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
2026-10-15
Current fill
99.2%vs 7 days ago
+0.9%gaining
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
100%of normal
99.2% full on 2026-10-15, against an average of 99.2% for October across 2 years of readings (0.0 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 13 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: 2026-10-15.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 37.840, -82.874 · Open in Google Maps
About Paintsville Lake
As of October 15, 2026, Paintsville Lake is filled to 99.2% of its total capacity, holding roughly 50 hm³ of water out of a maximum 50 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.9 pts).
Across the readings we hold for Paintsville Lake — 100 data points between October 16, 2021 and October 15, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 98.2% (October 9, 2026) to a high of 100.6% (August 30, 2026).
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Kentucky basin at 37.840°N, 82.874°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 99.2%
- Water stored
- 50 hm³
- Total capacity
- 50 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.9 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Kentucky
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 37.840°N, 82.874°W
- Last updated
- October 15, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | 99.2% | 50 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 98.4% | 49 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 98.4% | 49 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 98.4% | 49 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 98.4% | 49 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 98.2% | 49 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 98.2% | 49 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 98.3% | 49 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 98.4% | 49 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 98.5% | 49 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 98.5% | 49 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 98.6% | 50 |