Red Rock Dam
Dam in Marion County, Iowa · Des Moines · forms Lake Red Rock Pool
Height
142 ft
43 m (NID height)
Length
6,260 ft
1,908 m
Completed
1969
Lake Red Rock Pool today
746.38 ft
7 days ▼ 3.39 ft
vs full pool
▲ 4.38 ft
Normal storage
189,000 acre-ft
Above normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Recreation
- Dam type
- Gravity
- Structural height
- 110 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Rock Island District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 1,624,970 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 15,250 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 104 ft
- Drainage area
- 12,323 sq mi
- Spillway
- None
- Army Corps district
- Rock Island District
- Also known as
- Lake Red Rock
- NID ID
- IA00013
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 16, 2026. Search NID ID IA00013 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.