Reclamation Information Sharing Environment (RISE)

Lake Isabel and Dam, on the Saint Charles River in Custer and Pueblo Counties in central Colorado, is about 30.5 miles southwest of Pueblo, 12 miles west of Colorado City and 8 miles northwest of Rye (Figure 1). The dam and reservoir were completed in the 1930s and were originally used predominately as storage for CF&I Steel. Today, Lake Isabel, located in the San Isabel National Forest, provides fishing, hiking, and camping. The reservoir and recreation facilities are overseen by the Pike and San Isabel Forest Service (Service).