Glenn Cunningham Dam
Dam in Douglas County, Nebraska · TR of Papillion Creek · forms Glenn Cunningham Lake
Height
67 ft
20 m (NID height)
Length
1,930 ft
588 m
Completed
1975
Glenn Cunningham Lake today
1,121.32 ft
7 days ▼ 1.34 ft
vs full pool
▲ 0.32 ft
Normal storage
3,910 acre-ft
Above normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Fish and Wildlife Pond; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 67 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Omaha District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 14,000 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 392 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 56 ft
- Drainage area
- 18 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 700 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Omaha District
- Also known as
- Glenn Cunningham Lake
- NID ID
- NE01518
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID NE01518 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.
Other dams at Glenn Cunningham Lake
- Glenn Cunningham Dam - Williams Brothers Pipeline Levee