Crooked Creek Dam
Dam in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania · Crooked Creek · forms Crooked Creek Lake near Ford City
Height
143 ft
44 m (NID height)
Length
1,480 ft
451 m
Completed
1940
Crooked Creek Lake near Ford City today
844.18 ft
7 days ▼ 2.14 ft
vs full pool
▲ 6.75 ft
Normal storage
4,500 acre-ft
Above normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 143 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Pittsburgh District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 132,000 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 350 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 134 ft
- Drainage area
- 277 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 390 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Pittsburgh District
- Also known as
- Crooked Creek Lake
- NID ID
- PA00102
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Sep 16, 2026. Search NID ID PA00102 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.