R.D. Bailey Dam
Dam in Mingo County, West Virginia · Guyandot River · forms R.D. Bailey Lake
Height
310 ft
94 m (NID height)
Length
1,397 ft
426 m
Completed
1976
R.D. Bailey Lake today
1,035.68 ft
7 days ▼ 1.46 ft
vs full pool
▲ 23.68 ft
Normal storage
34,300 acre-ft
Much above 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
- Rockfill
- Structural height
- 310 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Huntington District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 203,700 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 600 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 265 ft
- Drainage area
- 540 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 300 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Huntington District
- Also known as
- R.D. Bailey Lake
- NID ID
- WV10924
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 15, 2026. Search NID ID WV10924 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.