Kanopolis Lake water level
▲ 6.4 points from 80.4% a year ago
Source: waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-06865000, accessed October 1, 2026. Updated every 6 hours.
Kanopolis Lake is at 86.3% of full pool (1464.53 ft) as of September 29, 2026. Kanopolis Lake was last full on August 12, 2026 (95% of normal storage). Kanopolis Lake is near Kanopolis, Kansas.
Kanopolis Lake level history
This site counts a reservoir as full on a day its storage is at or above 95% of the dam's normal storage (National Inventory of Dams). Many reservoirs rarely reach 100%, even in wet years, because operators release water for irrigation, power or flood control before they fill, so this site treats 95% as full. Highs and lows are daily readings in the published data, not official records. Source: USGS daily data.
Storage, % of full pool, since 2002
Kanopolis Lake is falling: 86.4% full, down 0.3 percentage points since September 27, 2026.
On this same date last year (September 28, 2025), Kanopolis Lake was 80.4% full, 6 percentage points lower than today's 86.4%.
Weekly averages of the source's daily readings; older years may be monthly or sparser where that is all the source published. Download the charted data (JSON).
Kanopolis Lake map
Kanopolis Lake is at 38.6070, -97.9670. Open in OpenStreetMap.
The dam
- Flood control
- Recreation
Sources: nid.sec.usace.army.mil, accessed September 29, 2026
On the water
No campgrounds, boat ramps, or swim spots linked to Kanopolis Lake yet.
Common questions
- Kanopolis Lake is at 86.3% of full pool (1464.53 ft) as of September 29, 2026.
- Kanopolis Lake was last full on August 12, 2026, when it held 95% of its normal storage (elevation 1,466.25 ft). This site counts a reservoir as full on a day its storage is at or above 95% of the dam's normal storage (National Inventory of Dams). Many reservoirs rarely reach 100%, even in wet years, because operators release water for irrigation, power or flood control before they fill, so this site treats 95% as full. Based on USGS daily data since October 1, 2002.
- In USGS daily data since October 1, 1956, Kanopolis Lake's highest elevation was 1,505.81 ft on July 25, 1993. Its lowest after it first filled (October 2, 2002) was 1,455.56 ft on December 14, 2006. These are the highest and lowest daily readings in the published data, not official records.
- Kanopolis Lake is near Kanopolis, Kansas (38.6070, -97.9670).
- US Army Corps of Engineers operates the dam at Kanopolis Lake.
- Kanopolis Lake's dam is used for Flood control, Recreation.