Reservoir · Kansas · United States · USACE CWMS
Kanopolis Dam & Reservoir
96.4% full
Capacity
75.71 hm³
Volume stored
73 hm³
Vs month average
99% of normal
Coordinates
38.616°N, 97.967°W
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
96.4%vs 7 days ago
-1.1 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
99%of normal
96.4% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 97.1% for October across 2 years of readings (-0.7 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D0abnormally dry
The ground at Kanopolis Dam & Reservoir'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. Capacity is the design (normal full-pool) capacity from the US National Inventory of Dams (NID); fill % = current volume ÷ design capacity. Last reading: 2026-10-28.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 38.616°N, 97.967°W · Open in Google Maps
About Kanopolis Dam & Reservoir
As of October 28, 2026, Kanopolis Dam & Reservoir is filled to 96.4% of its total capacity, holding 72.95 hm³ of water out of a maximum 75.71 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.1 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Kanopolis Dam & Reservoir — 314 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 79.2% (February 7, 2022) to a high of 104.7% (July 16, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around July and at its lowest around February.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 38.616°N, 97.967°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 96.4% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 72.95 hm³
- Total capacity
- 75.71 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.1 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 38.616°N, 97.967°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 96.4% | 72.95 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 96.4% | 72.99 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 96.4% | 72.99 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 96.6% | 73.15 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 96.8% | 73.31 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 97.0% | 73.42 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 97.3% | 73.66 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 97.5% | 73.85 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 97.7% | 73.97 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 97.9% | 74.12 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 98.1% | 74.28 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 98.5% | 74.55 |