Deer Creek Dam
Dam in Pickaway County, Ohio · Deer Creek · forms Deer Creek Lake
Height
93 ft
28 m (NID height)
Length
3,880 ft
1,183 m
Completed
1968
Deer Creek Lake today
806.34 ft
7 days ▼ 1.59 ft
Normal storage
21,030 acre-ft
Below normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Fish and Wildlife Pond; Recreation
- Dam type
- Gravity
- Structural height
- 93 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Huntington District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 102,540 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 1,277 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 81 ft
- Drainage area
- 277 sq mi
- Spillway
- Controlled, 126 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Huntington District
- Also known as
- Deer Creek Lake
- NID ID
- OH00008
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Sep 30, 2026. Search NID ID OH00008 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.