Reservoir · Kansas · United States · USGS NWIS
MILFORD LAKE NR JUNCTION CITY, KS
103.0% full
Capacity
479.58 hm³
Volume stored
494 hm³
Vs month average
107% of normal
Coordinates
39.076°N, 96.900°W
Last updated
2026-10-27
Current fill
103.0%vs 7 days ago
+0.8 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+5.6 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
107%of normal
103.0% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 96.2% for October across 4 years of readings (+6.8 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
MILFORD LAKE NR JUNCTION CITY, 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. 39.076°N, 96.900°W · Open in Google Maps
About MILFORD LAKE NR JUNCTION CITY, KS
As of October 27, 2026, MILFORD LAKE NR JUNCTION CITY, KS is filled to 103.0% of its total capacity, holding 493.76 hm³ of water out of a maximum 479.58 hm³. At this level the reservoir is effectively full.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.8 pp), and it is 5.6 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for MILFORD LAKE NR JUNCTION CITY, KS — 1006 data points between October 29, 2023 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 82.1% (December 19, 2023) to a high of 104.9% (July 15, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around August and at its lowest around January.
It is operated by USGS primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 39.076°N, 96.900°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 103.0% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 493.76 hm³
- Total capacity
- 479.58 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.8 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 5.6 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USGS
- Coordinates
- 39.076°N, 96.900°W
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 103.0% | 493.76 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 102.8% | 493.02 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 102.8% | 492.78 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 102.6% | 492.04 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 102.5% | 491.54 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 102.5% | 491.42 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 102.3% | 490.8 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 102.2% | 490.06 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 102.1% | 489.45 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 102.1% | 489.69 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 102.4% | 490.93 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 102.8% | 493.15 |