Reservoir · Kansas · United States · USGS NWIS
HILLSDALE LK NR HILLSDALE, KS
101.7% full
Capacity
93.74 hm³
Volume stored
95 hm³
Vs month average
106% of normal
Coordinates
38.659°N, 94.899°W
Last updated
2026-10-27
Current fill
101.7%vs 7 days ago
-0.6 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
+7.7 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
106%of normal
101.7% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 95.7% for October across 4 years of readings (+6.0 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
HILLSDALE LK NR HILLSDALE, KS's coordinates fall outside every category on 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: USGS National Water Information System (NWIS) — 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. 38.659°N, 94.899°W · Open in Google Maps
About HILLSDALE LK NR HILLSDALE, KS
As of October 27, 2026, HILLSDALE LK NR HILLSDALE, KS is filled to 101.7% of its total capacity, holding 95.34 hm³ of water out of a maximum 93.74 hm³. At this level the reservoir is effectively full.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.6 pp), and it is 7.7 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for HILLSDALE LK NR HILLSDALE, KS — 854 data points between October 29, 2023 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 88.7% (October 30, 2024) to a high of 105.0% (July 13, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around July and at its lowest around November.
It is operated by USGS primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 38.659°N, 94.899°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 101.7% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 95.34 hm³
- Total capacity
- 93.74 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.6 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 7.7 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USGS
- Coordinates
- 38.659°N, 94.899°W
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 101.7% | 95.34 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 101.8% | 95.43 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 101.9% | 95.51 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 102.0% | 95.58 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 102.1% | 95.67 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 102.1% | 95.74 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 102.2% | 95.8 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 102.3% | 95.85 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 102.3% | 95.93 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 102.4% | 96.01 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 102.6% | 96.15 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 102.7% | 96.3 |