Granby Dam

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Granby Dam is a major earthfill dam in Colorado that forms Lake Granby, a key storage reservoir supplying water for irrigation, municipal use, and power generation in the region.

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Label Occurrences
Granby Dam canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf earthfill dam ⓘ
embankment dam ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
constructionBegan 1941 ⓘ
constructionMaterial earthfill ⓘ
rockfill ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
creates Lake Granby ⓘ
crestElevation about 8,280 feet above sea level ⓘ
elevationOfReservoir about 8,280 feet at full pool ⓘ
formsReservoir Lake Granby ⓘ
hasFeature crest roadway ⓘ
outlet works for water diversion ⓘ
hasHydroelectricPlant Granby Powerplant ⓘ
height about 298 feet ⓘ
impounds Colorado River ⓘ
length about 861 feet ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
Grand County, Colorado ⓘ
locatedInWatershed Upper Colorado River Basin ⓘ
managingAgency U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Eastern Colorado Area Office ⓘ
near Granby, Colorado ⓘ
openingDate 1950 ⓘ
operator United States Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
owner United States Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
partOf Colorado-Big Thompson Project ⓘ
powerPlantCapacity about 3 megawatts ⓘ
project Colorado-Big Thompson transbasin diversion ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation water storage ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
regionServed Northern Colorado ⓘ
South Platte River Basin ⓘ
linked to: South Platte River
reservoirCapacity about 539,800 acre-feet ⓘ
reservoirName Lake Granby ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea about 7,250 acres ⓘ
river Colorado River ⓘ
spillwayCapacity about 15,000 cubic feet per second ⓘ
spillwayType uncontrolled overflow spillway ⓘ
suppliesWaterTo Front Range municipalities ⓘ
northern Colorado irrigation districts ⓘ
supportsUse boating on Lake Granby ⓘ
fishing on Lake Granby ⓘ
recreation on Lake Granby ⓘ
waterConveyance Adams Tunnel ⓘ
Colorado-Big Thompson Project distribution system ⓘ

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Lake Granby → createdBy → Granby Dam ⓘ