Kansas lake levels today: Kansas lakes

9 of 24 Kansas lakes are below full pool today. Kirwin Reservoir is the lowest for the date, Waconda Lake the highest.

Data as of November 4, 2026. Pictured: Cedar Bluff Reservoir.

Kansas at a glance

Pictured: Waconda Lake, which is 1.5 ft above full today.

24 Kansas lakes trackedFederal reservoirs and lakes with a live agency gauge.
9 Below full poolOut of 24 with a published full pool; 15 are at or above it.
4 Lower than usual for the dateOut of 24 with five or more years of history; 7 are higher than usual.
11 Lower than a year agoOut of 24 lakes with a reading from the same date last year.

Every Kansas lake, lowest first

Measured against full pool, Kirwin Reservoir is the emptiest Kansas lake today (25.2 ft below full) and Waconda Lake the fullest (1.5 ft above full).

Compared with a year ago, Kirwin Reservoir has dropped the most (7.5 ft lower) and Waconda Lake has gained the most (6.9 ft higher).

4 of 24 lakes are lower than usual for early November, measured against each lake's own past years on today's date.

Select a column heading to sort the table. Each lake links to its own page with a 12-month chart and the dock check.

Kansas lake levels. Select a column heading to sort.

Kirwin Reservoir	1,704.07	13.2%	0th pct	−19.73	−7.45
Webster Reservoir	1,865.53	9.0%	0th pct	−15.72	−0.69
Keith Sebelius Lake	2,288.93	27.2%	0th pct	−4.91	−1.60
Cedar Bluff Reservoir	2,118.70	29.7%	3rd pct	−9.46	−1.94
Big Hill Lake	857.09	95.8%	27th pct	−0.39	−0.21
Wilson Lake	1,511.25	83.4%	29th pct	−2.56	+0.72
Elk City Lake	795.71	96.9%	33rd pct	−0.91	−1.53
Fall River Lake	948.14	94.5%	36th pct	−0.51	−1.73
El Dorado Lake	1,337.63	92.7%	42nd pct	−0.35	−1.91
Cheney Reservoir	1,420.11	90.9%	42nd pct	−0.29	−2.97
Pomona Lake	974.96	106.9%	57th pct	+1.31	+1.35
Hillsdale Lake	917.60	103.8%	60th pct	+0.89	+1.94
Clinton Lake	876.81	108.3%	60th pct	+1.22	+1.09
Lovewell Reservoir	1,580.65	83.8%	68th pct	+1.10	+1.51
Milford Lake	1,146.31	108.8%	70th pct	+0.95	+1.64
John Redmond Reservoir	1,042.11	116.7%	73rd pct	+0.71	−1.44
Toronto Lake	902.01	+0.5 ft	75th pct	+0.22	+0.36
Tuttle Creek Lake	1,080.65	108.2%	80th pct	+1.37	+1.35
Marion Reservoir	1,350.45	99.6%	82nd pct	+1.18	−0.02
Kanopolis Lake	1,466.31	121.0%	87th pct	+1.85	+5.28
Melvern Lake	1,038.04	108.6%	93rd pct	+2.35	+2.60
Perry Lake	896.17	127.1%	93rd pct	+2.93	+2.49
Council Grove Lake	1,274.74	105.4%	100th pct	+1.83	+0.91
Waconda Lake	1,457.07	108.7%	100th pct	+2.83	+6.90

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Kansas lake questions

Which Kansas lake is the fullest right now?

Waconda Lake: 1.5 ft above full, holding 108.7% of its conservation storage.

Which Kansas lake is the lowest?

Measured against full pool, Kirwin Reservoir (25.2 ft below full). Measured against its own normal for the date, Kirwin Reservoir (much lower than usual).

How is this ranking made?

Lakes that publish storage are ranked by percent of conservation storage. The rest are placed by their distance from full pool. Natural lakes without a full pool sit at the end, compared only with their normal for the date.