Reservoir · West Virginia · United States · USACE CWMS
Sutton Lake
91.9% full
Capacity
74.13 hm³
Volume stored
68 hm³
Vs month average
95% of normal
Coordinates
38.662°N, 80.693°W
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
91.9%vs 7 days ago
-5.2 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
95%of normal
91.9% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 97.1% for October across 2 years of readings (-5.2 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
Sutton 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. 38.662°N, 80.693°W · Open in Google Maps
About Sutton Lake
As of October 28, 2026, Sutton Lake is filled to 91.9% of its total capacity, holding 68.16 hm³ of water out of a maximum 74.13 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 5.2 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Sutton Lake — 88 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 48.9% (December 17, 2021) to a high of 104.9% (September 14, 2026).
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 38.662°N, 80.693°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 91.9% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 68.16 hm³
- Total capacity
- 74.13 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 5.2 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 38.662°N, 80.693°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 91.9% | 68.16 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 92.6% | 68.68 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 93.7% | 69.43 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 94.3% | 69.93 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 95.2% | 70.56 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 95.9% | 71.08 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 96.5% | 71.55 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 97.1% | 71.95 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 98.0% | 72.62 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 99.2% | 73.5 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 74.14 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 101.1% | 74.91 |