Okatibbee Dam
Dam in Lauderdale County, Mississippi · Okatibbee Creek · forms Okatibbee Lake
Height
72 ft
22 m (NID height)
Length
6,620 ft
2,018 m
Completed
1968
Okatibbee Lake today
340.74 ft
7 days ▼ 0.29 ft
vs full pool
▼ 2.48 ft
Normal storage
46,538 acre-ft
Normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Recreation; Water Supply
- Dam type
- Gravity
- Structural height
- 72 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Mobile District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 59,481 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 3,800 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 67 ft
- Drainage area
- 153 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 1,500 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Mobile District
- Also known as
- Okatibbee Lake
- NID ID
- MS01491
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID MS01491 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.