Jemez Canyon Dam

Jemez Canyon Dam
Jemez Dam
Jemez Canyon Dam is located in New Mexico
Jemez Canyon Dam
Location of Jemez Canyon Dam in New Mexico
CountryUnited States
LocationSandoval County, New Mexico
Coordinates35°23′40″N 106°32′49″W / 35.39437°N 106.54702°W / 35.39437; -106.54702
PurposeFlood control and storm water management
Opening date1953
Owner(s)United States Army Corps of Engineers
Dam and spillways
Height150 feet (46 m)
Length870 feet (270 m)
Reservoir
Total capacity264,700 acre-feet
Surface area2.2 square miles (5.7 km2)

Jemez Canyon Dam (National ID # NM00003) is a dam in Sandoval County, New Mexico, in the United States, a few miles north of Albuquerque.

The earthen dam was constructed in 1953 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, with a height of 150 feet and a length at its crest of 870 feet.[1] It impounds the Jemez River creating Jemez Canyon Reservoir for flood control and storm water management in the spring and early summer seasons.[2] The dam is owned by the Corps of Engineers, and operated by the Corps and the Cochiti Lake Project Office.

  1. ^ "Jemez Canyon Dam". Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
  2. ^ "Bureau of Reclamation - San Juan-Chama & Rio Grande Projects - Jemez Canyon Reservoir Fact Sheets". Archived from the original on 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2012-08-28.