Catalog Record
El Vado Lake and Dam Water Operations Monitoring Data from Upper Colorado Hydrologic Database
Upper Colorado Region Water Operations Data for El Vado Lake and Dam.
Generation Effort
Upper Colorado Water Operations Monitoring
Location
El Vado Lake and Dam
Themes
Water
Reclamation Project
Middle Rio Grande Project
Reclamation Program
Location Information
Location Name
El Vado Lake and Dam
Location Description
El Vado Dam, located on the Rio Chama about 160 miles north of Albuquerque, was built by the conservancy district in 1934-1935 and was rehabilitated by the Bureau of Reclamation in 1954-1955. A new outlet works was built by Reclamation in 1965-1966 to accommodate the additional water from the San Juan-Chama Project. The dam embankment is of rolled gravel fill with a steel membrane on the upstream face. The dam is 230 feet high and has a crest length of 1,326 feet. The reservoir has a total capacity of 196,500 acre-feet.
Location Parent
State(s)
New Mexico
Unified Region(s)
Upper Colorado Basin
Timezone
MT
Elevation
6,900 ft
Vertical Datum
EGM96
Coordinates (lat, long)
(36.5948, -106.7366)
Horizontal Datum
WGS84
