Reservoir · Kentucky · United States · USACE CWMS
Green River Lake
60.7% full
Capacity
476.19 hm³
Volume stored
289 hm³
Vs month average
99% of normal
Coordinates
37.246°N, 85.339°W
Last updated
2026-10-30
Current fill
60.7%vs 7 days ago
-0.4 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
99%of normal
60.7% full on 2026-10-30, against an average of 61.4% for October across 2 years of readings (-0.7 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 27 October 2026
D0abnormally dry
The ground at Green River Lake's coordinates falls inside the D0 area of 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: 2026-10-30.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 37.246°N, 85.339°W · Open in Google Maps
About Green River Lake
As of October 30, 2026, Green River Lake is filled to 60.7% of its total capacity, holding 289.02 hm³ of water out of a maximum 476.19 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 (-0.4 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Green River Lake — 330 data points between October 31, 2021 and October 30, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 49.6% (December 27, 2021) to a high of 100.0% (January 12, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around January and at its lowest around December.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 37.246°N, 85.339°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 60.7% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 289.02 hm³
- Total capacity
- 476.19 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.4 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 37.246°N, 85.339°W
- Last updated
- October 30, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 30 Oct 2026 | 60.7% | 289.02 |
| 29 Oct 2026 | 60.7% | 289.12 |
| 28 Oct 2026 | 60.8% | 289.41 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 60.8% | 289.61 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 60.9% | 289.91 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 60.9% | 290.2 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 61.0% | 290.5 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 61.1% | 290.79 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 61.1% | 291.09 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 61.2% | 291.39 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 61.3% | 291.69 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 61.3% | 291.99 |