O'Haver Lake

O'Haver Lake
Lake O'Haver
A view of the lake from Forest Road 200
O'Haver Lake is located in Colorado
O'Haver Lake
O'Haver Lake
O'Haver Lake
LocationChaffee County, Colorado
Coordinates38°25′38″N 106°08′46″W / 38.42722°N 106.14611°W / 38.42722; -106.14611[1]
EtymologyNamed for former Chaffee County Commissioner R.T. O'Haver.[2]
Primary inflowsGray's Creek by means of the O'Haver filler ditch[3]
Primary outflowsDitch back to Gray's Creek
Basin countriesUnited States
Managing agencyUpper Arkansas Water Conservancy District
Built1949[2]
Surface area15 acres (6.1 hectares)[4]
Water volume186.7 acre-feet (230,300 cubic metres)[2]
Surface elevation9,130 feet (2,780 meters)[1]
FrozenFreezes in winter

O'Haver Lake is a reservoir in Chaffee County, Colorado[1] in the San Isabel National Forest. It is located about two miles from U.S. Highway 50 west of Poncha Pass. The lake and adjacent campground are just off Forest Road 200, also known as Marshall Pass Road. The pass is about twelve miles up the road from the lake.

Campground

The United States Forest Service operates the O'Haver Lake Campground,[5] which is right next to the lake. The campground has 31 campsites and is heavily used, especially on weekends. The area around the lake is forested with ponderosa pine and aspen trees.[4]

The lake is stocked with trout.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "O'Haver Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ a b c "Storage reservoirs". Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  3. ^ "Public Notice District Court, Water Division No. 2, Colorado To: All Interested Parties". Leadville Herald Democrat. 2019-01-14. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  4. ^ a b "O'Haver Lake Campground". Pike and San Isabel National Forests, Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 2019-01-14. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  5. ^ "O Haver Lake Campground". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  6. ^ "Colorado fishing atlas: O'Haver Lake". Colorado Parks and Wildlife. 2019-01-14. Retrieved 2020-07-17.


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