Reservoir · North Carolina · United States · USACE CWMS
W. Kerr Scott Dam
85.2% full
Capacity
50.57 hm³
Volume stored
43 hm³
Coordinates
36.134°N, 81.227°W
Last updated
2026-09-11
Current fill
85.2%vs 7 days ago
-2.7%losing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↓falling
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 W. Kerr Scott Dam
As of September 11, 2026, W. Kerr Scott Dam is filled to 85.2% of its total capacity, holding roughly 43 hm³ of water out of a maximum 51 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 2.7 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for W. Kerr Scott Dam — 311 data points between September 12, 2021 and September 11, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 79.1% (July 8, 2026) to a high of 101.4% (March 24, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around August and at its lowest around July.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the North Carolina basin at 36.134°N, 81.227°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 85.2%
- Water stored
- 43 hm³
- Total capacity
- 51 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 2.7 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- North Carolina
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 36.134°N, 81.227°W
- Last updated
- September 11, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep 2026 | 85.2% | 43 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 85.4% | 43 |
| 9 Sep 2026 | 86.0% | 43 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 86.5% | 44 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 86.8% | 44 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 86.8% | 44 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 87.3% | 44 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 87.9% | 44 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 88.5% | 45 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 89.1% | 45 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 89.6% | 45 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 89.9% | 45 |