Reservoir · Virginia · United States · USACE CWMS
John H. Kerr Dam
66.3% full
Capacity
1,836.16 hm³
Volume stored
1218 hm³
Vs month average
95% of normal
Coordinates
36.597°N, 78.297°W
Last updated
2026-10-22
Current fill
66.3%vs 7 days ago
-0.2 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
95%of normal
66.3% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 69.8% for October across 2 years of readings (-3.5 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D2severe drought
The ground at John H. Kerr Dam's coordinates falls inside the D2 area of 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: 2026-10-22.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 36.597°N, 78.297°W · Open in Google Maps
About John H. Kerr Dam
As of October 22, 2026, John H. Kerr Dam is filled to 66.3% of its total capacity, holding 1,218 hm³ of water out of a maximum 1,836 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 (-0.2 pp).
Across the readings we hold for John H. Kerr Dam — 284 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 65.3% (October 10, 2026) to a high of 104.9% (April 2, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 36.597°N, 78.297°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 66.3% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 1,218 hm³
- Total capacity
- 1,836 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.2 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 36.597°N, 78.297°W
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 66.3% | 1,218 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 66.2% | 1,216 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 66.3% | 1,217 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 66.3% | 1,217 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 66.7% | 1,224 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 66.8% | 1,226 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 66.5% | 1,221 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 66.5% | 1,222 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 66.5% | 1,221 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 65.9% | 1,211 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 65.6% | 1,204 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 65.7% | 1,207 |