Carbon Canyon Dam
Dam in Orange County, California · Carbon Canyon Creek · forms Carbon Canyon Reservoir
Height
99 ft
30 m (NID height)
Length
2,610 ft
796 m
Completed
1961
Carbon Canyon Reservoir today
401.80 ft
7 days –
Reservoir level measured Oct 19, 2026, 7:30 AM PDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Owner
- USACE - Los Angeles District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 12,063 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 1 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 92 ft
- Drainage area
- 19 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 125 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Los Angeles District
- Also known as
- Carbon Canyon Reservoir
- NID ID
- CA10017
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 2, 2026. Search NID ID CA10017 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.