Dale Hollow Dam
Dam in Clay County, Tennessee · Obey River · forms Dale Hollow Lake
Height
200 ft
61 m (NID height)
Length
1,717 ft
523 m
Completed
1943
Dale Hollow Lake today
631.04 ft
7 days ▼ 8.09 ft
Normal storage
857,000 acre-ft
Much below 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
- Gravity
- Structural height
- 200 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Nashville District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 1,706,000 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 27,700 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 157 ft
- Drainage area
- 935 sq mi
- Spillway
- Controlled, 360 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Nashville District
- Also known as
- Dale Hollow Lake
- NID ID
- TN02702
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 20, 2026. Search NID ID TN02702 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.