Lemon Dam is an earthen dam, and is a project of the United States Bureau of Reclamation.

[2] The dam impounds the Florida River for flood control and irrigation water storage, operated by the local Florida Water Conservancy District.

120 kW of hydroelectric power is generated here.

Lemon Reservoir is about three miles (4.8 km) long, one-half mile (0.8 km) wide, has a total surface area of 622 acres (252 ha) and a total capacity of 40,145 acre-feet (49,518,000 cubic meters).

[3] Lemon Dam has a humid continental climate(Köppen Dfb).