| Carter Lake Dam | |
| Location: | Larimer County, Colorado, U.S. |
| Coordinates: | 40.3255°N -105.2122°W |
| Purpose: | flood control, irrigation |
| Status: | Operational |
| Owner: | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |
| Operator: | Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District |
| Dam Type: | Earthen |
| Dam Length: | 1235feet |
| Res Name: | Carter Lake |
| Res Capacity Total: | 112230acre.ft |
| Res Surface: | 900acres |
| Res Elevation: | 1756m (5,761feet) |
| Dam Height: | 214feet |
| Location Map: | Colorado#USA |
| Location Map Alt: | Carter Lake |
Carter Lake Dam (National ID # CO01650) is a dam in Larimer County, Colorado.
The earthen dam was completed in 1950 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation, with a height of, and a length of at its crest.[1] It contains offstream storage as part of the Bureau of Reclamation's Colorado-Big Thompson Project for flood control and irrigation. The dam is owned by the Bureau of Reclamation and operated by the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District.
The reservoir it creates, Carter Lake Reservoir, has a water surface of, about eight miles of shoreline, more than of surrounding public land, and a capacity of .[2] [3] Recreation includes fishing (for rainbow trout, kokanee, brown trout, splake, walleye, yellow perch, bluegill, salmon, largemouth bass, etc.), hunting, boating, camping and hiking.[4]