Zorinsky Dam
Dam in Douglas County, Nebraska · Boxelder Creek · forms Lake Zorinsky
Height
90 ft
27 m (NID height)
Length
3,400 ft
1,036 m
Completed
1985
Lake Zorinsky today
1,110.72 ft
7 days ▼ 0.85 ft
vs full pool
▲ 0.72 ft
Normal storage
3,472 acre-ft
Much 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
- Rockfill
- Structural height
- 90 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Omaha District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 18,282 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 253 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 85 ft
- Drainage area
- 16 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 400 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Omaha District
- Also known as
- Lake Zorinsky
- NID ID
- NE02185
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID NE02185 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.