Denison Dam
Dam in Bryan County, Texas · Red River · forms Lake Texoma
Height
165 ft
50 m (NID height)
Length
17,200 ft
5,243 m
Completed
1944
Lake Texoma today
616.44 ft
7 days ▲ 1.51 ft
vs full pool
▼ 1.44 ft
Normal storage
2,580,386 acre-ft
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 9:00 AM CDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Other; Hydroelectric; Water Supply
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 165 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Tulsa District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 5,194,163 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 86,910 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 161 ft
- Drainage area
- 39,719 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 2,000 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Tulsa District
- Also known as
- Lake Texoma
- NID ID
- OK10317
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Apr 27, 2026. Search NID ID OK10317 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.