Reservoir · Kentucky · United States · USACE CWMS
Carr Creek Lake
89.1% full
Capacity
27.9 hm³
Volume stored
25 hm³
Vs month average
94% of normal
Coordinates
37.230°N, 83.033°W
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
89.1%vs 7 days ago
-5.0 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
94%of normal
89.1% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 94.9% for October across 2 years of readings (-5.8 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 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: 2026-10-28.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 37.230°N, 83.033°W · Open in Google Maps
About Carr Creek Lake
As of October 28, 2026, Carr Creek Lake is filled to 89.1% of its total capacity, holding 24.85 hm³ of water out of a maximum 27.9 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 5.0 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Carr Creek Lake — 330 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 28, 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 is at 37.230°N, 83.033°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 89.1% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 24.85 hm³
- Total capacity
- 27.9 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 5.0 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 37.230°N, 83.033°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 89.1% | 24.85 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 89.4% | 24.95 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 90.2% | 25.17 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 91.0% | 25.39 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 91.8% | 25.61 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 92.5% | 25.82 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 93.3% | 26.03 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 94.1% | 26.25 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 94.8% | 26.46 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 95.6% | 26.66 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 96.2% | 26.85 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 96.8% | 27.02 |