The Colorado River Storage Project on the Upper Colorado River is the most complex and extensive river water development in the world, including drainage in Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico, about one-twelfth the continental area of the United States. Its storage units are Glen Canyon, Flaming Gorge, Navajo, and Curecanti Dams. These units regulate the erratic flows of the Colorado River so commitments to the Lower Basin states can be assured and water can be provided in the Upper Basin for irrigation, municipal and industrial use, hydroelectric power, recreation, and wildlife. The Curecanti Unit is comprised of Blue Mesa, Morrow Point, and Crystal Reservoirs in the deep canyons of the Gunnison River. It was named for the Ute Indian Chief, Curicata, who roamed and hunted over the Colorado territory. Blue Mesa Dam is an earth-filled dam forming a 940,800 acre-foot lake with a shore line of 96 miles. Power generated here and at other CRSP reservoirs is controlled at the Power Operation Center in Montrose, Colorado, and is distributed through an extensive delivery system in the Western States.