Blue Mesa Reservoir – Reservoir in Gunnison, Colorado

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 186973

Location

State Colorado

County Gunnison

Feature Class Reservoir

Coordinates

DMS

38°28'17"N 107°12'41"W

Decimal Degrees

38.4713913, -107.2113433

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Carpenter Ridge

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Sapinero

5.0 mi W

Hydrography

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Description

9180 acres in size.

History

Reservoir completed in 1966.

Nearby Features

Cebolla Creek Stream · 0.3 mi WNW
Red Creek Stream · 1.2 mi WNW
Dry Gulch Valley · 1.3 mi ENE
Lake Gulch Valley · 1.6 mi SSE
East Elk Creek Stream · 1.6 mi E
Fourmile Gulch Valley · 2.2 mi W
Tenderfoot Hill Summit · 2.8 mi N
Haystack Gulch Valley · 2.8 mi ESE
Dillon Gulch Valley · 2.8 mi W
West Dry Gulch Valley · 3.0 mi N

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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