Terrace Reservoir

Terrace Reservoir
Alamosa River Reservoir
A view from near the top of the dam
Terrace Reservoir Location in Colorado
Location	Conejos County, Colorado
Coordinates	37°21′47″N106°17′39″W / 37.36306°N 106.29417°W / 37.36306; -106.29417 [1]
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Alamosa River
Primary outflows	Alamosa River
Designation	Terrace Reservoir State Wildlife Area
Built	1912 (1912) [2]
Water volume	19,195 acre-feet (23,677,000 cubic meters) [2]
Surface elevation	8,530 feet (2,600 meters) [1]

The reservoir's outlet from the dam's southern segment into the Alamosa River

Terrace Reservoir is located in Conejos County, Colorado northwest of the town of Capulin. It is surrounded by the Rio Grande National Forest. The reservoir is owned by the Terrace Irrigation Company, which uses the water it stores to irrigate agricultural crops in the nearby San Luis Valley.

State wildlife area

The lake and the land immediately surrounding it are also designated as the Terrace Reservoir State Wildlife Area. The wildlife area offers hunting and fishing. ^[3]

Dam

The dam (National ID # CO00815) is an earthen dam built in 1912. ^[2] It is split into two sections, with a mountain in the middle separating the two. The reservoir drains to the Alamosa River through a penstock on the southern segment of the dam. The spillway, which is on the northern dam segment, was replaced sometime after 2012. ^[4]

References

1. "Terrace Reservoir". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. "Terrace". National Inventory of Dams. July 12, 2018. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
3. "Terrace Reservoir SWA". Colorado Parks & Wildlife. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
4. "Terrace Reservoir Spillway Replacement". Rio Grande Basin Roundtable. Retrieved May 8, 2021.

External links

• Terrace Reservoir State Wildlife Area