Reservoir · Kansas · United States · USGS NWIS
WILSON LK NR WILSON, KS
80.0% full
Capacity
302.2 hm³
Volume stored
242 hm³
Vs month average
100% of normal
Coordinates
38.964°N, 98.493°W
Last updated
2026-10-27
Current fill
80.0%vs 7 days ago
-0.1 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
+1.8 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
100%of normal
80.0% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 80.2% for October across 4 years of readings (-0.2 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
Nonenot in a drought category
WILSON LK NR WILSON, 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. 38.964°N, 98.493°W · Open in Google Maps
About WILSON LK NR WILSON, KS
As of October 27, 2026, WILSON LK NR WILSON, KS is filled to 80.0% of its total capacity, holding 241.89 hm³ of water out of a maximum 302.2 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.1 pp), and it is 1.8 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for WILSON LK NR WILSON, KS — 1095 data points between October 29, 2023 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 77.1% (May 16, 2026) to a high of 88.2% (February 22, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around July and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by USGS primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 38.964°N, 98.493°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 80.0% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 241.89 hm³
- Total capacity
- 302.2 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.1 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 1.8 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- USGS
- Coordinates
- 38.964°N, 98.493°W
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 80.0% | 241.89 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 80.0% | 241.76 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 80.0% | 241.64 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 80.0% | 241.64 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 80.0% | 241.76 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 80.0% | 241.89 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 80.0% | 241.89 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 80.1% | 242.01 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 80.1% | 242.01 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 80.2% | 242.26 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 80.3% | 242.63 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 80.4% | 242.87 |