Reservoir · North Carolina · United States · USACE CWMS
W. Kerr Scott Dam
61.8% full
Capacity
74.34 hm³
Volume stored
46 hm³
Vs month average
92% of normal
Coordinates
36.134°N, 81.227°W
Last updated
2026-10-22
Current fill
61.8%vs 7 days ago
-10.0 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
92%of normal
61.8% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 67.1% for October across 2 years of readings (-5.3 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 27 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
W. Kerr Scott Dam'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. North Carolina 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: 2026-10-22.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 36.134°N, 81.227°W · Open in Google Maps
About W. Kerr Scott Dam
As of October 22, 2026, W. Kerr Scott Dam is filled to 61.8% of its total capacity, holding 45.92 hm³ of water out of a maximum 74.34 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 10.0 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for W. Kerr Scott Dam — 306 data points between October 30, 2021 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 53.8% (July 8, 2026) to a high of 100.0% (October 12, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around July.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 36.134°N, 81.227°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 61.8% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 45.92 hm³
- Total capacity
- 74.34 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 10.0 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 36.134°N, 81.227°W
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 61.8% | 45.92 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 61.7% | 45.85 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 61.5% | 45.74 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 61.3% | 45.54 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 62.2% | 46.24 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 63.8% | 47.46 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 66.6% | 49.53 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 71.8% | 53.35 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 80.5% | 59.86 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 90.6% | 67.32 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 74.34 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 93.7% | 69.66 |