Lake Avery
Lake Avery | |
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Lake Avery and part of Oak Ridge State Wildlife Area | |
Location | Rio Blanco County, Colorado |
Coordinates | 39°58′18″N 107°38′50″W / 39.97167°N 107.64722°WCoordinates: 39°58′18″N 107°38′50″W / 39.97167°N 107.64722°W[1] |
Type | reservoir |
Primary inflows | Big Beaver Creek |
Primary outflows | Big Beaver Creek Big Beaver Ditch |
Managing agency | Colorado Parks and Wildlife |
Designation | Oak Ridge State Wildlife Area |
Built | 1964[2] |
Surface area | 99 hectares (240 acres)[3] |
Water volume | 9,762 acre-feet (12,041,000 cubic meters)[2] |
Surface elevation | 6,988 feet (2,130 meters)[1] |
Lake Avery[1] is a reservoir in Rio Blanco County, Colorado about 20 miles southeast of the town of Meeker. The reservoir is owned by Colorado Parks and Wildlife,[2] and its dam impounds Big Beaver Creek, a tributary of the White River. Lake Avery is also called Big Beaver Reservoir, but it is unclear whether the name has changed or whether the reservoir just has two names.[4]
State wildlife area
The lake and a large area of land surrounding it are part of the 13,664-acre (5,530-hectare) Oak Ridge State Wildlife Area. The wildlife area comprises six units or divisions, including the Bel Aire Unit, the Lake Avery Unit, the Oak Ridge Unit, the Jon Wangnild Unit, the Sleepy Cat Ponds Unit, and the Sleepy Cat Fishing Easement. The wildlife area offers deer, elk, rabbit, dusky (blue) grouse, dove, and waterfowl hunting, coldwater stream fishing, and camping, hiking, and wildlife viewing. The lake has two boatramps.[5]
Dam
The dam, called Big Beaver Dam, (National ID # CO00962) is a 102-foot tall earthen dam built in 1964.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Lake Avery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b c d "Big Beaver". National Inventory of Dams. 2018-07-12. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
- ^ Martinez, Patrick J.; Gross, Michael D.; Vigil, Estevan M. (2010). A compendium of crustacean zooplankton and Mysid Diluviana collections from selected Colorado reservoirs and lakes, 1991-2009 (PDF). Special report ; no. 82. [Denver]: Colorado Division of Wildlife, Aquatic Wildlife Research. p. 4.
- ^ "Big Beaver Reservoir". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ "Oak Ridge State Wildlife Area" (PDF). Colorado Parks & Wildlife. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
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