Englewood Dam facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Englewood Dam
Country	United States
Location	Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA
Coordinates	39°35′21.96″N 104°55′08.92″W
Purpose	Flood control
Status	Operational
Construction began	1936
Opening date	1936 (1936)
Owner(s)	Urban Drainage and Flood Control District
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment, earth-fill
Impounds	Willow Creek
Height	50 ft (15 m)
Length	1,700 ft (520 m)
Elevation at crest	5,606 acre⋅ft (6,915,000 m3)
Width (crest)	20 ft (6.1 m)
Reservoir
Total capacity	1,485 acre⋅ft (1,832,000 m3)
Catchment area	11 sq mi (28 km2)

Englewood Dam was constructed as a Works Progress Administration project in 1936. It is located on Little Dry Creek approximately 9 mi (14 km) upstream from Englewood in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. The project serves as a flood retention dam to control of about 11 sq mi (28 km²) of the 11 sq mi (28 km²) drainage area of the Little Dry Creek basin. Storage capacity is approximately 1,485 acre⋅ft (1,832,000 m³) at the spillway crest but the reservoir is dry most of the year.

It was purchased by the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District in 1973 who carried out improvements on it until 1975. About 2.2 mi (3.5 km) west of Centennial, Colorado, the dam is located in the Willow Springs Open Space in Centennial which is part of the South Suburban Park and Recreation District.

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "Report on the Floods of June 1965 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)".