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Ruedi Reservoir

Field	Value
name	Ruedi Reservoir
image	Ruedi Reservoir, dam and the Fryingpan River corridor near Basalt, Colo..JPG
caption	Looking eastward, upstream, on the Fryingpan River to Ruedi Dam and Reservoir
location	Pitkin and Eagle counties
coordinates
type	reservoir
part_of	Colorado River Basin
inflow	Fryingpan River
outflow	Fryingpan River
agency	United States Bureau of Reclamation
date-built	1968
date-flooded
area	997 acre
volume	101280 acre.ft
elevation	2369 m
pushpin_map	Colorado
pushpin_label_position	bottom
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Colorado

| date-built = 1968 | date-flooded = | max-depth =

Ruedi Reservoir is a reservoir on the Western Slope of the Continental Divide on the Fryingpan River. It sits about 15 mi upstream of the town of Basalt, Colorado, near Aspen. The reservoir is located within the White River National Forest, and straddles the county line between Pitkin County and Eagle County.

The reservoir and the Ruedi Dam were built from 1964 to 1968 and are both owned and operated by the United States Bureau of Reclamation. One purpose of the reservoir is to help compensate for diversions to Colorado's East Slope, taken further up in the Fryingpan Basin as part of Reclamation's federal Fryingpan-Arkansas Project. Another purpose of the reservoir is to provide water for West Slope interests. The dam is located in Eagle County.

Ruedi stores approximately 102000 acre.ft of water. Water in the reservoir is released through Ruedi Dam down the Fryingpan primarily for municipal, industrial, and agricultural interests. A side benefit of the reservoir is recreation. Boating, fishing and camping are popular at the reservoir itself, while the downstream portion of the Fryingpan River has become well regarded as a Gold Medal fishery.

Typically, releases from Ruedi follow a seasonal pattern. The USGS page for streamflow below Ruedi Dam provides up-to-date information for water released to the Lower Fryingpan in cubic-feet-per-second measurements.

Hydroelectric power plant

A hydroelectric power plant that sits at the base of the dam produces 5.0 megawatts of electricity. Built in 1985, the plant supplies electricity to the City of Aspen and is owned by the city.

References

{{cite gnis
. ["Facts & Figures"](https://rwapa.org/facts/). *Ruedi Water and Power Authority*.
U.S Department of the Interior: "Water and Power resources Service, Project Data." U.S. Government Printing Office, 1981
https://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?09080400 USGS gauge page

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