Williams Fork Reservoir, located near the town of
Parshall in
Grand County, Colorado
Grand County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 15,717. The county seat is Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado, Hot Sulphur Springs.
History
When Grand County was ...
, is owned and operated by Denver Water. The reservoir impounds the
Williams Fork of the Colorado River.
Geography
When the reservoir is full, its elevation is . With a shoreline, the reservoir's surface area is 1,860 acres.
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Williams Fork Dam and Power Plant
The Williams Fork Dam and Power Plant, completed in 1959, provides electricity and water to the
Western Slope or
Denver
Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...
metropolitan area in Colorado. It's a concrete dam, 217 feet high and with a length of 600 feet at its crest. The reservoir impounds about 97,000 acre feet of water (one acre foot=325,851 gallons), and the power plant contains a 3,158-kilowatt generator.
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Recreactional Activities
Water based activities include motor boating, fishing, ice fishing and wind surfing. The lake is stocked for fishing by the Colorado Division of Wildlife
Colorado Parks and Wildlife manages the state parks system and the wildlife of the U.S. state of Colorado. , the division managed the 42 state parks and 307 wildlife areas of Colorado.
, the Colorado Natural Areas Program had 93 designated s ...
. Tent, trailer and recreational vehicle (RV) camping and picnic sites are available.[
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See also
*List of largest reservoirs of Colorado
This is a list of the largest reservoirs in the state of Colorado. All thirty-eight reservoirs that contain greater than are included in the list. Most of the larger reservoirs in the state are owned by the United States Bureau of Reclamation and, ...
* Phillips-Williams Fork Reservoir Site
* Williams Fork (Colorado River)
The Williams Fork is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 18, 2011 in north central Colorado in the United States. ...
* List of reservoirs in Colorado
The following is a partial list of dams and reservoirs in the United States. There are an estimated 84,000 dams in the United States, impounding of river or about 17% of rivers in the nation.
By state
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References
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Reservoirs in Colorado
Protected areas of Grand County, Colorado
Dams in Colorado
United States local public utility dams
Lakes of Grand County, Colorado
1959 establishments in Colorado