Clearwater Dam
Dam in Wayne County, Missouri · Black · forms Clearwater Lake
Height
155 ft
47 m (NID height)
Length
4,225 ft
1,288 m
Completed
1942
Clearwater Lake today
494.51 ft
7 days ▲ 0.04 ft
vs full pool
▲ 0.51 ft
Normal storage
22,000 acre-ft
Normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 1:30 PM CDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 155 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Little Rock District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 413,000 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 1,630 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 109 ft
- Drainage area
- 898 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 385 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Little Rock District
- Also known as
- Clearwater Lake
- NID ID
- MO30203
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 22, 2026. Search NID ID MO30203 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.