Blue Springs Dam
Dam in Jackson County, Missouri · East Fork Little Blue River · forms Blue Springs Lake
Height
70 ft
21 m (NID height)
Length
2,500 ft
762 m
Completed
1988
Blue Springs Lake today
802.14 ft
7 days ▲ 0.04 ft
vs full pool
▲ 0.14 ft
Normal storage
10,842 acre-ft
Normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 11:45 AM CDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Other; Fish and Wildlife Pond; Recreation
- Dam type
- Rockfill
- Structural height
- 70 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Kansas City District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 26,950 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 722 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 68 ft
- Drainage area
- 33 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 300 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Kansas City District
- Also known as
- Blue Springs Lake
- NID ID
- MO12099
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated May 13, 2026. Search NID ID MO12099 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.
Other dams at Blue Springs Lake
- Blue Springs Quad No.1 Dam