Prosser Creek Dam
Dam in Nevada County, California · Prosser Creek · forms Prosser Creek Reservoir near Truckee Canal
Height
166 ft
51 m (NID height)
Length
1,830 ft
558 m
Completed
1962
Prosser Creek Reservoir near Truckee Canal today
5,710.03 ft
7 days ▼ 2.28 ft
Normal storage
29,840 acre-ft
Much above normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 8:00 AM PDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Water Supply
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 166 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 41,220 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 980 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 119 ft
- Drainage area
- 50 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 15 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- San Francisco District
- Also known as
- Prosser Creek Reservoir
- NID ID
- CA10179
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 22, 2025. Search NID ID CA10179 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.