Dillon Dam
Dam in Muskingum County, Ohio · Licking River · forms Dillon Lake
Height
118 ft
36 m (NID height)
Length
1,400 ft
427 m
Completed
1960
Dillon Lake today
737.61 ft
7 days ▼ 0.04 ft
vs full pool
▲ 3.91 ft
Normal storage
17,500 acre-ft
Much below normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Fish and Wildlife Pond; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 118 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Huntington District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 274,000 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 1,560 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 90 ft
- Drainage area
- 742 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 292 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Huntington District
- Also known as
- Dillon Lake
- NID ID
- OH00007
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 9, 2026. Search NID ID OH00007 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.