McNulty Reservoir Dam

McNulty Reservoir Dam in Eagle County, Colorado, United States, sits 2,438 metres (7,999 feet) above sea level in Colorado's Rocky Mountains between Rifle, Colorado and Vail, Colorado and 11km outside El Jebel, Colorado. The Dam is a water storage that used to be utilized for ranching purposes on the historic Mcnulty Ranch.[1]

The reservoir and dam are named for Eagle County, Colorado's McNulty family of cattle ranchers. The McNulty family members have been Eagle County, Colorado settlers from the 1880s and cattle ranchers there from the 1920s. A portion of their McNulty Ranch, a one time 2500 acre cattle ranch operation on the Eagle-Garfield County line, was sold for Open Space conservation to Eagle county in 2006 for approximately $2 million.[2][3][4][5] It is closed to any public access, fishing, or recreation.

References
  1. Republisher of information from National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
  2. family and ranch history
  3. Eagle County, Colorado open space map
  • Zoomable Satellite View of Reservoir and Dam
  • Eagle County, Colorado official website
  • Town of Eagle, Colorado official website
  • Fishing Works
  • MBendi Info
  • McNulty ranch purchased, Post Independent 2006
  • Eagle County, McNulty Open Space Summary
  • "McNulty Reservoir". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-12-22.

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