Lovewell Dam
Dam in Jewell County, Kansas · White Rock Creek · forms Lovewell Reservoir
Height
93 ft
28 m (NID height)
Length
8,500 ft
2,591 m
Completed
1957
Lovewell Reservoir today
1,580.47 ft
7 days ▼ 0.09 ft
vs full pool
▼ 2.13 ft
Normal storage
41,690 acre-ft
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
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 93 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 180,276 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 7,635 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 75 ft
- Drainage area
- 345 sq mi
- Spillway
- Controlled, 50 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Omaha District
- Also known as
- Lovewell Reservoir
- NID ID
- KS00023
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 22, 2025. Search NID ID KS00023 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.