Reservoir · Kentucky · United States · USACE CWMS
Barren River Lake Dam
56.8% full
Capacity
447.71 hm³
Volume stored
254 hm³
Vs month average
89% of normal
Coordinates
36.897°N, 86.125°W
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
56.8%vs 7 days ago
-7.5 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
89%of normal
56.8% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 63.8% for October across 2 years of readings (-7.0 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D1moderate drought
The ground at Barren River Lake Dam's coordinates falls inside the D1 area of the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map. That describes local conditions — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not the reservoir's storage. Kentucky drought figures →
Data source: USACE CWMS — US Army Corps of Engineers — daily reservoir storage volume. Design capacity is unavailable for this site, so fill % is estimated against the 5-year maximum storage and may overstate fullness. Last reading: 2026-10-28.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 36.897°N, 86.125°W · Open in Google Maps
About Barren River Lake Dam
As of October 28, 2026, Barren River Lake Dam is filled to 56.8% of its total capacity, holding 254.28 hm³ of water out of a maximum 447.71 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 7.5 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Barren River Lake Dam — 330 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 22.3% (December 3, 2021) to a high of 100.0% (February 28, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around March and at its lowest around December.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 36.897°N, 86.125°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 56.8% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 254.28 hm³
- Total capacity
- 447.71 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 7.5 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 36.897°N, 86.125°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 56.8% | 254.28 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 57.6% | 257.74 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 59.2% | 265.25 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 60.6% | 271.46 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 61.8% | 276.79 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 63.0% | 282.12 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 63.8% | 285.67 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 64.3% | 287.89 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 64.6% | 289.23 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 64.7% | 289.67 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 64.8% | 290.23 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 64.9% | 290.78 |