Reservoir · Kentucky · United States · USACE CWMS
Cave Run Lake
62.7% full
Capacity
436.25 hm³
Volume stored
273 hm³
Vs month average
101% of normal
Coordinates
38.118°N, 83.532°W
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
62.7%vs 7 days ago
-0.3 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
101%of normal
62.7% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 61.8% for October across 2 years of readings (+0.9 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
Cave Run 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. Design capacity is unavailable for this site, so fill % is estimated against the 5-year maximum storage and may overstate fullness. Last reading: 2026-10-28.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 38.118°N, 83.532°W · Open in Google Maps
About Cave Run Lake
As of October 28, 2026, Cave Run Lake is filled to 62.7% of its total capacity, holding 273.44 hm³ of water out of a maximum 436.25 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 (-0.3 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Cave Run Lake — 330 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 50.3% (December 3, 2021) to a high of 100.0% (March 10, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around March and at its lowest around December.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 38.118°N, 83.532°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 62.7% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 273.44 hm³
- Total capacity
- 436.25 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.3 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 38.118°N, 83.532°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 62.7% | 273.44 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 62.7% | 273.44 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 62.7% | 273.64 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 62.8% | 273.84 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 62.8% | 274.04 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 62.9% | 274.25 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 62.9% | 274.36 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 63.0% | 274.65 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 63.0% | 274.76 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 63.0% | 274.86 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 63.0% | 274.77 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 62.9% | 274.58 |