Falls Lake Dam
Dam in Wake County, North Carolina · Neuse River · forms Falls Lake
Height
92 ft
28 m (NID height)
Length
1,915 ft
584 m
Completed
1981
Falls Lake today
245.92 ft
7 days ▼ 0.31 ft
vs full pool
▼ 5.58 ft
Normal storage
114,740 acre-ft
Much below normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Other; Fish and Wildlife Pond; Recreation; Water Supply
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 92 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Wilmington District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 1,020,980 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 11,310 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 88 ft
- Drainage area
- 770 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 100 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Wilmington District
- Also known as
- Falls Lake
- NID ID
- NC01713
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 20, 2026. Search NID ID NC01713 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.
Other dams at Falls Lake
- Bedford At Falls River Dam #1
- Bedford At Falls River Dam #2