Bluestone Dam
Dam in Summers County, West Virginia · New River · forms Bluestone Lake
Height
165 ft
50 m (NID height)
Length
2,048 ft
624 m
Completed
1947
Bluestone Lake today
1,410.69 ft
7 days ▼ 1.87 ft
vs full pool
▲ 0.69 ft
Normal storage
38,350 acre-ft
Normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Fish and Wildlife Pond; Recreation
- Dam type
- Gravity
- Structural height
- 165 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Huntington District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 631,000 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 2,040 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 152 ft
- Drainage area
- 4,565 sq mi
- Spillway
- Controlled, 630 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Huntington District
- Also known as
- Bluestone Lake
- NID ID
- WV08902
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 9, 2026. Search NID ID WV08902 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.