Jemez Canyon Dam
Dam in Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jemez Canyon Dam (National ID # NM00003) is a dam in Sandoval County, New Mexico, in the United States, a few miles north of Albuquerque.
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Jemez Canyon Dam | |
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Country | United States |
Location | Sandoval County, New Mexico |
Coordinates | 35.39437°N 106.54702°W / 35.39437; -106.54702 |
Purpose | Flood control and storm water management |
Opening date | 1953 |
Owner(s) | United States Army Corps of Engineers |
Dam and spillways | |
Height | 150 feet (46 m) |
Length | 870 feet (270 m) |
Reservoir | |
Total capacity | 264,700 acre-feet |
Surface area | 2.2 square miles (5.7 km2) |
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The earthen dam was constructed in 1953 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, with a height of 150 feet and a length at its crest of 870 feet.[1] It impounds the Jemez River creating Jemez Canyon Reservoir for flood control and storm water management in the spring and early summer seasons.[2] The dam is owned by the Corps of Engineers, and operated by the Corps and the Cochiti Lake Project Office.