Flaming Gorge Dam, UT

Flaming Gorge Dam is a concrete thin-arch dam on the Green River, a major tributary of the Colorado River, in northern Utah in the United States. Flaming Gorge Dam forms the Flaming Gorge Reservoir, which extends 91 miles into southern Wyoming, submerging four distinct gorges of the Green River. The dam is a major component of the Colorado River St…
Flaming Gorge Dam is a concrete thin-arch dam on the Green River, a major tributary of the Colorado River, in northern Utah in the United States. Flaming Gorge Dam forms the Flaming Gorge Reservoir, which extends 91 miles into southern Wyoming, submerging four distinct gorges of the Green River. The dam is a major component of the Colorado River Storage Project, which stores and distributes upper Colorado River Basin water.
  • Location: Daggett County, Utah
  • Construction began: 1958
  • Opening date: 1964
  • Owner(s): U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
  • Type of dam: Concrete thin arch
  • Impounds: Green River
  • Height: 502 ft (153 m)

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