Conestoga Dam
Dam in Lancaster County, Nebraska · Holmes Creek · forms Conestoga Lake
Height
65 ft
20 m (NID height)
Length
3,000 ft
914 m
Completed
1964
Conestoga Lake today
1,233.05 ft
7 days ▼ 0.10 ft
Normal storage
2,700 acre-ft
Much above normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Fish and Wildlife Pond; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 65 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Omaha District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 15,000 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 230 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 63 ft
- Drainage area
- 15 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 750 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Omaha District
- Also known as
- Conestoga Lake
- NID ID
- NE01055
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID NE01055 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.