Cave Run Lake water level

What this level means

Station 03249498, CAVE RUN LAKE NEAR FARMERS, KY, publishes the water surface elevation used here. The conservation pool tops out at 730.0 ft. The last value stored here, 730.21 ft, is from 2026-09-09. The top of the dam sits at 788.0 ft. The Corps of Engineers puts the top of the flood pool at 765.0 ft. Beach width and ramp access both move with the pool, so the number above is worth a look first.

How this reading is taken

USGS gauge 03249498 measures the water surface and publishes the value continuously. This page stores the latest reading at build time and refreshes the record daily, so the figure above is a real measurement rather than a model or an estimate.

Full pool for Cave Run Lake is 730.0 ft, so the gap between the reading and that number is what the reservoir is missing.

Elevations are given in feet above the gauge datum used by the operating agency. Two lakes are only comparable with each other through how full they are, not through their raw elevation, because each dam sits at a different height.