Lake Claiborne
Dam in Claiborne County, Louisiana · Bayou Darbonne · forms Lake Claiborne
Height
82 ft
25 m (NID height)
Length
5,500 ft
1,676 m
Completed
1966
Lake Claiborne today
183.06 ft
7 days ▼ 0.36 ft
Normal storage
99,500 acre-ft
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 10:00 AM CDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 82 ft
- Owner
- Claiborne Parish Watershed District Commission (Local Government)
- Maximum storage
- 200,000 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 6,300 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 67 ft
- Drainage area
- 133 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 194 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Vicksburg District
- NID ID
- LA00011
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID LA00011 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.