Reservoir · Tennessee · United States · USACE CWMS
Dale Hollow Dam
85.8% full
Capacity
1,593.3 hm³
Volume stored
1367 hm³
Coordinates
36.538°N, 85.451°W
Last updated
2026-09-11
Current fill
85.8%vs 7 days ago
-0.8%losing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
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: 2026-09-11.
Catchment Weather
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About Dale Hollow Dam
As of September 11, 2026, Dale Hollow Dam is filled to 85.8% of its total capacity, holding roughly 1,367 hm³ of water out of a maximum 1,593 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.8 pts).
Across the readings we hold for Dale Hollow Dam — 328 data points between September 12, 2021 and September 11, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 77.1% (December 3, 2021) to a high of 100.0% (February 26, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around July and at its lowest around November.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Tennessee basin at 36.538°N, 85.451°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 85.8%
- Water stored
- 1,367 hm³
- Total capacity
- 1,593 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.8 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Tennessee
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 36.538°N, 85.451°W
- Last updated
- September 11, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep 2026 | 85.8% | 1,367 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 85.9% | 1,368 |
| 9 Sep 2026 | 86.0% | 1,370 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 86.2% | 1,373 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 86.3% | 1,375 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 86.4% | 1,376 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 86.5% | 1,378 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 86.6% | 1,380 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 86.9% | 1,384 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 87.2% | 1,390 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 87.6% | 1,395 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 87.9% | 1,400 |