Platoro Dam
Platoro Dam is a dam in Conejos County, Colorado. The earthen dam was constructed between 1949 and 1951 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation with a height of 165 feet, and 1,475 feet long at its crest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Platoro is an unincorporated community in Conejos County, in the U.S. state of Colorado.
Platoro Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Conejos County, Colorado, United States of America
- Location: Conejos, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.35136° or 37° 21′ 5″ northLongitude
-106.54709° or 106° 32′ 50″ westElevation
9,993 feet (3,046 metres)Height
164 feet (50 metres)Operator
Conejos Water ConservancyOpen location code
859M9F23+G5OpenStreetMap ID
way 1271500435OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Italian—“Platoro Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Platoro Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد بلاتورو”
- Italian: “diga di Platoro”
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