Reservoir · West Virginia · United States · USACE CWMS
Burnsville Lake
46.1% full
Capacity
39.11 hm³
Volume stored
18 hm³
Vs month average
99% of normal
Coordinates
38.843°N, 80.620°W
Last updated
2026-10-29
Current fill
46.1%vs 7 days ago
0.0 ppstable
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
99%of normal
46.1% full on 2026-10-29, against an average of 46.4% for October across 2 years of readings (-0.3 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 27 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
Burnsville 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. Design capacity is unavailable for this site, so fill % is estimated against the 5-year maximum storage and may overstate fullness. Last reading: 2026-10-29.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 38.843°N, 80.620°W · Open in Google Maps
About Burnsville Lake
As of October 29, 2026, Burnsville Lake is filled to 46.1% of its total capacity, holding 18.05 hm³ of water out of a maximum 39.11 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 (+0.0 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Burnsville Lake — 100 data points between October 30, 2021 and October 29, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 14.0% (December 2, 2021) to a high of 100.0% (September 24, 2026).
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 38.843°N, 80.620°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 46.1% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 18.05 hm³
- Total capacity
- 39.11 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 38.843°N, 80.620°W
- Last updated
- October 29, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2026 | 46.1% | 18.05 |
| 28 Oct 2026 | 46.2% | 18.08 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 46.3% | 18.09 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 46.3% | 18.09 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 46.2% | 18.07 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 46.1% | 18.03 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 45.9% | 17.96 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 46.1% | 18.03 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 46.3% | 18.09 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 46.2% | 18.06 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 45.8% | 17.9 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 46.1% | 18.05 |