Cle Elum Dam
Dam in Kittitas County, Washington · Cle Elum River · forms Cle Elum Lake
Height
165 ft
50 m (NID height)
Length
1,800 ft
549 m
Completed
1933
Cle Elum Lake today
2,122.19 ft
7 days ▼ 0.65 ft
Normal storage
437,000 acre-ft
Reservoir level measured Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM PDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Irrigation; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 165 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 437,000 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 4,812 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 124 ft
- Drainage area
- 202 sq mi
- Spillway
- Controlled, 185 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Seattle District
- Also known as
- Cle Elum Lake
- NID ID
- WA00274
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 22, 2025. Search NID ID WA00274 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.
Other dams at Cle Elum Lake
- Cle Elum Main Dike
- Cle Elum Dike 3
- Cle Elum Dike 1
- Cle Elum Dike 2