Reservoir · Kansas · United States · USGS NWIS
PERRY LK NR PERRY, KS
29.5% full
Capacity
949.78 hm³
Volume stored
280 hm³
Vs month average
102% of normal
Coordinates
39.114°N, 95.426°W
Last updated
2026-10-27
Current fill
29.5%vs 7 days ago
-0.1 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
+0.4 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
102%of normal
29.5% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 29.0% for October across 4 years of readings (+0.5 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
PERRY LK NR PERRY, 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. 39.114°N, 95.426°W · Open in Google Maps
About PERRY LK NR PERRY, KS
As of October 27, 2026, PERRY LK NR PERRY, KS is filled to 29.5% of its total capacity, holding 279.75 hm³ of water out of a maximum 949.78 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.1 pp), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for PERRY LK NR PERRY, KS — 1095 data points between October 29, 2023 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 22.0% (December 23, 2023) to a high of 44.9% (June 14, 2026). 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 39.114°N, 95.426°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 29.5% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 279.75 hm³
- Total capacity
- 949.78 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.1 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 0.4 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USGS
- Coordinates
- 39.114°N, 95.426°W
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 29.5% | 279.75 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 29.5% | 280 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 29.5% | 280.25 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 29.5% | 280.25 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 29.5% | 280.49 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 29.6% | 280.74 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 29.6% | 280.74 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 29.6% | 280.74 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 29.6% | 280.99 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 29.7% | 282.47 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 30.0% | 284.93 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 30.3% | 287.65 |