Emigrant Dam
Dam in Jackson County, Oregon · Emigrant Creek, Hyatt & Howard Prairie Res · forms Emigrant Lake
Height
204 ft
62 m (NID height)
Length
750 ft
229 m
Completed
1960
Emigrant Lake today
2,159.60 ft
7 days ▼ 0.25 ft
Normal storage
39,000 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
- 204 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 46,700 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 806 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 183 ft
- Drainage area
- 64 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 150 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Portland District
- Also known as
- Emigrant Lake
- NID ID
- OR00581
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 22, 2025. Search NID ID OR00581 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.
Other dams at Emigrant Lake
- Emigrant Highway Dike
- Emigrant Coaxial Dike
- Emigrant Spillway Dike