Glen Elder Cawker City Dike
Dam in Mitchell County, Kansas · forms Cawker City Dike Reservoir
Height
142 ft
43 m (NID height)
Length
15,100 ft
4,602 m
Completed
1969
Cawker City Dike Reservoir today
1,447.44 ft
7 days ▲ 0.04 ft
Normal storage
241,460 acre-ft
Reservoir level measured Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM CDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 142 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 1,128,740 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 13,500 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 115 ft
- Drainage area
- 2,520 sq mi
- Spillway
- None
- Army Corps district
- Kansas City District
- Also known as
- Waconda Lake
- NID ID
- KS00021S001
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 22, 2025. Search NID ID KS00021S001 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.