Platoro Dam (National ID # CO82911) 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 1475 feet long at its crest. It impounds the Conejos River a tributary of the Rio Grande for irrigation water storage as part of the larger San Luis Valley Project. The dam is owned by the Bureau and operated by the local Conejos Water Conservancy.
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