Reservoir · Kentucky · United States · USACE CWMS
Kentucky Dam
36.6% full
Capacity
7,558.12 hm³
Volume stored
2767 hm³
Vs month average
101% of normal
Coordinates
37.014°N, 88.268°W
Last updated
2026-10-29
Current fill
36.6%vs 7 days ago
+0.4 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
101%of normal
36.6% full on 2026-10-29, against an average of 36.3% for October across 2 years of readings (+0.3 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 27 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
Kentucky Dam'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. 37.014°N, 88.268°W · Open in Google Maps
About Kentucky Dam
As of October 29, 2026, Kentucky Dam is filled to 36.6% of its total capacity, holding 2,767 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 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Kentucky Dam — 326 data points between October 30, 2021 and October 29, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 33.9% (January 31, 2022) to a high of 51.6% (April 19, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around July and at its lowest around November.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 37.014°N, 88.268°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 36.6% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 2,767 hm³
- Total capacity
- 7,558 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.4 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 37.014°N, 88.268°W
- Last updated
- October 29, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2026 | 36.6% | 2,767 |
| 28 Oct 2026 | 36.2% | 2,735 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 36.2% | 2,735 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 36.2% | 2,733 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 36.1% | 2,731 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 36.3% | 2,742 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 36.2% | 2,737 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 36.2% | 2,733 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 36.2% | 2,733 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 36.0% | 2,721 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 35.6% | 2,691 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 35.7% | 2,699 |