Reservoir · Kentucky · United States · USACE CWMS
Wolf Creek Dam
65.4% full
Capacity
4,911 hm³
Volume stored
3210 hm³
Vs month average
97% of normal
Coordinates
36.868°N, 85.147°W
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
65.4%vs 7 days ago
-1.2 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
97%of normal
65.4% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 67.5% for October across 2 years of readings (-2.1 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D0abnormally dry
The ground at Wolf Creek Dam'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. 36.868°N, 85.147°W · Open in Google Maps
About Wolf Creek Dam
As of October 28, 2026, Wolf Creek Dam is filled to 65.4% of its total capacity, holding 3,210 hm³ of water out of a maximum 4,911 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 1.2 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Wolf Creek Dam — 330 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 60.4% (December 4, 2021) to a high of 100.0% (May 16, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around December.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 36.868°N, 85.147°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 65.4% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 3,210 hm³
- Total capacity
- 4,911 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.2 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 36.868°N, 85.147°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 65.4% | 3,210 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 65.5% | 3,217 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 65.7% | 3,227 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 65.9% | 3,236 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 66.0% | 3,241 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 66.2% | 3,249 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 66.4% | 3,259 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 66.6% | 3,270 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 66.8% | 3,280 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 67.0% | 3,290 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 67.1% | 3,295 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 67.2% | 3,301 |