Shadow Mountain Dam
Dam in Grand County, Colorado · Colorado River · forms Shadow Mountain Lake
Height
63 ft
19 m (NID height)
Length
3,077 ft
938 m
Completed
1946
Shadow Mountain Lake today
8,366.67 ft
7 days ▼ 0.05 ft
Normal storage
18,369 acre-ft
Reservoir level measured Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Irrigation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 63 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 18,369 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 1,852 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 37 ft
- Drainage area
- 184 sq mi
- Spillway
- Controlled, 36 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Omaha District
- Also known as
- North Fork Diversion Dam;Shadow Mountain Lake
- NID ID
- CO01666
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID CO01666 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.
Other dams at Shadow Mountain Lake
- Shadow Mountain Dike