Reservoir · Kentucky · United States · USACE CWMS
Kentucky Dam
39.9% full
Capacity
7,558.12 hm³
Volume stored
3015 hm³
Coordinates
37.014°N, 88.268°W
Last updated
2026-09-11
Current fill
39.9%vs 7 days ago
+0.4%gaining
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
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: 2026-09-11.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Kentucky Dam
As of September 11, 2026, Kentucky Dam is filled to 39.9% of its total capacity, holding roughly 3,015 hm³ of water out of a maximum 7,558 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.4 pts).
Across the readings we hold for Kentucky Dam — 330 data points between September 12, 2021 and September 11, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 33.9% (January 31, 2022) to a high of 50.3% (May 26, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around November.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Kentucky basin at 37.014°N, 88.268°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 39.9%
- Water stored
- 3,015 hm³
- Total capacity
- 7,558 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.4 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Kentucky
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 37.014°N, 88.268°W
- Last updated
- September 11, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep 2026 | 39.9% | 3,015 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 39.6% | 2,994 |
| 9 Sep 2026 | 39.7% | 3,002 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 39.7% | 3,001 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 39.3% | 2,969 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 38.8% | 2,932 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 39.4% | 2,979 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 39.5% | 2,985 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 39.6% | 2,990 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 39.9% | 3,017 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 40.3% | 3,043 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 40.7% | 3,073 |