Crawford Dam
Crawford Dam (National ID # CO00556) is a dam in Delta County, Colorado, about a mile south of the town of Crawford, Colorado.
The earthen dam was completed in 1962 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation with a height of 162 feet and 580 feet long at its crest.[1] It impounds Iron Creek for irrigation flood control, one element of the Smith Fork Project. The dam is owned by the Bureau and is operated by the local Crawford Water Conservancy District. The reservoir it creates, Crawford Reservoir, has a water surface of 406 acres, about seven miles of shoreline, and has a total capacity of 14,395 acre-feet.[2] Recreation includes fishing (for yellow perch, northern pike, black crappie, largemouth bass, trout, channel catfish, etc.), hunting, boating, camping on 66 campsites, and hiking.[3] The reservoir is encompassed within Crawford State Park with Park Headquarters located on a peninsula along the northeastern shore.