Water
storage levels
at
Shadow Mountain Reservoir
are currently
16,929
acre-ft,
about
99% of normal.
The average for this time of year is approximately
17,180.45acre-ft.
Maximum recorded
Storage
since record keeping began in
2005
was
2006-07-10
when levels reached
18,074.6 acre-ft.
Lowest recorded
Storage
was
2008-06-12
when levels receded to
75.859 acre-ft.
View historical levels.
Shadow Mountain Reservoir is a man-made lake in Grand County, Colorado, created in 1947 by the construction of a dam on the Colorado River. It has a capacity of 33,000 acre-feet and is used for hydroelectric power generation, irrigation, and recreational activities. The reservoir is fed by snowpack in the surrounding mountains and surface flows from the Colorado River and its tributaries. The Colorado-Big Thompson Project and the Windy Gap Project are the primary surface flow and snowpack providers to the reservoir. The water from Shadow Mountain Reservoir is used for irrigation of crops such as hay and potatoes in the surrounding farmland. Recreational activities such as fishing, boating, and camping are popular in the area.
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