| Taylor Park Dam | |
| Location Map: | Colorado#United States |
| Country: | United States |
| Location: | Almont, Colorado |
| Purpose: | I |
| Status: | Complete |
| Builder: | Bureau of Reclamation[1] |
| Operator: | Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association |
| Dam Type: | F |
| Dam Crosses: | Taylor River |
| Dam Height: | 206.8feet |
| Dam Width Crest: | 675feet |
| Dam Volume: | 1115000yd3 |
| Spillway Count: | 1 |
| Spillway Type: | Weir crest |
| Spillway Length: | 180feet |
| Spillway Capacity: | 10000cuft/sec at 9336feet |
| Spillway Volumetric Flow Rate: | 1500cuft/sec at 9330feet |
| Res Name: | Taylor Park Reservoir |
| Res Capacity Total: | 106200ft/acre |
| Res Capacity Inactive: | 9183ft/acre |
| Res Max Depth: | 160feet |
| Res Elevation: | 9336feet |
| Website: | Taylor Park Dam |
Part of the Uncompahgre Project located on the western slope of central Colorado, the Taylor Park Dam was engineered by the Bureau of Reclamation. It is located on the Taylor River, a tributary of the Gunnison River, and the dam is used to create the Taylor Park Reservoir in Gunnison County, Colorado. The dam has National Inventory of Dams ID number CO00151.[2]
The Taylor Park Reservoir is a body of water created by the 1937 Taylor Park Dam, which dams the Taylor River of Colorado, United States. The dam and reservoir, located about northeast of Gunnison, are part of the Uncompahgre Project in Colorado. Recreation management at the reservoir is under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Forest Service and offers camping and fishing. Available fish species in the reservoir include rainbow, brown, and cutthroat trout, mackinaw, kokanee, northern pike, and brook trout in the tributaries. The summit of Cottonwood Pass lies a few miles east of the reservoir and can be accessed via Gunnison County Road 209 during the summer months.