Reservoir · Kentucky · United States · USACE CWMS
Wolf Creek Dam
79.3% full
Capacity
4,596.82 hm³
Volume stored
3645 hm³
Coordinates
36.868°N, 85.147°W
Last updated
2026-09-11
Current fill
79.3%vs 7 days ago
-1.6%losing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↓falling
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: 2026-09-11.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Wolf Creek Dam
As of September 11, 2026, Wolf Creek Dam is filled to 79.3% of its total capacity, holding roughly 3,645 hm³ of water out of a maximum 4,597 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 1.6 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Wolf Creek Dam — 328 data points between September 12, 2021 and September 11, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 64.5% (December 4, 2021) to a high of 100.0% (March 1, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around March and at its lowest around December.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Kentucky basin at 36.868°N, 85.147°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 79.3%
- Water stored
- 3,645 hm³
- Total capacity
- 4,597 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.6 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Kentucky
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 36.868°N, 85.147°W
- Last updated
- September 11, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep 2026 | 79.3% | 3,645 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 79.4% | 3,648 |
| 9 Sep 2026 | 79.7% | 3,663 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 80.0% | 3,678 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 80.2% | 3,688 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 80.4% | 3,696 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 80.6% | 3,705 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 80.9% | 3,720 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 81.4% | 3,741 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 81.8% | 3,761 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 82.2% | 3,780 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 82.6% | 3,797 |