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Heron Dam
The Brazos Cliffs, Heron Lake, and the north wall of the Rio Chama Gorge, looking east.
Heron Dam is located in New Mexico
Heron Dam
Location of Heron Dam in New Mexico
CountryUnited States
LocationRio Arriba County, New Mexico
Coordinates36°39′57″N 106°42′22″W / 36.665915°N 106.706226°W / 36.665915; -106.706226
PurposeIrrigation
Opening date1971
Owner(s)United States Bureau of Reclamation
Dam and spillways
Type of damStorage dam
Height263 feet (80 m)
Length1,250 feet (380 m)
Reservoir
Total capacity401,000 acre-feet (495,000,000 m3)

Heron Dam is a storage dam Rio Arriba County, in northern New Mexico in the southwestern United States, just north of the El Vado Dam. It is owned and operated by the United States Bureau of Reclamation.[1] The dam is about 9 miles west of the town of Tierra Amarilla.[2]

  1. ^ Operations Fact Sheet.
  2. ^ Ferrari 2011, p. 1.

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