Lawn Lake Dam was an earthen dam in Rocky Mountain National Park, United States that failed on July 15, 1982, at about 6 a.m., in an event known as the flood of 1982.

Lawn Lake Dam was located in Rocky Mountain National Park upstream of Estes Park, Colorado. It was an embankment dam and constructed in 1903 and owned by an irrigation company. It …

Oct 24, 2018 · Shortly after 6 a.m. on July 15, 1982, the Lawn Lake Dam underwent a catastrophic failure, and for a brief period the Roaring River let the world know how it got its …

Jan 25, 2025 · Lawn Lake was once a man-enlarged lake, but the dam broke in 1982 causing considerable flooding downstream and forming the Alluvial Fan and Fan Lake. The lake now …

On July 15, 1982, deep in Rocky Mountain National Park, the 26-foot high Lawn Lake Dam failed. The resulting flood charged down a mountain carving deep ravines and depositing huge fields …

Jul 15, 2022 · Between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. on July 15, 1982, the 26-foot tall earthen dam holding back Lawn Lake — perched 4.5 miles and 2,500 feet above Estes Park — breached, …

At just over a mile from the trailhead hikers will reach the steep banks of the Roaring River where you'll witness some of the destruction from the infamous Lawn Lake Flood. In 1903, a 26-foot …

Jan 27, 2024 · Just after 6 a.m. on July 15, 1982, the Lawn Lake Dam above Estes Park experienced a “catastrophic failure,” causing 30 million cubic feet of water to tear through the …

Mar 13, 2015 · On July 15, 1982, the Lawn Lake dam failed catastrophically. The release of water was heard by campers along the Roaring River. One man below the dam was swept to his …

On July 15, 1982, Lawn Lake Dam, a 26-foot-high earthfill irrigation dam built in 1903 in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, failed, due to piping, releasing 674 acre-feet of water with a …