Reservoir · Kentucky · United States · USACE CWMS
Paintsville Lake
100.0% full
Capacity
50.2 hm³
Volume stored
50 hm³
Coordinates
37.840°N, 82.874°W
Last updated
2026-09-11
Current fill
100.0%vs 7 days ago
0.0%stable
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
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 September 11, 2026, Paintsville Lake is filled to 100.0% 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 (+0.0 pts).
Across the readings we hold for Paintsville Lake — 47 data points between July 27, 2026 and September 11, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 99.5% (August 10, 2026) to a high of 101.8% (August 18, 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
- 100.0%
- Water stored
- 50 hm³
- Total capacity
- 50 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Kentucky
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 37.840°N, 82.874°W
- Last updated
- September 11, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 50 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 50 |
| 9 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 50 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 100.1% | 50 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 100.2% | 50 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 100.2% | 50 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 100.1% | 50 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 50 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 100.1% | 50 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 100.2% | 50 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 100.4% | 50 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 100.5% | 50 |