Reservoir · Kansas · United States · USACE CWMS
John Redmond Lake
21.6% full
Capacity
352.59 hm³
Volume stored
76 hm³
Vs month average
71% of normal
Coordinates
38.237°N, 95.767°W
Last updated
2026-10-29
Current fill
21.6%vs 7 days ago
-5.0 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
71%of normal
21.6% full on 2026-10-29, against an average of 30.5% for October across 2 years of readings (-8.9 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 27 October 2026
D0abnormally dry
The ground at John Redmond 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. 38.237°N, 95.767°W · Open in Google Maps
About John Redmond Lake
As of October 29, 2026, John Redmond Lake is filled to 21.6% of its total capacity, holding 76.09 hm³ of water out of a maximum 352.59 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 5.0 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for John Redmond Lake — 330 data points between October 30, 2021 and October 29, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 20.2% (September 8, 2026) to a high of 100.0% (July 1, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around August.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 38.237°N, 95.767°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 21.6% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 76.09 hm³
- Total capacity
- 352.59 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 5.0 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 38.237°N, 95.767°W
- Last updated
- October 29, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2026 | 21.6% | 76.09 |
| 28 Oct 2026 | 21.5% | 75.88 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 22.0% | 77.6 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 22.4% | 78.89 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 23.4% | 82.43 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 24.5% | 86.38 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 25.6% | 90.11 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 26.6% | 93.72 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 28.9% | 101.88 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 31.4% | 110.67 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 33.9% | 119.61 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 35.7% | 126.01 |