Medicine Creek Dam
Dam in Frontier County, Nebraska · Medicine Creek · forms Harry Strunk Lake
Height
165 ft
50 m (NID height)
Length
5,665 ft
1,727 m
Completed
1949
Harry Strunk Lake today
2,354.62 ft
7 days ▲ 0.26 ft
vs full pool
▼ 11.48 ft
Normal storage
35,705 acre-ft
Normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 7:00 AM CDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Irrigation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 165 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 193,020 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 5,793 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 86 ft
- Drainage area
- 880 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 213 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Omaha District
- Also known as
- Harry Strunk Lake
- NID ID
- NE01073
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID NE01073 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.