Reservoir · Kansas · United States · USACE CWMS
Fall River Lake
20.8% full
Capacity
117.37 hm³
Volume stored
24 hm³
Vs month average
98% of normal
Coordinates
37.647°N, 96.078°W
Last updated
2026-10-29
Current fill
20.8%vs 7 days ago
-0.3 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
98%of normal
20.8% full on 2026-10-29, against an average of 21.2% for October across 2 years of readings (-0.4 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 27 October 2026
D0abnormally dry
The ground at Fall River Lake's coordinates falls inside the D0 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: USACE CWMS — US Army Corps of Engineers — daily reservoir storage volume. Design capacity is unavailable for this site, so fill % is estimated against the 5-year maximum storage and may overstate fullness. Last reading: 2026-10-29.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 37.647°N, 96.078°W · Open in Google Maps
About Fall River Lake
As of October 29, 2026, Fall River Lake is filled to 20.8% of its total capacity, holding 24.47 hm³ of water out of a maximum 117.37 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.3 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Fall River Lake — 330 data points between October 30, 2021 and October 29, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 20.6% (October 12, 2026) to a high of 100.0% (May 8, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 37.647°N, 96.078°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 20.8% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 24.47 hm³
- Total capacity
- 117.37 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.3 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 37.647°N, 96.078°W
- Last updated
- October 29, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2026 | 20.8% | 24.47 |
| 28 Oct 2026 | 20.9% | 24.49 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 20.9% | 24.55 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 21.0% | 24.6 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 21.0% | 24.65 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 21.0% | 24.68 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 21.1% | 24.73 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 21.1% | 24.76 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 21.1% | 24.81 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 21.1% | 24.81 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 21.2% | 24.86 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 21.2% | 24.91 |