Reservoir · Kansas · United States · USACE CWMS
Tuttle Creek Dam & Reservoir
50.8% full
Capacity
756.86 hm³
Volume stored
384 hm³
Vs month average
71% of normal
Coordinates
39.256°N, 96.591°W
Last updated
2026-10-28
Current fill
50.8%vs 7 days ago
-7.0 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
71%of normal
50.8% full on 2026-10-28, against an average of 71.3% for October across 2 years of readings (-20.5 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
Tuttle Creek Dam & Reservoir'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: USACE CWMS — US Army Corps of Engineers — daily reservoir storage volume. Design capacity is unavailable for this site, so fill % is estimated against the 5-year maximum storage and may overstate fullness. Last reading: 2026-10-28.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 39.256°N, 96.591°W · Open in Google Maps
About Tuttle Creek Dam & Reservoir
As of October 28, 2026, Tuttle Creek Dam & Reservoir is filled to 50.8% of its total capacity, holding 384.22 hm³ of water out of a maximum 756.86 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 7.0 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Tuttle Creek Dam & Reservoir — 330 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 36.8% (January 4, 2022) to a high of 100.0% (October 7, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around January.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 39.256°N, 96.591°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 50.8% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 384.22 hm³
- Total capacity
- 756.86 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 7.0 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 39.256°N, 96.591°W
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 50.8% | 384.22 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 50.8% | 384.73 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 51.0% | 386.07 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 51.8% | 392.32 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 52.7% | 398.57 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 53.4% | 403.94 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 55.2% | 417.69 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 57.8% | 437.33 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 61.0% | 461.73 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 64.2% | 485.78 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 67.3% | 509.72 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 70.9% | 536.7 |