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Beech Fork Lake

86.3% full

Capacity

11.32 hm³

Volume stored

10 hm³

Coordinates

38.304°N, 82.416°W

Last updated

2026-10-09

Current fill

86.3%
High

vs 7 days ago

-2.0%

losing

vs 1 year ago

N/A

7-day trend

↓

falling

Data source: USACE CWMS — US Army Corps of Engineers — daily reservoir storage volume. Capacity is the design (normal full-pool) capacity from the US National Inventory of Dams (NID); fill % = current volume ÷ design capacity. Last reading: 2026-10-09.

Catchment Weather

Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo

Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 38.304, -82.416 · Open in Google Maps

About Beech Fork Lake

As of October 9, 2026, Beech Fork Lake is filled to 86.3% of its total capacity, holding roughly 10 hm³ of water out of a maximum 11 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.

Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 2.0 percentage points.

Across the readings we hold for Beech Fork Lake — 100 data points between October 10, 2021 and October 9, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 48.9% (December 1, 2021) to a high of 99.2% (September 24, 2026).

It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the West Virginia basin at 38.304°N, 82.416°W.

Key facts

Current fill level
86.3%
Water stored
10 hm³
Total capacity
11 hm³
7-day change
▼ 2.0 pts
Primary use
Multipurpose
River basin
West Virginia
Operator
USACE
Coordinates
38.304°N, 82.416°W
Last updated
October 9, 2026

Recent readings

DateFill levelVolume (hm³)
9 Oct 202686.3%10
8 Oct 202686.4%10
7 Oct 202683.1%9
6 Oct 202686.9%10
5 Oct 202687.3%10
4 Oct 202687.6%10
3 Oct 202688.0%10
2 Oct 202688.3%10
1 Oct 202688.5%10
30 Sep 202688.9%10
29 Sep 202689.3%10
28 Sep 202689.7%10

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