Reservoir · Kansas · United States · USGS NWIS
MELVERN LK NR MELVERN, KS
105.0% full
Capacity
189.96 hm³
Volume stored
201 hm³
Vs month average
107% of normal
Coordinates
38.509°N, 95.710°W
Last updated
2026-10-27
Current fill
105.0%vs 7 days ago
0.0 ppstable
vs 1 year ago
+10.3 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
107%of normal
105.0% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 97.7% for October across 4 years of readings (+7.3 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
MELVERN LK NR MELVERN, KS's coordinates fall outside every category on 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. 38.509°N, 95.710°W · Open in Google Maps
About MELVERN LK NR MELVERN, KS
As of October 27, 2026, MELVERN LK NR MELVERN, KS is filled to 105.0% of its total capacity, holding 200.56 hm³ of water out of a maximum 189.96 hm³. At this level the reservoir is effectively full.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pp), and it is 10.3 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for MELVERN LK NR MELVERN, KS — 917 data points between October 29, 2023 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 89.6% (February 24, 2025) to a high of 105.0% (December 2, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around March.
It is operated by USGS primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 38.509°N, 95.710°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 105.0% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 200.56 hm³
- Total capacity
- 189.96 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 10.3 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USGS
- Coordinates
- 38.509°N, 95.710°W
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 105.0% | 200.56 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 105.0% | 200.69 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 105.0% | 201.18 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 105.0% | 201.8 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 105.0% | 202.29 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 105.0% | 202.29 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 105.0% | 202.66 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 105.0% | 203.15 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 105.0% | 203.52 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 105.0% | 204.14 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 105.0% | 204.51 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 105.0% | 204.88 |