Union City Dam
Dam in Erie County, Pennsylvania · French Creek · forms Union City Lake
Height
88 ft
27 m (NID height)
Length
1,420 ft
433 m
Completed
1971
Union City Lake today
1,220.79 ft
7 days ▲ 2.84 ft
vs full pool
▲ 11.09 ft
Below normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Other; Fish and Wildlife Pond; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 88 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Pittsburgh District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 94,000 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 1 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 83 ft
- Drainage area
- 222 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 268 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Pittsburgh District
- Also known as
- Union City Lake
- NID ID
- PA00103
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Sep 16, 2026. Search NID ID PA00103 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.
Other dams at Union City Lake
- Union City Reservoir