Center Hill Dam
Dam in DeKalb County, Tennessee · Caney Fork River · forms Center Hill Lake
Height
125 ft
38 m (NID height)
Length
2,160 ft
658 m
Completed
1951
Center Hill Lake today
631.04 ft
7 days ▼ 0.54 ft
Normal storage
1,330,000 acre-ft
Normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Other; Recreation; Hydroelectric; Water Supply
- Dam type
- Other
- Structural height
- 125 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Nashville District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 2,092,000 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 18,220 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 125 ft
- Drainage area
- 2,174 sq mi
- Spillway
- Controlled, 775 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Nashville District
- Also known as
- Center Hill Lake
- NID ID
- TN04102
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 20, 2026. Search NID ID TN04102 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.