Mountain Home Reservoir

Mountain Home Reservoir
The reservoir from County Lane 6.
Mountain Home Reservoir Location in Colorado
Location	Costilla County, Colorado
Coordinates	37°23′38″N105°23′12″W / 37.39389°N 105.38667°W / 37.39389; -105.38667
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Trinchera Creek
Primary outflows	Trinchera Creek
Basin  countries	United States
Managing agency	The Trinchera Irrigation Company
Designation	Mountain Home Reservoir State Wildlife Area
Built	1912 (1912)
First flooded	1913 (1913)
Water volume	19,500 acre-feet (24,100,000 cubic meters) [1]
Surface elevation	2,483 meters (8,146 feet) [2]

Mountain Home Reservoir is a reservoir and state wildlife area in Costilla County, Colorado, near Fort Garland. Frozen in winter, the reservoir lies at 2,483 meters (8,146 feet) elevation on the western slope of the Culebra Range of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in southern Colorado.

The reservoir impounds Trinchera Creek and lies near the Trinchera Ranch and Sangre de Cristo Ranches subdivisions. ^[1]

Dam

The dam, NID ID# CO00818, is a 153-foot (47-meter) high earthen dam that can store up to 26,230 acre-feet (32,350,000 cubic meters) of water. It was built in 1912–1913, but at least one source says it was built in 1908. ^{[1] [3]}

State wildlife area

The reservoir is the site of the Mountain Home Reservoir State Wildlife Area, managed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Among the species of fish anglers can catch in the reservoir is northern pike. ^[4]

References

1. Smith, Helen (December 22, 2017). "A look at San Luis Valley Reservoirs, part 1". Alamosa Valley Courier. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
2. "Mountain Home Reservoir". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
3. "Mountain Home". National Inventory of Dams. December 22, 2022.
4. Sexton, Eli (July 21, 2017). "Big catch at Mountain Home". Valley Courier. Retrieved April 21, 2018.

External links

• Mountain Home Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• The Trinchera Irrigation Company at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 August 2018)
• Media related to Mountain Home Reservoir at Wikimedia Commons