Trinidad Dam
Dam in Las Animas County, Colorado · Purgatoire River · forms Trinidad Lake
Height
203 ft
62 m (NID height)
Length
6,610 ft
2,015 m
Completed
1976
Trinidad Lake today
6,174.15 ft
7 days ▲ 0.57 ft
Normal storage
71,779 acre-ft
Normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 12:30 PM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Other; Irrigation; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 200 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Albuquerque District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 164,930 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 1,442 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 195 ft
- Drainage area
- 671 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 1,710 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Albuquerque District
- Also known as
- Trinidad Lake
- NID ID
- CO00050
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID CO00050 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.