Twin Lakes Dam
Dam in Lake County, Colorado · Lake Creek · forms Twin Lakes Reservoir
Height
100 ft
30 m (NID height)
Length
3,140 ft
957 m
Completed
1978
Twin Lakes Reservoir today
9,186.30 ft
7 days ▲ 0.28 ft
Normal storage
141,000 acre-ft
Reservoir level measured Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Hydroelectric; Irrigation; Recreation; Water Supply
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 100 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 147,500 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 2,805 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 55 ft
- Drainage area
- 105 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 9 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Albuquerque District
- Also known as
- Twin Lakes
- NID ID
- CO02045
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID CO02045 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.