Reservoir · Kentucky · United States · USACE CWMS
Carr Creek Lake
97.5% full
Capacity
27.9 hm³
Volume stored
27 hm³
Vs month average
103% of normal
Coordinates
37.230°N, 83.033°W
Last updated
2026-10-15
Current fill
97.5%vs 7 days ago
+0.2%gaining
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
103%of normal
97.5% full on 2026-10-15, against an average of 94.7% for October across 3 years of readings (+2.8 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 13 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
Carr Creek 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. Kentucky 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: 2026-10-15.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 37.230, -83.033 · Open in Google Maps
About Carr Creek Lake
As of October 15, 2026, Carr Creek Lake is filled to 97.5% of its total capacity, holding roughly 27 hm³ of water out of a maximum 28 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.2 pts).
Across the readings we hold for Carr Creek Lake — 330 data points between October 16, 2021 and October 15, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 67.6% (February 16, 2022) to a high of 103.3% (May 7, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around December.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Kentucky basin at 37.230°N, 83.033°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 97.5%
- Water stored
- 27 hm³
- Total capacity
- 28 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.2 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Kentucky
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 37.230°N, 83.033°W
- Last updated
- October 15, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | 97.5% | 27 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 97.4% | 27 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 98.0% | 27 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 98.5% | 27 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 97.8% | 27 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 97.4% | 27 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 97.3% | 27 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 97.3% | 27 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 97.3% | 27 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 97.4% | 27 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 97.6% | 27 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 98.0% | 27 |