Buford Dam
Dam in Gwinnett County, Georgia · Chattahoochee River · forms Lake Lanier
Height
231 ft
70 m (NID height)
Length
2,470 ft
753 m
Completed
1958
Lake Lanier today
1,063.25 ft
7 days ▼ 0.40 ft
vs full pool
▼ 7.40 ft
Normal storage
1,917,000 acre-ft
Normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 1:15 PM EDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Recreation; Hydroelectric
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 231 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Mobile District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 2,554,000 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 47,182 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 193 ft
- Drainage area
- 1,040 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 100 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Mobile District
- Also known as
- Lake Sidney Lanier
- NID ID
- GA00824
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Sep 15, 2026. Search NID ID GA00824 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.
Other dams at Lake Lanier
- Buford Dam - Saddle Dike 3
- Buford Dam - Saddle Dike 2
- Buford Dam - Saddle Dike 1