MELVERN Lake water level
▲ 7.2 points from 96.4% a year ago
Source: waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-06910997, accessed October 1, 2026. Updated every 6 hours.
MELVERN Lake is at 103.4% of full pool (1037.35 ft) as of September 29, 2026. MELVERN Lake was last full on September 28, 2026 (103.4% of normal storage). MELVERN Lake is near Melvern, Kansas.
MELVERN 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
MELVERN Lake has held roughly steady since the previous reading (September 27, 2026).
On this same date last year (September 28, 2025), MELVERN Lake was 96.4% full, 7 percentage points lower than today's 103.4%.
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).
MELVERN Lake map
MELVERN Lake is at 38.5095, -95.7097. Open in OpenStreetMap.
The dam
- Flood control
- Recreation
- Water supply
Sources: nid.sec.usace.army.mil, accessed September 29, 2026
On the water
No campgrounds, boat ramps, or swim spots linked to MELVERN Lake yet.
Common questions
- MELVERN Lake is at 103.4% of full pool (1037.35 ft) as of September 29, 2026.
- MELVERN Lake was last full on September 28, 2026, when it held 103.4% of its normal storage (elevation 1,037.35 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 November 13, 1972, MELVERN Lake's highest elevation was 1,055.59 ft on June 6, 2019. Its lowest after it first filled (October 1, 2002) was 1,031.08 ft on February 12, 2003. These are the highest and lowest daily readings in the published data, not official records.
- MELVERN Lake is near Melvern, Kansas (38.5095, -95.7097).
- US Army Corps of Engineers operates the dam at MELVERN Lake.
- MELVERN Lake's dam is used for Flood control, Recreation, Water supply.