Largest Reservoirs in Nebraska

Nebraska has 2953 dams with recorded storage capacity. The largest is Kingsley with 1,900,600 acre-feet of maximum storage. One acre-foot equals about 326,000 gallons — enough to supply roughly two households for a year.

#	Dam	County	Max Storage (acre-ft)	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
1	Kingsley	Keith	1,900,600	162	Hydroelectric	1941
2	Harlan County Dam	Harlan	825,700	107	Flood Risk Reduction	1952
3	Trenton Dam	Hitchcock	352,018	144	Irrigation	1953
4	Medicine Creek Dam	Frontier	193,020	165	Flood Risk Reduction	1949
5	Virginia Smith Dam	Garfield	177,623	96	Irrigation	1985
6	Red Willow Dam	Frontier	161,899	126	Flood Risk Reduction	1962
7	Sherman Dam	Sherman	125,477	134	Irrigation	1962
8	Branched Oak Dam	Lancaster	122,283	80	Flood Risk Reduction	1967
9	Enders Dike	Chase	79,161	28	Flood Risk Reduction	1951
10	Merritt Dam	Cherry	78,375	126	Irrigation	1964
11	Sutherland	Lincoln	65,000	30	Hydroelectric	1935
12	Minatare Dam	Scotts Bluff	62,190	114	Irrigation	1915
13	Johnson Lake Dam	Gosper	59,000	47	Hydroelectric	1941
14	Elwood Dam	Gosper	45,950	118	Irrigation	1976
15	Box Butte Dam	Dawes	45,901	87	Flood Risk Reduction	1946
16	Davis Creek Dam	Greeley	44,918	144	Irrigation	1990
17	Pawnee Dam	Lancaster	38,300	71	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
18	Willow Creek Dam	Pierce	30,300	80	Flood Risk Reduction	1983
19	Lake Wanahoo Dam	Saunders	27,356	59	Other	2010
20	Maloney	Lincoln	19,450	44	Hydroelectric	1935
21	Zorinsky Dam	Douglas	18,282	90	Flood Risk Reduction	1985
22	Spring Creek 19-b	Dawson	17,745	60	Flood Risk Reduction	1979
23	Bluestem Dam	Lancaster	17,550	48	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
24	Wehrspann Dam	Sarpy	17,164	87	Flood Risk Reduction	1983
25	Lake Alice Dam 1	Scotts Bluff	15,287	44	Irrigation	1912
26	Lake Alice Dam 1-1/2	Scotts Bluff	15,287	33	Irrigation	1913
27	Wagon Train Dam	Lancaster	15,050	45	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
28	Conestoga Dam	Lancaster	15,000	65	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
29	Whitney Dam 1	Dawes	14,000	19	Irrigation	1922
30	Glenn Cunningham Dam - Williams Brothers Pipeline Levee	Douglas	14,000	25	Flood Risk Reduction	1974
31	Beaver Lake Dam	Cass	12,760	108	Recreation	1973
32	Twin Lakes Dam	Seward	11,750	45	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
33	Big Sandy Creek 20-6-7	Clay	11,524	45	Other	1982
34	Blackwood Creek 12-a	Hayes	11,205	71	Flood Risk Reduction	1988
35	Lower Medicine Creek 160	Frontier	10,686	73	Flood Risk Reduction	1979
36	Big Sandy Creek 35-5-2 (bruning Dam)	Fillmore	10,538	50	Flood Risk Reduction	1984
37	Yankee Hill Dam	Lancaster	10,300	60	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
38	Buffalo Creek B-1	Dawson	10,220	62	Flood Risk Reduction	1982
39	Stagecoach Dam	Lancaster	10,200	48	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
40	Papio Creek 15-a	Douglas	9,195	64	Flood Risk Reduction	2017
41	Newport Landing Dam	Douglas	8,855	87	Flood Risk Reduction	2000
42	Antelope Creek 40-b	Sheridan	8,655	32	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
43	Olive Creek Dam	Lancaster	8,590	46	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
44	Oliver Dam	Kimball	8,428	48	Irrigation	1910
45	Maple Creek Recreation Area Dam	Colfax	8,118	55	Flood Risk Reduction	2010
46	Antelope Creek Dam	Lancaster	7,455	61	Flood Risk Reduction	1962
47	Pigeon-jones Creek 15	Dakota	7,430	69	Flood Risk Reduction	2013
48	Standing Bear Dam - Flower Hill Cemetery Protective Levee	Douglas	7,300	23	Flood Risk Reduction	1973
49	Mud Lake Wetland South Dam	Cherry	7,209	28	Fish and Wildlife Pond	2000
50	Jeffrey Dam	Lincoln	6,937	90	Irrigation	1941

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