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Webster Reservoir

Webster Reservoir and Dam

13.7% full

Capacity

95.44 hm³

Volume stored

13 hm³

Vs month average

46% of normal

Coordinates

39.391°N, 99.426°W

Last updated

2026-10-27

Current fill

13.7%
Critical

vs 7 days ago

0.0 pp

stable

vs 1 year ago

-1.3 pp

year-over-year

7-day trend

→

stable

Drought context

Storage vs October average

46%of normal

13.7% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 30.1% for October across 6 years of readings (-16.4 points).

Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026

Nonenot in a drought category

Webster 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: 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: 2026-10-27.

Catchment Weather

Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo

Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 39.391°N, 99.426°W · Open in Google Maps

About Webster Reservoir

As of October 27, 2026, Webster Reservoir is filled to 13.7% of its total capacity, holding 13.09 hm³ of water out of a maximum 95.44 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low.

Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pp), and it is 1.3 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.

Across the readings we hold for Webster Reservoir — 1946 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 13.5% (June 18, 2026) to a high of 91.2% (June 13, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around September.

It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 39.391°N, 99.426°W.

Key facts

Current fill level
13.7% of total capacity
Water stored
13.09 hm³
Total capacity
95.44 hm³
7-day change
No change
Year-on-year
▼ 1.3 pp
Primary use
Multipurpose
Operator
BOR
Coordinates
39.391°N, 99.426°W
Last updated
October 27, 2026

Recent readings

DateFill levelVolume (hm³)
27 Oct 202613.7%13.09
26 Oct 202613.7%13.09
25 Oct 202613.7%13.06
24 Oct 202613.7%13.09
23 Oct 202613.7%13.11
22 Oct 202613.7%13.11
21 Oct 202613.7%13.11
20 Oct 202613.7%13.11
19 Oct 202613.7%13.11
18 Oct 202613.7%13.12
17 Oct 202613.8%13.16
16 Oct 202613.8%13.21

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