Pawnee Dam
Dam in Lancaster County, Nebraska · North Branch Middle Creek · forms Pawnee Lake
Height
71 ft
22 m (NID height)
Length
5,000 ft
1,524 m
Completed
1965
Pawnee Lake today
1,244.69 ft
7 days ▼ 0.24 ft
Normal storage
7,830 acre-ft
Much above normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 2:00 PM CDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Fish and Wildlife Pond; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 71 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Omaha District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 38,300 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 737 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 69 ft
- Drainage area
- 36 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 700 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Omaha District
- Also known as
- Pawnee Lake
- NID ID
- NE01057
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID NE01057 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.