Reservoir · West Virginia · United States · USACE CWMS
R.D. Bailey Lake
73.6% full
Capacity
42.31 hm³
Volume stored
31 hm³
Vs month average
105% of normal
Coordinates
37.599°N, 81.819°W
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
73.6%vs 7 days ago
-0.4 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
105%of normal
73.6% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 70.3% for October across 2 years of readings (+3.3 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
R.D. Bailey 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. West 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: 2026-10-28.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 37.599°N, 81.819°W · Open in Google Maps
About R.D. Bailey Lake
As of October 28, 2026, R.D. Bailey Lake is filled to 73.6% of its total capacity, holding 31.16 hm³ of water out of a maximum 42.31 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.4 pp).
Across the readings we hold for R.D. Bailey Lake — 100 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 34.5% (November 5, 2021) to a high of 75.9% (October 15, 2026).
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 37.599°N, 81.819°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 73.6% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 31.16 hm³
- Total capacity
- 42.31 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.4 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 37.599°N, 81.819°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 73.6% | 31.16 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 73.6% | 31.13 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 73.6% | 31.13 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 73.6% | 31.13 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 73.7% | 31.17 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 73.8% | 31.22 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 73.7% | 31.2 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 74.0% | 31.29 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 74.0% | 31.32 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 73.5% | 31.11 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 73.3% | 31.03 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 73.4% | 31.04 |