Reservoir · Virginia · United States · USACE CWMS
Philpott Dam
94.3% full
Capacity
204.99 hm³
Volume stored
193 hm³
Vs month average
103% of normal
Coordinates
36.783°N, 80.028°W
Last updated
2026-10-22
Current fill
94.3%vs 7 days ago
+0.1 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
103%of normal
94.3% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 91.6% for October across 2 years of readings (+2.7 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 27 October 2026
D0abnormally dry
The ground at Philpott Dam's coordinates falls inside the D0 area of the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map. That describes local conditions — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not the reservoir's storage. Virginia 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: 2026-10-22.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 36.783°N, 80.028°W · Open in Google Maps
About Philpott Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Philpott Dam is filled to 94.3% of its total capacity, holding 193.3 hm³ of water out of a maximum 204.99 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.1 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Philpott Dam — 306 data points between October 31, 2021 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 87.7% (October 3, 2026) to a high of 101.7% (May 27, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around September.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 36.783°N, 80.028°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 94.3% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 193.3 hm³
- Total capacity
- 204.99 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.1 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 36.783°N, 80.028°W
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 94.3% | 193.3 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 94.2% | 193.13 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 94.1% | 192.95 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 94.1% | 192.99 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 94.2% | 193.06 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 94.2% | 193.09 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 94.2% | 193.09 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 94.2% | 193.02 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 94.1% | 192.92 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 94.0% | 192.75 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 93.8% | 192.23 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 92.6% | 189.84 |