Buckhorn Dam
Dam in Perry County, Kentucky · Middlefork Kentucky River · forms Buckhorn Lake
Height
160 ft
49 m (NID height)
Length
1,020 ft
311 m
Completed
1960
Buckhorn Lake today
782.06 ft
7 days ▼ 0.39 ft
vs full pool
▲ 0.06 ft
Normal storage
32,100 acre-ft
Much above normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Recreation
- Dam type
- Rockfill
- Structural height
- 160 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Louisville District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 167,900 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 1,230 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 123 ft
- Drainage area
- 408 sq mi
- Spillway
- Controlled, 140 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Louisville District
- Also known as
- Buckhorn Lake
- NID ID
- KY03027
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 13, 2026. Search NID ID KY03027 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.