Sugar Loaf Dam
Dam in Lake County, Colorado · Lake Fork of Arkansas River · forms Turquoise Lake
Height
162 ft
49 m (NID height)
Length
2,020 ft
616 m
Completed
1968
Turquoise Lake today
9,833.27 ft
7 days ▼ 0.16 ft
Normal storage
129,398 acre-ft
Reservoir level measured Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Irrigation; Recreation; Water Supply
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 162 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 1,833,700 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 1,788 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 129 ft
- Drainage area
- 28 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 17 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Albuquerque District
- Also known as
- Turquoise Lake
- NID ID
- CO01669
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID CO01669 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.
Other dams at Turquoise Lake
- Sugar Loaf Dike