Glendo Dam
Dam in Platte County, Wyoming · North Platte River · forms Glendo Reservoir
Height
196 ft
60 m (NID height)
Length
2,096 ft
639 m
Completed
1958
Glendo Reservoir today
4,597.20 ft
7 days ▲ 1.00 ft
vs full pool
▼ 37.80 ft
Normal storage
454,337 acre-ft
Normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 6:00 AM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Irrigation; Fish and Wildlife Pond; Recreation; Hydroelectric
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 196 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 1,118,653 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 23,320 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 145 ft
- Drainage area
- 15,545 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 45 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Omaha District
- Also known as
- Glendo Reservoir
- NID ID
- WY01291
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID WY01291 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.
Other dams at Glendo Reservoir
- Glendo Dike 3
- Glendo Dike 2
- Glendo Dike 1