Chambers Lake (Colorado)
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Chambers Lake is a reservoir in Larimer County, Colorado. Located within the Roosevelt National Forest, the reservoir supplies water for irrigation and municipal water supply.
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Location | Larimer County, Colorado |
Coordinates | 40.6045224°N 105.8533750°W / 40.6045224; -105.8533750[1] |
Type | Reservoir |
Etymology | Named for Robert Chambers, a trapper who camped at the site in 1858[2] |
Primary inflows | Fall Creek, Skyline Ditch, Joe Wright Creek |
Primary outflows | Joe Wright Creek |
Managing agency | The Water Supply and Storage Company |
Surface area | 255 acres (103 ha)[3] |
Water volume | 11,350 acre⋅ft (14,000,000 m3)[4] |
Surface elevation | 2,791 m (9,157 ft) [1] |
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The reservoir is owned by the Water Supply and Storage Company, based in Fort Collins. The city of Thornton owns a large proportion of the company's stock.[5] Water from the reservoir makes its way to the Cache la Poudre River. It then flows down through Poudre Canyon to Colorado's Eastern Plains, where it is distributed.