Lake Meredith/Lake Meredith Reservoir/Meredith Reservoir

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Grebe Survey Summary

  • Max Adults: 1330
  • Year: 1998
  • Most Recent Adults: 1330
  • Year: 1998
  • Survey Type: Shore
  • Most Common Threats Reported: N/A
Lake name:
Lake Meredith/Lake Meredith Reservoir/Meredith Reservoir
Location:
Colorado
HydroLAKE ID:
9258
GRanD ID:
995
Latitude:
38.161553
Longitude:
-103.734758
Surface area (km2):
19.2
Basin type:
reservoir
Dam completion date:
1926
Management agency:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Lake use:
irrigation recreation fisheries
Comments:
This large shallow lake was drained in 2013 and filled in 2014. It is also very windy and subject to wave action, making the water very turbid.

Surveys (1)

Survey Citation:
Giroir, G.P. and T. Leukering. 1999. Breeding distribution and numbers of Eared, Western, and Clark's grebes in Colorado. J. Colorado Field Ornithologists 33:83-90.

  • Type
    shore
  • Time period
    23 May 1998, 28 July 1998
  • Source
    Occasional Paper
  • Both Western and Clarks?
    Y
Count Type Range Max Year
Max Adults >1000 1330 1998
Most Recent Adults >1000 1330 1998
Max Nests N/A N/A N/A
Most Recent Nests N/A N/A N/A
Max Chicks N/A N/A N/A
Most Recent Chicks N/A N/A N/A

Comments:

One of 93 lakes, ponds, and reservoirs surveyed in CO for 3 species of grebes. Not certain this is a breeding lake but this is a large number of grebes (>1300). Not sure if I should include. New lake maximum (1260) for Clark's grebes (Andrews and Righter 1992, Christopher Wood, pers. comm.).

Sources of Information

  • Messager, M. L., B. Lehner, G. Grill, I. Nedeva, and O. Schmitt. 2016. Estimating the volume and age of water stored in global lakes using a geo-statistical approach. Nature Communications 7:13603. Data is available at www.hydrosheds.org.; Lehner, B., C. Reidy Liermann, C. Revenga, C. Vorosmarty, B. Fekete, P. Crouzet, P. Doll, M. Endejan, K. Frenken, J. Magome, C. Nilsson, J.C. Robertson, R. Rodel, N. Sindorf, and D. Wisser. 2011. Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Dams, Revision 01. Palisades, New York: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).
  • Lehner, B., C. Reidy Liermann, C. Revenga, C. Vorosmarty, B. Fekete, P. Crouzet, P. Doll, M. Endejan, K. Frenken, J. Magome, C. Nilsson, J.C. Robertson, R. Rodel, N. Sindorf, and D. Wisser. 2011. Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Dams, Revision 01. Palisades, New York: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).
  • Meredith Reservoir Fisheries