Barre Falls Dam
Dam in Worcester County, Massachusetts · Ware River · forms Dry Reservoir
Height
69 ft
21 m (NID height)
Length
885 ft
270 m
Completed
1958
Dry Reservoir today
771.52 ft
7 days ▼ 0.13 ft
Below normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction
- Dam type
- Rockfill
- Structural height
- 69 ft
- Owner
- USACE - New England District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 63,000 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 1 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 64 ft
- Drainage area
- 55 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 60 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- New England District
- Also known as
- Dry Reservoir
- NID ID
- MA00962
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Dec 4, 2025. Search NID ID MA00962 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.
Other dams at Dry Reservoir
- Barre Falls Dam - Dike 3
- Barre Falls Dam - Dike 2
- Barre Falls Dam - Dike 1