Homestake Reservoir

Homestake Reservoir
Homestake Project Reservoir
The reservoir in 2024
Homestake Reservoir is located in Colorado
Homestake Reservoir
Homestake Reservoir
The reservoir's location in Colorado
LocationEagle and Pitkin counties, Colorado, U.S.
Coordinates39°21′28.32″N 106°28′4.84″W / 39.3578667°N 106.4680111°W / 39.3578667; -106.4680111
Typereservoir
Primary inflowsMiddle Fork Homestake Creek, several inlet tunnels from nearby creeks
Primary outflowsMiddle Fork Homestake Creek, Homestake Tunnel
Basin countriesUnited States
Managing agencyCities of Aurora and Colorado Springs, Colorado
Built1967
Water volume45,500 acre-feet (56,100,000 cubic meters)
Surface elevation10,266 feet (3,129 meters)
FrozenFreezes in winter
References[1][2]
The dam

Homestake Reservoir is a reservoir in Eagle and Pitkin counties, Colorado, U.S. The reservoir collects and stores water for the municipal water supply of the cities of Aurora and Colorado Springs, Colorado. It lies at an elevation of over 10,000 feet (3,000 meters) in a remote area of Colorado's northern Sawatch Range.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Homestake Reservoir". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. December 31, 1981. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
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  3. ^ The National Map
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