Box Butte Reservoir Boat Ramps
2 boat launches are mapped on Box Butte Reservoir in Dawes County, Nebraska.
1 of these launches include facility details from Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
Box Butte Reservoir facts
| Surface area | 1,263 acres |
|---|---|
| Type | Reservoir |
| Average depth | about 25 ft (normal storage ÷ surface area) |
| Shoreline length | about 7 miles |
| Surface elevation | 3,993 ft above sea level |
| Dam | Box Butte Dam, completed 1946 |
| Dam size | 87 ft high, 5,508 ft long, earth dam |
| Dam purposes | Flood Risk Reduction, Irrigation |
| Dam owner | BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal) |
| Normal storage | 31,060 acre-feet |
| Impounded stream | Niobrara River |
Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset (public domain); HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016, CC BY 4.0); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams (NID ID NE01069). Matched to this page by name and location; modelled values are approximate. See all sources.
Wildlife you might see at Box Butte Reservoir
Most-observed birds: Ring-billed Gull (9), Spotted Sandpiper (5), American White Pelican (4), Double-crested Cormorant (4), Western Grebe (2), Killdeer (2), American Avocet (2), Red-tailed Hawk (2), Cliff Swallow (2), Tree Swallow (2).
Other wildlife: Gopher Snake (5), Common Garter Snake (1), Common Snapping Turtle (1), Painted Turtle (1), Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel (1).
Numbers are research-grade observations of each species recorded in and around the water by the iNaturalist community (32 bird, mammal, reptile and amphibian species in the area). Sightings are not guaranteed.
- Box Butte Reservoir Boat Rampnear Hemingford · Box Butte Reservoir
- Box Butte SRAnear Hemingford · Box Butte Reservoir
Counties
- Dawes County (2)