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Center Hill Dam

77.6% full

Capacity

1,640.53 hm³

Volume stored

1273 hm³

Vs month average

99% of normal

Coordinates

36.096°N, 85.821°W

Last updated

2026-10-29

Current fill

77.6%
Normal

vs 7 days ago

-0.5 pp

losing

vs 1 year ago

N/A

7-day trend

→

stable

Drought context

Storage vs October average

99%of normal

77.6% full on 2026-10-29, against an average of 78.6% for October across 2 years of readings (-1.0 points).

Drought Monitor at this site · 27 October 2026

D2severe drought

The ground at Center Hill Dam's coordinates falls inside the D2 area of the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map. That describes local conditions — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not the reservoir's storage. Tennessee 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. 36.096°N, 85.821°W · Open in Google Maps

About Center Hill Dam

As of October 29, 2026, Center Hill Dam is filled to 77.6% of its total capacity, holding 1,273 hm³ of water out of a maximum 1,641 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 (-0.5 pp).

Across the readings we hold for Center Hill Dam — 322 data points between October 30, 2021 and October 29, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 74.0% (December 6, 2021) to a high of 104.8% (March 5, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around December.

It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 36.096°N, 85.821°W.

Key facts

Current fill level
77.6% of total capacity
Water stored
1,273 hm³
Total capacity
1,641 hm³
7-day change
▼ 0.5 pp
Primary use
Multipurpose
Operator
USACE
Coordinates
36.096°N, 85.821°W
Last updated
October 29, 2026

Recent readings

DateFill levelVolume (hm³)
29 Oct 202677.6%1,273
28 Oct 202677.7%1,275
27 Oct 202677.8%1,276
26 Oct 202677.8%1,277
25 Oct 202677.9%1,278
24 Oct 202678.0%1,279
23 Oct 202678.1%1,280
22 Oct 202678.1%1,282
21 Oct 202678.2%1,283
20 Oct 202678.3%1,284
19 Oct 202678.4%1,286
18 Oct 202678.5%1,287

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