Kentucky lake & reservoir water levels
Kentucky has 22 lakes and reservoirs tracked here — 19 with a current elevation reading, from USGS Water Services and USACE CWMS Data. Sort the table by level, storage, %-full, or trend, then open any lake for its full elevation-with-datum, trend sparkline, storage, and source-and-vintage stamp. Figures are provisional readings for reference — not for navigation or safety decisions.
- Lakes tracked
- 22
- With elevation reading
- 19
- With %-full figure
- 0
19 report a current pool-elevation reading; the rest report storage only.
All Kentucky lakes
Every lake tracked in Kentucky. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by name. Elevation lakes are listed before storage-only lakes; a missing figure always shows "not reported," never an estimate.
| Datum | Trend | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barkley Dam | 356.58 | NGVD29 | — | — | ↓Falling |
| Barren River Lake | 552.60 | NGVD29 | 252,820 | — | ↑Rising |
| Buckhorn Lake at Buckhorn | 782.23 | NGVD29 | 20,260 | — | →Steady |
| Carr Creek Lake | 1,028.03 | NGVD29 | 22,306 | — | ↑Rising |
| Cave Run Lake | 730.32 | NGVD29 | 225,418 | — | →Steady |
| Dewey Lake | 650.50 | NGVD29 | 14,451 | — | →Steady |
| Fishtrap Lake | 757.46 | NGVD29 | 24,828 | — | ↑Rising |
| Grayson Lake | 645.31 | NGVD29 | 24,360 | — | →Steady |
| Green River Lake | 675.24 | NGVD29 | 246,436 | — | ↓Falling |
| Herrington Lake | 740.15 | NGVD29 | — | — | ↓Falling |
| Laurel River | 1,019.94 | NGVD29 | — | — | →Steady |
| Martins Fork Lake | 1,309.83 | NGVD29 | — | — | ↓Falling |
| Nolin Lake | 515.34 | NGVD29 | 172,126 | — | ↓Falling |
| Paintsville Lake | 709.57 | NGVD29 | 41,363 | — | ↓Falling |
| Rough River Lake | 490.35 | NGVD29 | 97,557 | — | ↓Falling |
| Taylorsville Lake | 547.04 | NGVD29 | — | — | →Steady |
| Trace Branch at Trace Branch Campground at Confluence | 782.77 | NGVD29 | — | — | →Steady |
| Wolf Creek Dam | 703.70 | NGVD29 | 3,083,990 | — | ↓Falling |
| Yatesville Lake | 630.43 | NGVD29 | 39,075 | — | →Steady |
| Barkley Lock and Dam | — | — | 747,265 | — | — |
| Kentucky Dam | — | — | 2,520,208 | — | — |
| Laurel Dam | — | — | 368,550 | — | — |
Data: USGS Water Services (waterservices.usgs.gov) and USACE CWMS Data (cwms-data.usace.army.mil), retrieved 2026-08-31. Both public domain (a work of the U.S. Government, 17 U.S.C. §105).
Frequently asked questions
- How many lakes and reservoirs in Kentucky are tracked here?
- 22, of which 19 report a current pool-elevation reading. The rest report storage only, or lack a fresh reading and are not published.
- Which Kentucky lakes report a %-full figure?
- None of Kentucky's lakes in this dataset currently have a source-provided %-full figure — we show the bare level rather than estimate one.
- Where does the data come from?
- USGS Water Services and USACE CWMS Data, both public domain. See the methodology page for the exact endpoints and update cadence.
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