West Virginia lake levels today: West Virginia lakes

4 of 8 West Virginia lakes are below full pool today.

Data as of November 4, 2026. Pictured: Stonewall Jackson Lake.

West Virginia at a glance

Pictured: Beech Fork Lake, which is 1.6 ft above full today.

10 West Virginia lakes trackedFederal reservoirs and lakes with a live agency gauge.
4 Below full poolOut of 8 with a published full pool; 4 are at or above it.
0 Lower than usual for the dateOut of 10 with five or more years of history; 8 are higher than usual.
0 Lower than a year agoOut of 10 lakes with a reading from the same date last year.

Every West Virginia lake, lowest first

Measured against full pool, Tygart Lake is the emptiest West Virginia lake today (8.9 ft below full) and Beech Fork Lake the fullest (1.6 ft above full).

Compared with a year ago, East Lynn Lake has dropped the most (0.2 ft lower) and Jennings Randolph Lake has gained the most (33.2 ft higher).

0 of 10 lakes are lower than usual for early November, measured against each lake's own past years on today's date.

Select a column heading to sort the table. Each lake links to its own page with a 12-month chart and the dock check.

West Virginia lake levels. Select a column heading to sort.

Tygart Lake	1,058.12	−8.9 ft	46th pct	−6.77	+7.81
Stonewall Jackson Lake	1,069.33	Full	47th pct	−0.14	+2.27
Summersville Lake	1,621.69	−21.6 ft	83rd pct	+6.34	+9.75
Jennings Randolph Lake	1,453.39	−12.6 ft	91st pct	+21.31	+33.16
East Lynn Lake	661.80	102.6%	100th pct	+0.19	+0.17
Burnsville Lake	788.57	Natural lake	100th pct	+0.33	+0.28
Bluestone Lake	1,410.77	106.3%	100th pct	+0.77	+0.77
R. D. Bailey Lake	1,034.14	Natural lake	100th pct	+0.96	+0.88
Sutton Lake	914.21	−4.5 ft	100th pct	+2.13	+2.13
Beech Fork Lake	592.66	114.2%	100th pct	+2.46	+2.25

More West Virginia lakes

Jennings Randolph Lake12.6 ft below full

West Virginia lake questions

Which West Virginia lake is the fullest right now?

Beech Fork Lake: 1.6 ft above full, holding 114.2% of its conservation storage.

Which West Virginia lake is the lowest?

Measured against full pool, Tygart Lake (8.9 ft below full). Measured against its own normal for the date, —.

How is this ranking made?

Lakes that publish storage are ranked by percent of conservation storage. The rest are placed by their distance from full pool. Natural lakes without a full pool sit at the end, compared only with their normal for the date.