Terminus Dam
Dam in Tulare County, California · Kaweah River · forms Lake Kaweah
Height
255 ft
78 m (NID height)
Length
2,375 ft
724 m
Completed
1962
Lake Kaweah today
598.99 ft
7 days ▲ 0.32 ft
vs full pool
▼ 41.89 ft
Normal storage
113,431 acre-ft
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 8:00 AM PDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Irrigation; Recreation; Hydroelectric
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 255 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Sacramento District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 235,205 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 1,945 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 245 ft
- Drainage area
- 560 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 307 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Sacramento District
- Also known as
- Lake Kaweah
- NID ID
- CA10114
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Feb 6, 2026. Search NID ID CA10114 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.