Standing Bear Dam
Dam in Douglas County, Nebraska · TR Papillion Creek · forms Standing Bear Lake
Height
70 ft
21 m (NID height)
Length
1,480 ft
451 m
Completed
1973
Standing Bear Lake today
1,104.31 ft
7 days ▼ 0.89 ft
vs full pool
▲ 0.31 ft
Normal storage
1,500 acre-ft
Above normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 2:00 PM CDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Fish and Wildlife Pond; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 70 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Omaha District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 7,300 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 135 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 67 ft
- Drainage area
- 6 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 250 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Omaha District
- Also known as
- Standing Bear Lake
- NID ID
- NE01065
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID NE01065 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.
Other dams at Standing Bear Lake
- Standing Bear Dam - Flower Hill Cemetery Protective Levee