El Vado Dam
Dam in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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El Vado Dam impounds the Rio Chama in the U.S. state of New Mexico, about 105 miles (169 km) north-northwest of New Mexico's largest city, Albuquerque and about 80 miles (130 km) northwest of the capital city of Santa Fe. The earth-filled structure forms El Vado Lake, a storage reservoir for the Middle Rio Grande Project, and has been designated as a New Mexico Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers.[1][2]
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El Vado Dam | |
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Country | United States |
Location | Rio Arriba County, New Mexico |
Coordinates | 36°35′41″N 106°43′58″W |
Owner(s) | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Earthfill |
Impounds | Rio Chama |
Height | 229.5 ft (70.0 m) |
Length | 1,326 ft (404 m) |
Dam volume | 608,000 cu yd (465,000 m3) |
Spillways | 2x |
Spillway type | Concrete overflow, service |
Spillway capacity | 17,800 cu ft/s (500 m3/s) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | El Vado Lake |
Total capacity | 196,500 acre⋅ft (242,400,000 m3) |
Catchment area | 492 sq mi (1,270 km2) |
Surface area | 3,200 acres (1,300 ha) |
Maximum water depth | 167.1 ft (50.9 m) |
Power Station | |
Installed capacity | 8 MW |
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