Norman Dam
Dam in Cleveland County, Oklahoma · Little River · forms Lake Thunderbird
Height
144 ft
44 m (NID height)
Length
7,260 ft
2,213 m
Completed
1964
Lake Thunderbird today
1,036.88 ft
7 days ▼ 0.12 ft
vs full pool
▼ 2.12 ft
Normal storage
119,600 acre-ft
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Recreation; Water Supply
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 144 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 367,467 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 6,070 acres
- Drainage area
- 257 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 71 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Tulsa District
- Also known as
- Lake Thunderbird
- NID ID
- OK02504
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 22, 2025. Search NID ID OK02504 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.