Los Banos Creek Detention Dam
Dam in Merced County, California · Los Banos Creek · forms Los Banos Reservoir
Height
167 ft
51 m (NID height)
Length
1,370 ft
418 m
Completed
1965
Los Banos Reservoir today
296.00 ft
7 days 0.00 ft
vs full pool
▼ 31.77 ft
Normal storage
34,500 acre-ft
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM PDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 167 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 51,920 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 782 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 150 ft
- Drainage area
- 157 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 20 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- San Francisco District
- Also known as
- Los Banos Reservoir
- NID ID
- CA10167
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 22, 2025. Search NID ID CA10167 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.