| Cochiti Dam | |
|---|---|
 Cochiti Dam from lake side | |
| Official name | Cochiti Dam |
| Location | Cochiti Pueblo, Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA |
| Coordinates | 35°36′39″N 106°18′48″W / 35.6107°N 106.3132°W |
| Construction began | 1965 |
| Opening date | 1973 |
| Operator(s) | United States Army Corps of Engineers |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Impounds | Rio Grande |
| Height | 251 ft (76.5 m) |
| Length | 29,040 ft (8,852 m) |
| Width (base) | 1,760 ft (536.4 m)[citation needed] |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Cochiti Lake |
| Total capacity | 718,019 acre-feet (885,663,000 m3) |
| Active capacity | 49,359 acre-feet (60,883,000 m3) |
The Cochiti Dam is an earthen fill dam located on the Rio Grande in Sandoval County, New Mexico, approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. By volume of material, it is the 23rd largest dam in the world at 62,849,000 yd3 (48,052,000 m3) of material,[1] one of the ten largest such dams in the United States,[2] and the eleventh largest such dam in the world.[3] Cochiti Dam is one of the four United States Army Corps of Engineers projects for flood and sediment control on the Rio Grande system, operating in conjunction with Abiquiu Dam, Galisteo Dam and Jemez Canyon Dam.
- ^ World's Largest Dams
- ^ "Cochiti Lake". Archived from the original on June 25, 2007. Retrieved March 20, 2007.
- ^ "Facility Details - Cochiti Area, New Mexico - Recreation.gov". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved March 20, 2007.