Overview

The Soldier Canyon Dam is located on the east shore of Horsetooth Reservoir, 3.5 miles west of Fort Collins, Colorado. The zoned earthfill dam has an outlet works consisting of a concrete conduit through the base of the dam, controlled by two 72-inch hollow-jet valves. The foundation is limey shales and sandstones overlain with silty, sandy clay.

The only formation directly involved in the Soldier Canyon site is the Dakota and the upper part of the underlying Morrison. The Dakota is 315 feet thick and consists of three massive sandstones separated by shales. The upper 160 feet on the Morrison is shale, which is limy in places

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Hydraulics & Hydrology