Rifle Gap Dam

Rifle Gap Dam (National ID # CO01692) is a dam in Garfield County, Colorado, about five and a half miles north of Rifle.

[3] It impounds East Rifle Creek and West Rifle Creek about 400 feet (120 m) feet upstream from their previous point of confluence.

The reservoir it creates, Rifle Gap Reservoir, has a water surface of 359 acres (145 hectares) and a maximum capacity of 12,168 acre-feet (15,009,000 cubic metres).

[3] Recreation includes scuba diving in its clear water, fishing (for rainbow and German brown trout, walleye, perch, and smallmouth and largemouth bass, etc.

), wildlife watching, boating, year-round camping, and hiking.