Bull Shoals Dam
Dam in Baxter County, Arkansas · White · forms Bull Shoals Lake
Height
282 ft
86 m (NID height)
Length
2,256 ft
688 m
Completed
1951
Bull Shoals Lake today
652.97 ft
7 days ▼ 0.53 ft
vs full pool
▼ 6.03 ft
Normal storage
3,048,000 acre-ft
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 2:00 PM CDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Recreation; Hydroelectric; Water Supply
- Dam type
- Concrete
- Structural height
- 282 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Little Rock District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 5,408,000 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 454,400 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 238 ft
- Drainage area
- 6,063 sq mi
- Spillway
- Controlled, 680 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Little Rock District
- Also known as
- Bull Shoals Lake
- NID ID
- AR00160
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 22, 2026. Search NID ID AR00160 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.