Reservoir · Oklahoma · United States · USACE CWMS
Kaw Lake
49.0% full
Capacity
925.07 hm³
Volume stored
454 hm³
Vs month average
106% of normal
Coordinates
36.699°N, 96.922°W
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
49.0%vs 7 days ago
+0.4 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
106%of normal
49.0% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 46.1% for October across 2 years of readings (+2.9 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D0abnormally dry
The ground at Kaw 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. Oklahoma 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: 2026-10-28.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 36.699°N, 96.922°W · Open in Google Maps
About Kaw Lake
As of October 28, 2026, Kaw Lake is filled to 49.0% of its total capacity, holding 453.67 hm³ of water out of a maximum 925.07 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.4 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Kaw Lake — 330 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 40.3% (September 30, 2026) to a high of 100.0% (June 30, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around September.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 36.699°N, 96.922°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 49.0% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 453.67 hm³
- Total capacity
- 925.07 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.4 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 36.699°N, 96.922°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 49.0% | 453.67 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 49.0% | 453.12 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 48.9% | 452 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 48.8% | 451.06 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 48.6% | 449.76 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 48.5% | 448.27 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 48.4% | 447.33 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 48.6% | 449.95 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 49.1% | 453.86 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 49.5% | 457.96 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 49.2% | 454.98 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 48.7% | 450.88 |