Reservoir · Tennessee · United States · USACE CWMS
Center Hill Dam
81.3% full
Capacity
1,640.53 hm³
Volume stored
1334 hm³
Coordinates
36.096°N, 85.821°W
Last updated
2026-09-14
Current fill
81.3%vs 7 days ago
-0.7%losing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
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: 2026-09-14.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Center Hill Dam
As of September 14, 2026, Center Hill Dam is filled to 81.3% of its total capacity, holding roughly 1,334 hm³ of water out of a maximum 1,641 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.7 pts).
Across the readings we hold for Center Hill Dam — 328 data points between September 15, 2021 and September 14, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 74.0% (December 6, 2021) to a high of 105.0% (February 25, 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 lies within the Tennessee basin at 36.096°N, 85.821°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 81.3%
- Water stored
- 1,334 hm³
- Total capacity
- 1,641 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.7 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Tennessee
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 36.096°N, 85.821°W
- Last updated
- September 14, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Sep 2026 | 81.3% | 1,334 |
| 13 Sep 2026 | 81.3% | 1,334 |
| 12 Sep 2026 | 81.3% | 1,334 |
| 11 Sep 2026 | 81.4% | 1,335 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 81.5% | 1,337 |
| 9 Sep 2026 | 81.6% | 1,339 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 81.9% | 1,343 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 82.0% | 1,345 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 82.0% | 1,345 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 82.0% | 1,346 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 82.4% | 1,352 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 82.6% | 1,355 |