Burns Dam
Dam in Merced County, California · Burns Creek · forms Burns Reservoir
Height
65 ft
20 m (NID height)
Length
4,070 ft
1,241 m
Completed
1950
Burns Reservoir today
265.74 ft
7 days ▼ 0.01 ft
Normal storage
6,934 acre-ft
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 8:00 AM PDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Hydroelectric
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 53 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Sacramento District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 21,836 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 670 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 49 ft
- Drainage area
- 74 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 40 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Sacramento District
- Also known as
- Burns Reservoir
- NID ID
- CA10103
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Sep 15, 2026. Search NID ID CA10103 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.