Reservoir · Virginia · United States · USACE CWMS
J.W. Flannagan Reservoir
88.4% full
Capacity
82.77 hm³
Volume stored
73 hm³
Vs month average
96% of normal
Coordinates
37.234°N, 82.349°W
Last updated
2026-10-29
Current fill
88.4%vs 7 days ago
-4.1 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
96%of normal
88.4% full on 2026-10-29, against an average of 92.0% for October across 2 years of readings (-3.6 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 27 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
J.W. Flannagan Reservoir'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. Virginia 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. 37.234°N, 82.349°W · Open in Google Maps
About J.W. Flannagan Reservoir
As of October 29, 2026, J.W. Flannagan Reservoir is filled to 88.4% of its total capacity, holding 73.19 hm³ of water out of a maximum 82.77 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 4.1 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for J.W. Flannagan Reservoir — 100 data points between October 30, 2021 and October 29, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 68.2% (December 21, 2021) to a high of 96.3% (September 26, 2026).
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 37.234°N, 82.349°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 88.4% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 73.19 hm³
- Total capacity
- 82.77 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 4.1 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 37.234°N, 82.349°W
- Last updated
- October 29, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2026 | 88.4% | 73.19 |
| 28 Oct 2026 | 88.7% | 73.41 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 88.8% | 73.53 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 89.1% | 73.71 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 89.2% | 73.83 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 90.3% | 74.72 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 91.2% | 75.52 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 92.5% | 76.54 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 92.7% | 76.74 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 92.7% | 76.72 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 92.7% | 76.76 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 92.9% | 76.91 |