Reservoir · Kentucky · United States · USACE CWMS
Paintsville Lake
99.2% full
Capacity
50.2 hm³
Volume stored
50 hm³
Vs month average
100% of normal
Coordinates
37.840°N, 82.874°W
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
99.2%vs 7 days ago
-0.4 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
100%of normal
99.2% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 99.1% for October across 2 years of readings (+0.1 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
Paintsville Lake'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: 2026-10-28.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 37.840°N, 82.874°W · Open in Google Maps
About Paintsville Lake
As of October 28, 2026, Paintsville Lake is filled to 99.2% of its total capacity, holding 49.79 hm³ of water out of a maximum 50.2 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.4 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Paintsville Lake — 100 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 98.2% (October 9, 2026) to a high of 102.1% (December 20, 2021).
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 37.840°N, 82.874°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 99.2% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 49.79 hm³
- Total capacity
- 50.2 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.4 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 37.840°N, 82.874°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 99.2% | 49.79 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 99.2% | 49.81 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 99.3% | 49.83 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 99.3% | 49.86 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 99.4% | 49.9 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 99.5% | 49.95 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 99.5% | 49.97 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 99.6% | 50 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 99.7% | 50.03 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 99.7% | 50.06 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 99.8% | 50.08 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 99.8% | 50.1 |