Red Willow Dam
Dam in Frontier County, Nebraska · Red Willow Creek · forms Hugh Butler Lake
Height
126 ft
38 m (NID height)
Length
3,159 ft
963 m
Completed
1962
Hugh Butler Lake today
2,564.67 ft
7 days ▼ 0.06 ft
vs full pool
▼ 17.13 ft
Normal storage
37,776 acre-ft
Normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 7:00 AM CDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Irrigation; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 126 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 161,899 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 4,060 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 94 ft
- Drainage area
- 730 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 99 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Omaha District
- Also known as
- Hugh Butler Lake
- NID ID
- NE01076
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID NE01076 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.