Englewood Dam

See also: Englewood Dam, Dayton, Ohio
Englewood Dam
Englewood Dam is located in Colorado
Englewood Dam
Location of Englewood Dam in Colorado
CountryUnited States
LocationArapahoe County, Colorado, USA
Coordinates39°35′21.96″N 104°55′08.92″W / 39.5894333°N 104.9191444°W / 39.5894333; -104.9191444
PurposeFlood control
StatusOperational
Construction began1936
Opening date1936; 89 years ago (1936)
Owner(s)Urban Drainage and Flood Control District
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment, earth-fill
ImpoundsWillow Creek
Height50 ft (15 m)
Length1,700 ft (520 m)
Elevation at crest5,606 ft (1,709 m)
Width (crest)20 ft (6.1 m)
Reservoir
Total capacity1,485 acre⋅ft (1,832,000 m3)
Catchment area11 sq mi (28 km2)

Englewood Dam was constructed as a Works Progress Administration project in 1936. It is located on Willow Creek approximately 9 mi (14 km) upstream from Englewood in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. The project serves as a flood retention dam to control of about 11 sq mi (28 km2) of the 11 sq mi (28 km2) drainage area of the Little Dry Creek basin. Storage capacity is approximately 1,485 acre⋅ft (1,832,000 m3) at the spillway crest but the reservoir is dry most of the year.[1][2]

It was purchased by the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District in 1973 who carried out improvements on it until 1975.[3] The dam is located in the Willow Spring Open Space in Centennial, Colorado which is part of the South Suburban Park and Recreation District.[4]

References

  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from Report on the Floods of June 1965 (PDF). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
  1. ^ "Report on the Floods of June 1965" (PDF). U.S. Army Engineer District, Omaha Corps of Engineers. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 13, 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Hydrologic & Engineering Investigations for Englewood Dam" (PDF). Woodward - Clevenger & Associates, Inc. 17 May 1973. pp. 2–5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Phase III Drainage Report Willow Spring Open Space Park" (PDF). MWE. September 1993. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Willow Spring Open Space". South Suburban Parks and Recreation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.