Branched Oak Dam
Dam in Lancaster County, Nebraska · Oak Creek · forms Branched Oak Lake
Height
80 ft
24 m (NID height)
Length
6,000 ft
1,829 m
Completed
1967
Branched Oak Lake today
1,284.48 ft
7 days ▼ 0.28 ft
vs full pool
▲ 0.48 ft
Normal storage
25,994 acre-ft
Much above normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 10:00 AM CDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Fish and Wildlife Pond; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 80 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Omaha District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 122,283 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 1,780 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 77 ft
- Drainage area
- 89 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 200 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Omaha District
- Also known as
- Branched Oak Lake
- NID ID
- NE01063
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID NE01063 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.