Adobe Creek Reservoir
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Adobe Creek Reservoir lies in a remote area of Bent and Kiowa counties in Colorado, U.S. The reservoir is an off-stream storage impoundment used to store water for agricultural irrigation. Only a few small unnamed intermittent creeks flow into the lake. The lake is chiefly fed by the Adobe Creek Inlet, a human-made ditch that draws water from nearby Adobe Creek and from the Fort Lyon Storage Canal. The reservoir's outlet is the Adobe Creek Reservoir Outlet Ditch, which empties into Adobe Creek. The reservoir, which lies at an elevation of 4,131 feet (1, 259 meters) on Colorado's Eastern Plains, is a former Colorado state wildlife area.
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