Flaming Gorge Dam
Dam in Daggett County, Utah · Green River · forms Flaming Gorge Reservoir
Height
502 ft
153 m (NID height)
Length
1,285 ft
392 m
Completed
1964
Flaming Gorge Reservoir today
6,005.45 ft
7 days ▼ 0.55 ft
Normal storage
3,788,900 acre-ft
Reservoir level measured Oct 21, 2026, 1:00 AM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Recreation; Hydroelectric; Water Supply
- Dam type
- Concrete
- Structural height
- 502 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 4,005,200 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 42,040 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 448 ft
- Drainage area
- 16 sq mi
- Spillway
- Controlled, 42 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Omaha District
- Also known as
- Flaming Gorge Reservoir
- NID ID
- UT10121
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 22, 2025. Search NID ID UT10121 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.