Vega Dam
Dam in Mesa County, Colorado · Plateau Creek · forms Vega Reservoir
Height
162 ft
49 m (NID height)
Length
2,100 ft
640 m
Completed
1959
Vega Reservoir today
7,931.42 ft
7 days ▲ 4.57 ft
Normal storage
32,980 acre-ft
Much below normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 1:00 PM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Irrigation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 162 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 38,102 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 1,109 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 137 ft
- Drainage area
- 24 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 25 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Omaha District
- Also known as
- Vega Reservoir
- NID ID
- CO01697
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID CO01697 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.