DeWeese Reservoir

DeWeese Reservoir is located in northern Custer County, Colorado between the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and the Wet Mountains. The reservoir is owned by the DeWeese-Dye Ditch and Reservoir Company, which uses the water it stores to irrigate agricultural crops around Lincoln Park and Brookside in Fremont County, Colorado.[4]

DeWeese Reservoir
  • DeWeese-Dye Reservoir
  • Lake De Weese
Looking west across the reservoir towards the Sangre de Cristo Mountains
DeWeese Reservoir
Location in Colorado
LocationCuster County, Colorado
Coordinates38°12′9″N 105°27′48″W[1]
Typereservoir
EtymologyNamed for Dall DeWeese, who along with C.R.C. Dye incorporated the DeWeese-Dye Ditch and Reservoir Company[2]
Primary inflowsGrape Creek
Primary outflowsGrape Creek
DesignationDeWeese Reservoir State Wildlife Area
Built1902 (1902)—1903 (1903)
First flooded1903 (1903)
Water volume3,542 acre feet (4,369,000 cubic meters)[3]
Surface elevation7,671 feet (2,338 meters)[1]
FrozenFreezes in winter
Websitewww.deweeseditch.com

The ditch and reservoir company owns the land under the reservoir and most of the land around it. The company has arrangements with other organizations to store water and for the use of the space. For example, it stores 500 acre feet (620,000 cubic meters) for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, it stores 500 acre feet (620,000 cubic meters) for the Bureau of Land Management (which also owns some land near the reservoir), and it stores some water for the Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District and the Round Mountain Water District, a local water company.[3]

State wildlife area

The lake and the land immediately surrounding it are also designated as the DeWeese Reservoir State Wildlife Area. It offers coldwater stream and lake fishing, hunting, and picnicking, hiking, wildlife viewing, and camping.[5]

References
  1. "Deweese-Dye Reservoir". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. "History of DeWeese Ditch and Reservoir". DeWeese-Dye Ditch and Reservoir Company. 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  3. "DeWeese storage". DeWeese-Dye Ditch and Reservoir Company. 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  4. "About DeWeese-Dye Ditch and Reservoir Company". DeWeese-Dye Ditch and Reservoir Company. 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  5. "DeWeese Reservoir State Wildlife Area" (PDF). Colorado Parks & Wildlife. 2015-08-27. Retrieved 2019-10-14.


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