Yankee Hill Dam
Dam in Lancaster County, Nebraska · Cardwell Branch Salt Creek · forms Yankee Hill Lake
Height
60 ft
18 m (NID height)
Length
3,100 ft
945 m
Completed
1965
Yankee Hill Lake today
1,245.27 ft
7 days 0.00 ft
vs full pool
▲ 0.37 ft
Normal storage
2,000 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
- 60 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Omaha District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 10,300 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 284 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 58 ft
- Drainage area
- 8 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 400 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Omaha District
- Also known as
- Yankee Hill Lake
- NID ID
- NE01058
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID NE01058 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.