Reservoir · West Virginia · United States · USACE CWMS
Bluestone Lake
62.6% full
Capacity
47.3 hm³
Volume stored
30 hm³
Vs month average
97% of normal
Coordinates
37.640°N, 80.885°W
Last updated
2026-10-29
Current fill
62.6%vs 7 days ago
-0.6 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
97%of normal
62.6% full on 2026-10-29, against an average of 64.8% for October across 2 years of readings (-2.2 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 27 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
Bluestone 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. 37.640°N, 80.885°W · Open in Google Maps
About Bluestone Lake
As of October 29, 2026, Bluestone Lake is filled to 62.6% of its total capacity, holding 29.63 hm³ of water out of a maximum 47.3 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.6 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Bluestone Lake — 98 data points between October 30, 2021 and October 29, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 44.9% (December 14, 2021) to a high of 103.8% (October 14, 2026).
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 37.640°N, 80.885°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 62.6% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 29.63 hm³
- Total capacity
- 47.3 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.6 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 37.640°N, 80.885°W
- Last updated
- October 29, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2026 | 62.6% | 29.63 |
| 28 Oct 2026 | 63.1% | 29.85 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 63.5% | 30.04 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 63.2% | 29.9 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 63.1% | 29.85 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 62.6% | 29.61 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 62.8% | 29.71 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 63.2% | 29.9 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 62.6% | 29.63 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 63.0% | 29.79 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 63.3% | 29.92 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 63.3% | 29.92 |