Adobe Creek Reservoir

Adobe Creek Reservoir lies in a remote area of Bent and Kiowa counties in Colorado, U.S. The reservoir is an off-stream storage impoundment used to store water for agricultural irrigation. Only a few small unnamed intermittent creeks flow into the lake. The lake is chiefly fed by the Adobe Creek Inlet, a human-made ditch that draws water from nearby Adobe Creek and from the Fort Lyon Storage Canal. The reservoir's outlet is the Adobe Creek Reservoir Outlet Ditch, which empties into Adobe Creek. The reservoir, which lies at an elevation of on Colorado's Eastern Plains, is also used for recreation and is a Colorado state wildlife area.

Names

Adobe Creek Reservoir is also often called Blue Lake, especially by locals in the area around the lake.

Dam

The Adobe Creek Dam, NID ID CO00515, is a high earthen dam that can store up to of water. It was built in 1904 and is wide. The dam and reservoir are owned by the Fort Lyon Canal Company.

State wildlife area

The lake and the immediate area around it make up the Adobe Creek Reservoir State Wildlife Area. Fishing is the wildlife area's chief activity. Specifically, anglers can catch black crappie, blue catfish, channel catfish, freshwater drum, largemouth bass, saugeye, walleye, and wiper.