Reservoir · West Virginia · United States · USACE CWMS
Beech Fork Lake
94.9% full
Capacity
11.32 hm³
Volume stored
11 hm³
Vs month average
103% of normal
Coordinates
38.304°N, 82.416°W
Last updated
2026-10-29
Current fill
94.9%vs 7 days ago
-0.9 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
103%of normal
94.9% full on 2026-10-29, against an average of 91.8% for October across 2 years of readings (+3.1 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 27 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
Beech Fork Lake's coordinates fall outside every category on the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map. That describes local conditions — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not the reservoir's storage. West Virginia drought figures →
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: 2026-10-29.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 38.304°N, 82.416°W · Open in Google Maps
About Beech Fork Lake
As of October 29, 2026, Beech Fork Lake is filled to 94.9% of its total capacity, holding 10.74 hm³ of water out of a maximum 11.32 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.9 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Beech Fork Lake — 100 data points between October 30, 2021 and October 29, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 45.9% (December 4, 2021) to a high of 99.2% (September 24, 2026).
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 38.304°N, 82.416°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 94.9% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 10.74 hm³
- Total capacity
- 11.32 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.9 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 38.304°N, 82.416°W
- Last updated
- October 29, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2026 | 94.9% | 10.74 |
| 28 Oct 2026 | 95.0% | 10.75 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 95.1% | 10.76 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 95.1% | 10.77 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 95.3% | 10.79 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 95.5% | 10.81 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 95.6% | 10.82 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 95.8% | 10.84 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 95.8% | 10.84 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 95.8% | 10.85 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 95.8% | 10.84 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 95.6% | 10.82 |