Minatare Dam
Dam in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska · Supply Canal · forms Lake Minatare
Height
114 ft
35 m (NID height)
Length
3,760 ft
1,146 m
Completed
1915
Lake Minatare today
4,097.57 ft
7 days ▼ 0.02 ft
Normal storage
58,795 acre-ft
Reservoir level measured Oct 21, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Irrigation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 114 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 62,190 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 2,195 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 48 ft
- Drainage area
- 11 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 100 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Omaha District
- Also known as
- Lake Minatare
- NID ID
- NE01075
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID NE01075 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.