Rifle Gap Dam
Dam in Garfield County, Colorado · Rifle Creek · forms Rifle Gap Reservoir
Height
157 ft
48 m (NID height)
Length
1,450 ft
442 m
Completed
1967
Rifle Gap Reservoir today
5,913.17 ft
7 days ▲ 1.86 ft
Normal storage
12,168 acre-ft
Much below normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 11:00 AM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Irrigation; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 157 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 18,261 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 435 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 120 ft
- Drainage area
- 137 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 25 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Omaha District
- Also known as
- Rifle Gap Reservoir
- NID ID
- CO01692
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID CO01692 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.