Arkabutla Dam
Dam in DeSoto County, Mississippi · Coldwater River · forms Arkabutla Lake
Height
92 ft
28 m (NID height)
Length
10,700 ft
3,261 m
Completed
1943
Arkabutla Lake today
205.49 ft
7 days ▲ 0.61 ft
vs full pool
▼ 3.81 ft
Normal storage
31,500 acre-ft
Below normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 2:00 PM CDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 92 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Vicksburg District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 1,383,800 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 5,100 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 84 ft
- Drainage area
- 1,000 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 300 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Vicksburg District
- Also known as
- Arkabutla Lake
- NID ID
- MS01496
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID MS01496 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.