Kansas Lake Levels Today
22 lakes and reservoirs · updated Sep 21, 2026
Lake Levels Today tracks 22 lakes and reservoirs in Kansas. Of the 22 with a published full pool, 12 are at or above it and 2 are well below it. The highest relative to full pool is Tuttle Creek Lake (+4.45 ft) and the lowest is Webster Lake (−26.93 ft). Over the last 24 hours 2 rose and 2 fell by more than a twentieth of a foot; the rest held steady.
Every figure is the operating agency's own gauge reading, republished once a day. Open a lake for its staff gauge, a one-year chart, pool elevations and the source link. Elevations are in feet above the agency's vertical datum, so compare lakes by their distance from full pool, not by raw elevation.
| Lake | Elevation (ft) | From full | 24h |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheney Lake | 1,420.12 | −1.48 ft | −0.01 ft |
| Milford Lake | 1,146.06 | +1.66 ft | +0.02 ft |
| Tuttle Creek Lake | 1,079.45 | +4.45 ft | +0.45 ft |
| Big Hill Lake | 857.17 | −0.83 ft | −0.01 ft |
| Cedar Bluff Lake | 2,118.58 | −25.42 ft | −0.05 ft |
| Clinton Lake | 876.07 | +0.57 ft | −0.02 ft |
| El Dorado Lake | 1,337.91 | −1.09 ft | −0.02 ft |
| Elk City Lake | 795.32 | −0.68 ft | −0.03 ft |
| Fall River Lake | 948.34 | −0.16 ft | −0.03 ft |
| Hillsdale Reservoir | 916.87 | −0.13 ft | −0.03 ft |
| John Redmond Lake | 1,042.41 | +1.41 ft | −0.09 ft |
| Kanopolis Lake | 1,464.69 | +1.69 ft | −0.03 ft |
| Kirwin Lake | 1,703.86 | −25.39 ft | −0.07 ft |
| Lovewell Lake | 1,573.12 | −9.48 ft | no change |
| Marion Lake | 1,350.00 | −0.50 ft | −0.01 ft |
| Melvern Lake | 1,037.38 | +1.38 ft | no change |
| Perry Lake | 894.42 | +2.92 ft | +0.20 ft |
| Pomona Lake | 974.65 | +0.65 ft | −0.01 ft |
| Toronto Lake | 902.81 | +1.31 ft | −0.01 ft |
| Waconda Lake | 1,453.04 | −2.56 ft | −0.02 ft |
| Webster Lake | 1,865.52 | −26.93 ft | −0.03 ft |
| Wilson Lake | 1,510.82 | −5.18 ft | −0.02 ft |
Kansas lake level questions
Which Kansas lake is lowest right now?
Webster Lake, at 1,865.52 ft, −26.93 ft from its full pool of 1,892.45 ft.
How many Kansas lakes are full?
12 of the 22 Kansas lakes with a published full pool are within half a foot of it or above, and 2 are more than halfway down the conservation pool.
How often are Kansas lake levels updated here?
Once a day. The readings on this page were pulled Sep 21, 2026; each lake page shows the exact timestamp of its gauge reading.