Reservoir · Kansas · United States · BOR RISE
Keith Sebelius Lake
Keith Sebelius Lake and Norton Dam
29.2% full
Capacity
44.33 hm³
Volume stored
13 hm³
Vs month average
77% of normal
Coordinates
39.807°N, 99.934°W
Last updated
2026-10-27
Current fill
29.2%vs 7 days ago
0.0 ppstable
vs 1 year ago
-4.8 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
77%of normal
29.2% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 38.0% for October across 6 years of readings (-8.8 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D0abnormally dry
The ground at Keith Sebelius 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: BOR RISE — US Bureau of Reclamation — 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. 39.807°N, 99.934°W · Open in Google Maps
About Keith Sebelius Lake
As of October 27, 2026, Keith Sebelius Lake is filled to 29.2% of its total capacity, holding 12.94 hm³ of water out of a maximum 44.33 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pp), and it is 4.8 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Keith Sebelius Lake — 1946 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 28.2% (September 21, 2026) to a high of 53.9% (June 5, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 39.807°N, 99.934°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 29.2% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 12.94 hm³
- Total capacity
- 44.33 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 4.8 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 39.807°N, 99.934°W
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 29.2% | 12.94 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 29.2% | 12.93 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 29.1% | 12.9 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 29.1% | 12.92 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 29.2% | 12.93 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 29.1% | 12.92 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 29.2% | 12.93 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 29.2% | 12.93 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 29.2% | 12.94 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 29.3% | 12.97 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 29.3% | 12.99 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 29.3% | 13 |