11 lakes tracked ·
11 with a current elevation reading ·
USGS Water Services + USACE CWMS Data
West Virginia has 11 lakes and reservoirs tracked here — 11 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.
Statewide totalsWest Virginia · USGS + USACE
Lakes tracked
11
11 report a current pool-elevation reading; the rest report storage only.
With elevation reading
11
With %-full figure
0
All West Virginia lakes
Every lake tracked in West Virginia. 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.
West Virginia lakes, elevation lakes first, by name.
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).
Every West Virginia lake in detail
Each lake tracked in West Virginia has its full record here — current reading, recent
trend, and the dam behind it where the National Inventory of Dams has one. Use the table above
to jump to a lake, or read straight through.
Beech Fork Lake
USACE · reading Aug 22, 2026, 1:15 PM (UTC+00:00)
Pool elevation
592.62 ft
Datum NGVD29
% of conservation pool full
Not reported
Storage
8,599 acre-ft
Recent trend
↓Falling
−0.1 ft over the trend window
Beech Fork Lake is held back by Beech Fork Dam , an earthfill embankment, holding the pool back by sheer mass and an impervious core rather than by the strength of concrete , standing 86 ft high and running 1,080 ft along its crest , built across BEECH FORK OF TWELVE POLE CK. in Wayne County , near LAVALETTE . It was completed in 1976 , and is owned by USACE - Huntington District , to a design credited to CELRH.
Its recorded primary purpose is flood risk reduction — the pool is drawn down between storms so there is empty space waiting for the next flood, which is why this level can fall in dry weather and climb sharply after rain. Its spillway is ungated: once the pool reaches the crest, water leaves on its own and the operator cannot hold it back. NID classes it high hazard potential. That describes what a failure would cost downstream — loss of life would be expected — and says nothing about how likely a failure is, or what condition the dam is in. National Inventory of Dams record WV09903 — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, public domain.
USGS · reading Aug 31, 2026, 4:00 AM (UTC-04:00) Provisional
Pool elevation
1,410.94 ft
Datum NGVD29
% of conservation pool full
Not reported
Storage
24,070 acre-ft
Recent trend
↑Rising
+0.5 ft over the trend window
Bluestone Lake is held back by Bluestone Dam , a concrete structure , standing 165 ft high and running 2,048 ft along its crest , built across NEW RIVER in Summers County , near HINTON WEST VIRGINIA . It was completed in 1947 , and is owned by USACE - Huntington District , to a design credited to CELRH.
Its recorded primary purpose is flood risk reduction — the pool is drawn down between storms so there is empty space waiting for the next flood, which is why this level can fall in dry weather and climb sharply after rain. Its spillway is gated, so the operator can hold the pool above the spillway crest and meter what leaves. NID classes it high hazard potential. That describes what a failure would cost downstream — loss of life would be expected — and says nothing about how likely a failure is, or what condition the dam is in. National Inventory of Dams record WV08902 — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, public domain.
Burnsville Lake is held back by Burnsville Dam , a rockfill embankment — quarried rock placed in compacted layers around a sealing core , standing 89 ft high and running 1,400 ft along its crest , built across LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER in Braxton County , near BURNSVILLE . It was completed in 1976 , and is owned by USACE - Huntington District , to a design credited to CELRH.
Its recorded primary purpose is flood risk reduction — the pool is drawn down between storms so there is empty space waiting for the next flood, which is why this level can fall in dry weather and climb sharply after rain. Its spillway is gated, so the operator can hold the pool above the spillway crest and meter what leaves. NID classes it high hazard potential. That describes what a failure would cost downstream — loss of life would be expected — and says nothing about how likely a failure is, or what condition the dam is in. National Inventory of Dams record WV00707 — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, public domain.
USGS · reading Aug 31, 2026, 4:00 AM (UTC-04:00) Provisional
Pool elevation
869.59 ft
Datum NGVD29
% of conservation pool full
Not reported
Storage
72,544 acre-ft
Recent trend
→Steady
−0.1 ft over the trend window
Cheat Lake is held back by Lake Lynn , a concrete gravity structure, resisting the reservoir by its own weight alone , standing 125 ft high and running 1,000 ft along its crest , built across Cheat River in Monongalia County , near Point Marion . It was completed in 1926 , and is owned by Eagle Creek Renewable Energies, LLC Parent Org (CRO) , to a design credited to Sanderson & Porter Engineers.
Its recorded primary purpose is hydroelectric — releases follow generation schedules, so the level can move on a daily cycle that has nothing to do with drought. Its spillway is gated, so the operator can hold the pool above the spillway crest and meter what leaves. NID classes it high hazard potential. That describes what a failure would cost downstream — loss of life would be expected — and says nothing about how likely a failure is, or what condition the dam is in. Its most recent condition assessment was satisfactory — no deficiencies recognised for expected loading. National Inventory of Dams record WV06128 — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, public domain.
Source: USGS site 03071590 · USACE LRP/LakeLynn-Outflow, retrieved Aug 31, 2026, 8:24 AM (UTC+00:00).
Official page for Cheat Lake →
East Lynn Lake
USACE · reading Aug 22, 2026, 1:15 PM (UTC+00:00)
Pool elevation
662.40 ft
Datum NGVD29
% of conservation pool full
Not reported
Storage
17,596 acre-ft
Recent trend
→Steady
−0.1 ft over the trend window
East Lynn Lake is held back by East Lynn Dam , an earthfill embankment, holding the pool back by sheer mass and an impervious core rather than by the strength of concrete , standing 113 ft high and running 652 ft along its crest , built across EAST FK TWELVEPOLE CREEK in Wayne County , near EAST LYNN . It was completed in 1971 , and is owned by USACE - Huntington District , to a design credited to CELRH.
Its recorded primary purpose is flood risk reduction — the pool is drawn down between storms so there is empty space waiting for the next flood, which is why this level can fall in dry weather and climb sharply after rain. Its spillway is ungated: once the pool reaches the crest, water leaves on its own and the operator cannot hold it back. NID classes it high hazard potential. That describes what a failure would cost downstream — loss of life would be expected — and says nothing about how likely a failure is, or what condition the dam is in. National Inventory of Dams record WV09901 — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, public domain.
River.d. Bailey Lake is held back by R.D. Bailey Dam , a rockfill embankment — quarried rock placed in compacted layers around a sealing core , standing 310 ft high and running 1,397 ft along its crest , built across GUYANDOT RIVER in Mingo County , near JUSTICE . It was completed in 1976 , and is owned by USACE - Huntington District , to a design credited to CELRH.
Its recorded primary purpose is flood risk reduction — the pool is drawn down between storms so there is empty space waiting for the next flood, which is why this level can fall in dry weather and climb sharply after rain. Its spillway is ungated: once the pool reaches the crest, water leaves on its own and the operator cannot hold it back. NID classes it high hazard potential. That describes what a failure would cost downstream — loss of life would be expected — and says nothing about how likely a failure is, or what condition the dam is in. National Inventory of Dams record WV10924 — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, public domain.
Spangler is held back by Elkwater Fork WS Dam , a concrete structure , standing 123 ft high and running 674 ft along its crest , built across ELKWATER FORK in Randolph County , near HUTTONSVILLE . It was completed in 2009 , and is owned by WV Conservation Agency , to a design credited to GANNETT FLEMING.
Its recorded primary purpose is water supply — delivering water to its customers comes first, so drawdown here follows demand as much as it follows rainfall. Its spillway is ungated: once the pool reaches the crest, water leaves on its own and the operator cannot hold it back. NID classes it high hazard potential. That describes what a failure would cost downstream — loss of life would be expected — and says nothing about how likely a failure is, or what condition the dam is in. Its most recent condition assessment was satisfactory — no deficiencies recognised for expected loading. National Inventory of Dams record WV08307 — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, public domain.
USGS · reading Aug 31, 2026, 3:15 AM (UTC-04:00) Provisional
Pool elevation
1,072.55 ft
Datum NAVD88
% of conservation pool full
Not reported
Storage
51,290 acre-ft
Recent trend
↓Falling
−0.5 ft over the trend window
Stonewall Jackson Lake is held back by Stonewall Jackson Dam , a concrete gravity structure, resisting the reservoir by its own weight alone , standing 95 ft high and running 620 ft along its crest , built across WEST FORK in Lewis County , near BROWNSVILLE . It was completed in 1986 , and is owned by USACE - Pittsburgh District , to a design credited to CELRP.
Its recorded primary purpose is flood risk reduction — the pool is drawn down between storms so there is empty space waiting for the next flood, which is why this level can fall in dry weather and climb sharply after rain. Its spillway is ungated: once the pool reaches the crest, water leaves on its own and the operator cannot hold it back. NID classes it high hazard potential. That describes what a failure would cost downstream — loss of life would be expected — and says nothing about how likely a failure is, or what condition the dam is in. National Inventory of Dams record WV04114 — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, public domain.
Summersville Lake is held back by Summersville Dam , a rockfill embankment — quarried rock placed in compacted layers around a sealing core , standing 390 ft high and running 2,280 ft along its crest , built across GAULEY RIVER in Nicholas County , near SWISS . It was completed in 1965 , and is owned by USACE - Huntington District , to a design credited to CELRH.
Its recorded primary purpose is flood risk reduction — the pool is drawn down between storms so there is empty space waiting for the next flood, which is why this level can fall in dry weather and climb sharply after rain. Its spillway is ungated: once the pool reaches the crest, water leaves on its own and the operator cannot hold it back. NID classes it high hazard potential. That describes what a failure would cost downstream — loss of life would be expected — and says nothing about how likely a failure is, or what condition the dam is in. National Inventory of Dams record WV06702 — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, public domain.
Sutton Lake is held back by Sutton Dam , a concrete gravity structure, resisting the reservoir by its own weight alone , standing 210 ft high and running 1,178 ft along its crest , built across ELK RIVER in Braxton County , near SUTTON . It was completed in 1960 , and is owned by USACE - Huntington District , to a design credited to CELRH.
Its recorded primary purpose is flood risk reduction — the pool is drawn down between storms so there is empty space waiting for the next flood, which is why this level can fall in dry weather and climb sharply after rain. Its spillway is gated, so the operator can hold the pool above the spillway crest and meter what leaves. NID classes it high hazard potential. That describes what a failure would cost downstream — loss of life would be expected — and says nothing about how likely a failure is, or what condition the dam is in. National Inventory of Dams record WV00701 — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, public domain.
USGS · reading Aug 31, 2026, 3:15 AM (UTC-04:00) Provisional
Pool elevation
1,094.39 ft
Datum NAVD88
% of conservation pool full
Not reported
Storage
135,299 acre-ft
Recent trend
↓Falling
−1.4 ft over the trend window
Tygart Lake is held back by Tygart Dam , a concrete gravity structure, resisting the reservoir by its own weight alone , standing 234 ft high and running 1,921 ft along its crest , built across TYGART RIVER in Taylor County , near GRAFTON . It was completed in 1938 , and is owned by USACE - Pittsburgh District , to a design credited to CELRP.
Its recorded primary purpose is flood risk reduction — the pool is drawn down between storms so there is empty space waiting for the next flood, which is why this level can fall in dry weather and climb sharply after rain. Its spillway is ungated: once the pool reaches the crest, water leaves on its own and the operator cannot hold it back. NID classes it high hazard potential. That describes what a failure would cost downstream — loss of life would be expected — and says nothing about how likely a failure is, or what condition the dam is in. National Inventory of Dams record WV09101 — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, public domain.
Source: USGS site 03055500 · USACE LRP/Tygart-Lake, retrieved Aug 31, 2026, 8:24 AM (UTC+00:00).
Official page for Tygart Lake →
Frequently asked questions
How many lakes and reservoirs in West Virginia are tracked here?
11, of which 11 report a current pool-elevation reading. The rest report storage only, or lack a fresh reading and are not published.
Which West Virginia lakes report a %-full figure?
None of West Virginia'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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