| Red Willow Dam | |
| Location Map: | Nebraska#USA |
| Coordinates: | 40.3586°N -100.6673°W |
| Country: | United States |
| Location: | Frontier County, Nebraska |
| Status: | Operationa |
| Construction Began: | 1960 |
| Opening: | 1962 |
| Designed By: | United States Bureau of Reclamation |
| Dam Height: | 126feet |
| Res Name: | Hugh Butler Lake |
| Res Capacity Total: | 86630acre feet |
| Res Surface: | 1629acres |
| Res Elevation: | 765m (2,510feet) |
Red Willow Dam (National ID # NE01076) is a dam in Frontier County, Nebraska, about ten miles northwest of McCook.
The earthen dam was constructed from 1960 to 1962 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation, with a height of .[1] It impounds Willow Creek for flood control, part of the Frenchman-Cambridge Division of the Bureau's extensive Pick–Sloan Missouri Basin Program. The dam is owned and operated by the Bureau.
The reservoir it creates, Hugh Butler Lake, has a water surface of, of land, about of shoreline, and a maximum water capacity of .[2] Recreation includes fishing (for walleye, crappie, white bass, channel catfish, and wipers, etc.), hunting, boating, camping and hiking.[3] The shore borders Nebraska's Red Willow Reservoir State Recreation Area.