Sardis Dam
Dam in Panola County, Mississippi · Little Tallahatchie River · forms Sardis Lake
Height
117 ft
36 m (NID height)
Length
15,300 ft
4,663 m
Completed
1940
Sardis Lake today
247.81 ft
7 days ▼ 1.53 ft
vs full pool
▲ 11.81 ft
Normal storage
108,000 acre-ft
Normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 10:00 AM CDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 117 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Vicksburg District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 3,016,000 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 10,700 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 107 ft
- Drainage area
- 1,545 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 400 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Vicksburg District
- Also known as
- Sardis Lake
- NID ID
- MS01493
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 13, 2026. Search NID ID MS01493 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.