Pipestem Dam
Dam in Stutsman County, North Dakota · Pipestem Creek · forms Pipestem Reservoir
Height
110 ft
34 m (NID height)
Length
4,000 ft
1,219 m
Completed
1974
Pipestem Reservoir today
1,442.94 ft
7 days ▼ 0.50 ft
vs full pool
▲ 0.44 ft
Normal storage
9,870 acre-ft
Normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 2:00 PM CDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 110 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Omaha District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 181,650 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 855 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 99 ft
- Drainage area
- 594 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 1,500 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Omaha District
- Also known as
- Pipestem Lake
- NID ID
- ND00146
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Aug 3, 2026. Search NID ID ND00146 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.