Tom Jenkins Dam
Dam in Athens County, Ohio · East Br of Sunday Ck · forms Burr Oak Lake
Height
84 ft
26 m (NID height)
Length
944 ft
288 m
Completed
1950
Burr Oak Lake today
721.71 ft
7 days ▲ 0.02 ft
vs full pool
▲ 11.71 ft
Normal storage
9,300 acre-ft
Much above normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Recreation; Water Supply
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 84 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Huntington District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 26,900 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 664 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 60 ft
- Drainage area
- 33 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 80 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Huntington District
- Also known as
- Burr Oak Lake
- NID ID
- OH00018
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 22, 2026. Search NID ID OH00018 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.