Catalog Record
Turquoise Lake and Sugarloaf Dam Missouri Basin and Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf (MB-ART) Water Operations Monitoring Data
Interior Region 5 & 6: Missouri Basin & Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf Water Operations Monitoring Data for Turquoise Lake and Sugarloaf Dam
Generation Effort
Missouri Basin and Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf Water Operations Monitoring
Location
Turquoise Lake and Sugar Loaf Dam
Themes
Water
Reclamation Project
Fryingpan-Arkansas Project
Reclamation Program
Location Information
Location Name
Turquoise Lake and Sugar Loaf Dam
Location Description
Sugar Loaf Dam, which impounds Turquoise Lake, is located on the Lake Fork of the Arkansas River, approximately 5 miles west of Leadville, Colorado. It is part of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project.
Location Parent
State(s)
Colorado
Unified Region(s)
Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf
Timezone
MT
Elevation
9,743 ft
Vertical Datum
NAVD88
Coordinates (lat, long)
(39.2528, -106.3742)
Horizontal Datum
WGS84
