West Virginia Lake Levels Today
8 lakes and reservoirs · updated Sep 21, 2026
Lake Levels Today tracks 8 lakes and reservoirs in West Virginia. Of the 8 with a published full pool, 6 are at or above it and 0 are well below it. The highest relative to full pool is R.d. Bailey Lake (+23.54 ft) and the lowest is Jennings Randolph Lake (−20.47 ft). Over the last 24 hours 4 rose and 2 fell by more than a twentieth of a foot; the rest held steady.
Every figure is the operating agency's own gauge reading, republished once a day. Open a lake for its staff gauge, a one-year chart, pool elevations and the source link. Elevations are in feet above the agency's vertical datum, so compare lakes by their distance from full pool, not by raw elevation.
| Lake | Elevation (ft) | From full | 24h |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beech Fork Lake | 592.29 | +0.29 ft | +0.13 ft |
| East Lynn Lake | 661.93 | −0.07 ft | −0.02 ft |
| Jennings Randolph Lake | 1,445.53 | −20.47 ft | −0.56 ft |
| R.d. Bailey Lake | 1,035.54 | +23.54 ft | −0.02 ft |
| Stonewall Jackson Lake | 1,073.88 | +1.86 ft | +0.87 ft |
| Summersville Lake | 1,648.73 | −3.27 ft | +0.98 ft |
| Sutton Lake | 927.72 | +5.72 ft | +1.35 ft |
| Tygart Lake | 1,092.96 | +2.27 ft | −0.50 ft |
West Virginia lake level questions
Which West Virginia lake is lowest right now?
Jennings Randolph Lake, at 1,445.53 ft, −20.47 ft from its full pool of 1,466.00 ft.
How many West Virginia lakes are full?
6 of the 8 West Virginia lakes with a published full pool are within half a foot of it or above, and 0 are more than halfway down the conservation pool.
How often are West Virginia lake levels updated here?
Once a day. The readings on this page were pulled Sep 21, 2026; each lake page shows the exact timestamp of its gauge reading.