Glen Elder Dam
Dam in Mitchell County, Kansas · Soloman River · forms Waconda Lake
Height
142 ft
43 m (NID height)
Length
15,275 ft
4,656 m
Completed
1969
Waconda Lake today
1,456.87 ft
7 days ▼ 0.09 ft
vs full pool
▲ 1.27 ft
Normal storage
241,460 acre-ft
Much above normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 7:00 AM CDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Irrigation; Recreation; Water Supply
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 142 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 1,107,489 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 13,500 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 108 ft
- Drainage area
- 5,077 sq mi
- Spillway
- Controlled, 600 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Kansas City District
- Also known as
- Waconda Lake
- NID ID
- KS00021
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 22, 2025. Search NID ID KS00021 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.