Abandoned Record
About McPhee Reservoir
McPhee Reservoir is located in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States. It was constructed and is operated by the United States Bureau of Reclamation as part of the Dolores Project, and dams the Dolores River to furnish municipal and irrigation water for Montezuma and Dolores counties and the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation.
This is a site record: what public sources say about McPhee Reservoir, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where McPhee Reservoir is
Historic maps
8 historic USGS maps cover McPhee Reservoir
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1956 Cortez sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Cortez sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1959 Cortez sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1962 Cortez sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1965 Trimble Point sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1966 Cortez sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1982 Dove Creek sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1993 Trimble Point sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near McPhee Reservoir
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Colorado index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "McPhee Reservoir": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q1915342.
- USGS GNIS 196483.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).