Water-quality characteristics of selected lakes and reservoirs in Colorado

Abstract

During the summers and autumns of 1973, 197^, and 1975, water-quality data were collected and compiled for 56 lakes and reservoirs in Colorado. The lakes and reservoirs sampled range from large reservoirs in the eastern part of the State to smaller natural lakes in the higher western parts of the Colorado Plateaus. The smallest lake or reservoir sampled was Anderson Reservoir No. 1 with a surface area of k~] acres in Mesa County, and the largest lake or reservoir sampled was Navajo Reservoir with a surface area of 15,600 acres in Archuleta County (Colorado) and in Rio Arriba and San Juan Counties (New Mexico).