Ralston Dam
Ralston Dam is a dam in Jefferson County, Colorado. The earthen dam was constructed in 1937 by the Denver Board Of Water Commissioners, with a height of 204 feet, and a length of 1,170 feet at its crest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leyden and Golden.
Leyden
Village
Leyden, Colorado, elevation 5,656 feet is a small unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Colorado west of Arvada at the junction of West 82nd Avenue and Quaker Street. Leyden is situated 3 miles east of Ralston Dam.
Golden
Photo: Alan Levine, CC BY 2.0.
Golden is a city in the Denver Area of Colorado. It sits at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, and distance-wise is roughly halfway between the cities of Boulder and Denver.
Ralston Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States of America
- Location: Jefferson, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.83299° or 39° 49′ 59″ northLongitude
-105.24041° or 105° 14′ 26″ westElevation
6,040 feet (1,841 metres)Open location code
85FPRQM5+5ROpenStreetMap ID
way 64108531OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Italian—“Ralston Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ralston Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد رالستون”
- Italian: “diga di Ralston”
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