Reservoir · Kentucky · United States · USACE CWMS
Fishtrap Lake
66.8% full
Capacity
46.53 hm³
Volume stored
31 hm³
Vs month average
99% of normal
Coordinates
37.432°N, 82.416°W
Last updated
2026-10-29
Current fill
66.8%vs 7 days ago
-0.3 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
99%of normal
66.8% full on 2026-10-29, against an average of 67.3% for October across 2 years of readings (-0.5 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 27 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
Fishtrap 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: 2026-10-29.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 37.432°N, 82.416°W · Open in Google Maps
About Fishtrap Lake
As of October 29, 2026, Fishtrap Lake is filled to 66.8% of its total capacity, holding 31.09 hm³ of water out of a maximum 46.53 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 Fishtrap Lake — 100 data points between October 30, 2021 and October 29, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 14.2% (December 4, 2021) to a high of 69.1% (October 30, 2021).
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 37.432°N, 82.416°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 66.8% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 31.09 hm³
- Total capacity
- 46.53 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.3 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 37.432°N, 82.416°W
- Last updated
- October 29, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2026 | 66.8% | 31.09 |
| 28 Oct 2026 | 66.8% | 31.09 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 66.8% | 31.09 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 66.8% | 31.09 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 66.9% | 31.13 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 67.0% | 31.19 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 67.1% | 31.22 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 67.1% | 31.24 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 67.7% | 31.51 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 67.9% | 31.58 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 67.8% | 31.54 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 67.6% | 31.44 |