Lake Sweetwater Dam
Dam in Nolan County, Texas · Bitter & Cottonwood Creeks · forms Lake Sweetwater
Height
58 ft
18 m (NID height)
Length
3,030 ft
924 m
Completed
1930
Lake Sweetwater today
2,090.27 ft
7 days ▼ 0.09 ft
Normal storage
10,975 acre-ft
Much below normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 1:45 PM CDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Water Supply; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Owner
- CITY OF SWEETWATER (Local Government)
- Maximum storage
- 19,340 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 588 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 58 ft
- Drainage area
- 104 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 608 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Fort Worth District
- NID ID
- TX02735
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID TX02735 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.