Burnsville Dam
Dam in Braxton County, West Virginia · Little Kanawha River · forms Burnsville Lake
Height
89 ft
27 m (NID height)
Length
1,400 ft
427 m
Completed
1976
Burnsville Lake today
789.27 ft
7 days ▼ 0.53 ft
vs full pool
▲ 13.27 ft
Normal storage
14,400 acre-ft
Normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Other; Fish and Wildlife Pond; Recreation
- Dam type
- Gravity
- Structural height
- 89 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Huntington District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 65,900 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 968 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 68 ft
- Drainage area
- 165 sq mi
- Spillway
- Controlled, 126 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Huntington District
- Also known as
- Burnsville Lake
- NID ID
- WV00707
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 9, 2026. Search NID ID WV00707 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.