Tuttle Creek Dam
Dam in Pottawatomie County, Kansas · Big Blue River · forms Tuttle C Lake
Height
157 ft
48 m (NID height)
Length
7,500 ft
2,286 m
Completed
1960
Tuttle C Lake today
1,080.85 ft
7 days ▼ 7.91 ft
vs full pool
▲ 5.85 ft
Normal storage
335,100 acre-ft
Above normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 10:00 AM CDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Other; Navigation; Fish and Wildlife Pond; Recreation
- Dam type
- Rockfill
- Structural height
- 157 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Kansas City District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 2,257,000 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 13,350 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 157 ft
- Drainage area
- 9,628 sq mi
- Spillway
- Controlled, 839 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Kansas City District
- Also known as
- Tuttle Creek Lake
- NID ID
- KS00012
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Jul 27, 2026. Search NID ID KS00012 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.