Cherry Creek Dam provides several benefits to the Denver community including Flood Risk reduction and serves as a local recreation area. However, in an extremely rare maximum precipitation event, there is potential for overtopping at the dam. This graphic depicts benefits of the dam as well as areas of potential inundation if the dam were to fail under these extreme conditions. The probability of such an event is extremely rare. However, it is important to improve the public's awareness of these risks. Actual flooding is dependent upon runoff and flow from the dam.