Reservoir · Kansas · United States · BOR RISE
Keith Sebelius Lake
Keith Sebelius Lake and Norton Dam
29.3% full
Capacity
44.33 hm³
Volume stored
13 hm³
Vs month average
74% of normal
Coordinates
39.807°N, 99.934°W
Last updated
2026-10-14
Current fill
29.3%vs 7 days ago
-0.3%losing
vs 1 year ago
-5.1%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
74%of normal
29.3% full on 2026-10-14, against an average of 39.7% for October across 6 years of readings (-10.4 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 13 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: 2026-10-14.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 39.807, -99.934 · Open in Google Maps
About Keith Sebelius Lake
As of October 14, 2026, Keith Sebelius Lake is filled to 29.3% of its total capacity, holding roughly 13 hm³ of water out of a maximum 44 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.3 pts), and it is 5.1 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 16, 2021 and October 14, 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 September.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Kansas basin at 39.807°N, 99.934°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 29.3%
- Water stored
- 13 hm³
- Total capacity
- 44 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.3 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 5.1 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Kansas
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 39.807°N, 99.934°W
- Last updated
- October 14, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2026 | 29.3% | 13 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 29.3% | 13 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 29.4% | 13 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 29.4% | 13 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 29.5% | 13 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 29.5% | 13 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 29.5% | 13 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 29.6% | 13 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 29.6% | 13 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 29.6% | 13 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 29.6% | 13 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 29.6% | 13 |