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Kansas

66.7% average fill

Measured

Volume stored

5,713 hm³

Measured capacity

8,560 hm³

Critical

Low level

Below month average

17 of 34

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Drought Monitor · 13 October 2026

Weekly map · area in each category

Drought status

30.9%

of the area in drought (D1 or worse)

Worst category: D2 severe drought

unchanged on the week

D0 18.1%D1 20.5%D2 10.4%D3 0%D4 0%

Severe or worse (D2+)

10.4%

Extreme or worse (D3+)

0.0%

DSCI

900–500

People in drought

1.0 million

Reservoirs (reservoirs.earth)

66.7% full34 tracked

Reservoirs on drought ground

5 of 342 in D2 or worse

As of the 13 October 2026 U.S. Drought Monitor map, 30.9% of Kansas was in drought (D1 or worse). The 34 reservoirs we track in Kansas were 66.7% full on their latest readings. 5 of 34 tracked reservoir sites sit inside the drought area, 2 of them in severe drought (D2) or worse.

The Drought Monitor maps where conditions are dry this week — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not how much water is stored. Reservoir storage lags it by months, so a region can be in drought with full reservoirs, or out of drought with empty ones. Source: droughtmonitor.unl.edu. The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Map courtesy of NDMC.

Reservoirs

Sorted by capacity

PERRY LK NR PERRY, KS

low

31.5%299 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-14· 112% of month avg

Perry Dam & Reservoir

low

30.8%292 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-15· 97% of month avg

Tuttle Creek Dam & Reservoir

79.2%600 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-15· 118% of month avg

TUTTLE C LK NR MANHATTAN, KS

82.1%620 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-14· 170% of month avg

MILFORD LAKE NR JUNCTION CITY, KS

103.2%495 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-14· 109% of month avg

Milford Dam & Reservoir

102.9%493 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-15· 100% of month avg

John Redmond Lake

low

32.5%125 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-15· 120% of month avg

WILSON LK NR WILSON, KS

80.3%243 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-14· 99% of month avg

Wilson Dam & Reservoir

80.5%243 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-15· 92% of month avg

Waconda Lake

97.5%290 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-14· 138% of month avg

Cedar Bluff Reservoir

low

29.2%67 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-14· 85% of month avg

CLINTON LK NR LAWRENCE, KS

70.4%159 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-14· 106% of month avg

Cheney Reservoir

97.7%201 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-14· 112% of month avg· D1

El Dorado Lake

87.1%174 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-15· 94% of month avg

MELVERN LK NR MELVERN, KS

105.0%203 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-14· 109% of month avg

Melvern Dam & Reservoir

105.0%203 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-15· 97% of month avg

Clinton Dam & Reservoir

105.0%159 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-15· 86% of month avg

POMONA LK NR QUENEMO, KS

51.4%70 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-14· 103% of month avg

Toronto Lake

critical

17.5%22 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-15· 76% of month avg· D1

Kirwin Reservoir

critical

17.6%22 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-14· 36% of month avg

Fall River Lake

low

21.4%25 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-15· 92% of month avg· D1

Elk City Lake

low

33.0%39 hm³View →

Updated 2026-09-09· 99% of month avg· D2

Marion Lake

96.8%96 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-15· 102% of month avg

Webster Dam

critical

13.9%13 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-15· 39% of month avg

Webster Reservoir

critical

13.8%13 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-14· 39% of month avg

HILLSDALE LK NR HILLSDALE, KS

102.1%96 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-14· 108% of month avg

Hillsdale Dam & Reservoir

102.5%96 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-15· 98% of month avg

Pomona Dam & Reservoir

81.1%71 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-15· 82% of month avg

KANOPOLIS LK NR KANOPOLIS, KS

99.3%75 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-14· 134% of month avg· D0

Kanopolis Dam & Reservoir

99.2%75 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-15· 103% of month avg· D0

Council Grove Lake

93.0%56 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-15· 95% of month avg

Lovewell Reservoir

68.9%35 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-14· 134% of month avg

Keith Sebelius Lake

low

29.3%13 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-14· 74% of month avg· D0

Big Hill Lake

89.3%30 hm³View →

Updated 2026-10-15· 103% of month avg· D2

Storage from official US gauges (USGS, USACE, Bureau of Reclamation, CDEC) and, in Texas, the Texas Water Development Board. Fill % uses design capacity from the National Inventory of Dams where available; Water Data for Texas lakes use that board's conservation capacity; a few sites without a match fall back to the 5-year maximum. "% of month avg" compares the current fill with the reservoir’s own average for this calendar month over its readings on record. D0–D4 is the U.S. Drought Monitor category of the ground at the reservoir’s coordinates on the latest weekly map — local conditions, not storage.

About reservoirs in Kansas

As of October 15, 2026, the reservoirs we track across Kansas that report live levels hold roughly 5,713 hm³ of water — about 66.7% of their combined capacity. Taken together, Kansas's reservoirs are within their normal operating range.

Across the region, 4 reservoirs are at critically low levels and 7 are low. MELVERN LK NR MELVERN, KS is the fullest at 105.0%, while Webster Reservoir is the lowest at 13.8%.

Over the most recent week on record, 11 reservoirs fell across Kansas.

Storage figures for Kansas come from USGS · USACE · BOR · CDEC; the most recent reading is from October 15, 2026. Each reservoir below links to its own page with full history and seasonal context.

Kansas at a glance

Reservoirs tracked: 34
Average fill: 66.7%
Water stored: 5,713 hm³
Combined capacity: 8,560 hm³
At critically low levels: 4
Fullest: MELVERN LK NR MELVERN, KS (105.0%)
Lowest: Webster Reservoir (13.8%)
Last updated: October 15, 2026

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