Reservoir · Kansas · United States · BOR RISE
Cheney Reservoir
Cheney Reservoir and Dam
96.5% full
Capacity
206.08 hm³
Volume stored
199 hm³
Vs month average
121% of normal
Coordinates
37.725°N, 97.798°W
Last updated
2026-10-27
Current fill
96.5%vs 7 days ago
-0.5 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
121%of normal
96.5% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 80.0% for October across 5 years of readings (+16.5 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D1moderate drought
The ground at Cheney Reservoir's coordinates falls inside the D1 area of the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map. That describes local conditions — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not the reservoir's storage. Kansas drought figures →
Data source: BOR RISE — US Bureau of Reclamation — daily reservoir storage volume. Capacity is the design (normal full-pool) capacity from the US National Inventory of Dams (NID); fill % = current volume ÷ design capacity. Last reading: 2026-10-27.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 37.725°N, 97.798°W · Open in Google Maps
About Cheney Reservoir
As of October 27, 2026, Cheney Reservoir is filled to 96.5% of its total capacity, holding 198.77 hm³ of water out of a maximum 206.08 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.5 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Cheney Reservoir — 1420 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 59.3% (October 29, 2024) to a high of 105.0% (August 22, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around August and at its lowest around November.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 37.725°N, 97.798°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 96.5% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 198.77 hm³
- Total capacity
- 206.08 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.5 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 37.725°N, 97.798°W
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 96.5% | 198.77 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 96.5% | 198.89 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 96.6% | 199.01 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 96.6% | 199.13 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 96.7% | 199.26 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 96.8% | 199.5 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 96.9% | 199.74 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 97.0% | 199.98 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 97.1% | 200.1 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 97.2% | 200.22 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 97.3% | 200.46 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 97.6% | 201.07 |