
322,949 acre-ft
Normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 6:00 AM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Irrigation; Fish and Wildlife Pond; Recreation; Water Supply
- Dam type
- Buttress
- Structural height
- 245 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 489,116 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 5,671 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 187 ft
- Drainage area
- 4,613 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 550 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Albuquerque District
- Also known as
- Lake Pueblo;Pueblo Reservoir
- NID ID
- CO00299
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID CO00299 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.