Reservoir · Kansas · United States · USGS NWIS
KANOPOLIS LK NR KANOPOLIS, KS
96.4% full
Capacity
75.71 hm³
Volume stored
73 hm³
Vs month average
127% of normal
Coordinates
38.607°N, 97.967°W
Last updated
2026-10-27
Current fill
96.4%vs 7 days ago
-1.4 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
+27.6 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
127%of normal
96.4% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 75.8% for October across 5 years of readings (+20.6 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D0abnormally dry
The ground at KANOPOLIS LK NR KANOPOLIS, KS'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: 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. 38.607°N, 97.967°W · Open in Google Maps
About KANOPOLIS LK NR KANOPOLIS, KS
As of October 27, 2026, KANOPOLIS LK NR KANOPOLIS, KS is filled to 96.4% of its total capacity, holding 73.01 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 1.4 percentage points, and it is 27.6 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for KANOPOLIS LK NR KANOPOLIS, KS — 1430 data points between October 28, 2022 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 63.1% (November 16, 2023) to a high of 104.8% (July 16, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around January.
It is operated by USGS primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 38.607°N, 97.967°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 96.4% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 73.01 hm³
- Total capacity
- 75.71 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.4 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 27.6 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USGS
- Coordinates
- 38.607°N, 97.967°W
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 96.4% | 73.01 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 96.5% | 73.06 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 96.7% | 73.22 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 96.9% | 73.36 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 97.1% | 73.52 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 97.3% | 73.7 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 97.6% | 73.89 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 97.8% | 74.02 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 98.0% | 74.19 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 98.2% | 74.37 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 98.6% | 74.63 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 98.9% | 74.91 |