Dry Canyon Reservoir is a small reservoir formed by an embankment dam on Dry Canyon Creek in the foothills of the Sierra Pelona Mountains of northern Los Angeles County, California, just north of the city of Santa Clarita.

[1][2] Following damages incurred by the dam itself during the 1952 Kern County earthquake and growing concerns over its structural integrity, the reservoir was drained in 1966.

Since the early 1970s, efforts had been made to refill the reservoir but these plans have since been abandoned due to high costs.

In the decades that followed, the suburban communities of Santa Clarita had grown northward to fill the narrow valley just downstream.

The course of Dry Canyon Creek south of the reservoir was then funneled down a concrete wash to prevent flooding of the surrounding communities.