Bayou Bodcau Dam
Dam in Bossier County, Louisiana · Bayou Bodcau · forms Bodcau Lake
Height
76 ft
23 m (NID height)
Length
15,850 ft
4,831 m
Completed
1949
Bodcau Lake today
160.16 ft
7 days ▼ 0.58 ft
vs full pool
▲ 3.16 ft
Normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 10:00 AM CDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 76 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Vicksburg District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 1,197,700 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 1 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 70 ft
- Drainage area
- 655 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 4,000 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Vicksburg District
- Also known as
- Bayou Bodcau Reservoir
- NID ID
- LA00179
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Sep 29, 2026. Search NID ID LA00179 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.