Reservoir · West Virginia · United States · USACE CWMS
Sutton Lake
103.5% full
Capacity
74.13 hm³
Volume stored
77 hm³
Coordinates
38.662°N, 80.693°W
Last updated
2026-09-11
Current fill
103.5%vs 7 days ago
+0.7%gaining
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
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About Sutton Lake
As of September 11, 2026, Sutton Lake is filled to 103.5% of its total capacity, holding roughly 77 hm³ of water out of a maximum 74 hm³. At this level the reservoir is effectively full.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.7 pts).
Across the readings we hold for Sutton Lake — 100 data points between September 12, 2021 and September 11, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 75.9% (October 29, 2021) to a high of 105.0% (September 12, 2021).
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the West Virginia basin at 38.662°N, 80.693°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 103.5%
- Water stored
- 77 hm³
- Total capacity
- 74 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.7 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- West Virginia
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 38.662°N, 80.693°W
- Last updated
- September 11, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep 2026 | 103.5% | 77 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 103.4% | 77 |
| 9 Sep 2026 | 103.4% | 77 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 103.4% | 77 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 103.3% | 77 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 103.0% | 76 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 102.8% | 76 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 102.8% | 76 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 102.9% | 76 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 103.2% | 76 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 103.6% | 77 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 104.0% | 77 |