Reservoir · Kentucky · United States · USACE CWMS
Taylorsville Lake
60.3% full
Capacity
170.24 hm³
Volume stored
103 hm³
Vs month average
98% of normal
Coordinates
38.004°N, 85.307°W
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
60.3%vs 7 days ago
-0.5 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
98%of normal
60.3% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 61.5% for October across 2 years of readings (-1.2 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D0abnormally dry
The ground at Taylorsville Lake'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. Kentucky drought figures →
Data source: USACE CWMS — US Army Corps of Engineers — daily reservoir storage volume. Design capacity is unavailable for this site, so fill % is estimated against the 5-year maximum storage and may overstate fullness. 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. 38.004°N, 85.307°W · Open in Google Maps
About Taylorsville Lake
As of October 28, 2026, Taylorsville Lake is filled to 60.3% of its total capacity, holding 102.69 hm³ of water out of a maximum 170.24 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 (-0.5 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Taylorsville Lake — 330 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 58.5% (December 24, 2021) to a high of 100.0% (March 9, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 38.004°N, 85.307°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 60.3% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 102.69 hm³
- Total capacity
- 170.24 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.5 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 38.004°N, 85.307°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 60.3% | 102.69 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 60.3% | 102.72 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 60.4% | 102.87 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 60.5% | 103.02 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 60.6% | 103.17 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 60.7% | 103.32 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 60.7% | 103.32 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 60.8% | 103.47 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 60.8% | 103.59 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 60.9% | 103.7 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 61.0% | 103.81 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 61.1% | 103.96 |