Milford Lake water level
▲ 5.1 points from 98.2% a year ago
Source: waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-06857050, accessed October 1, 2026. Updated every 6 hours.
Milford Lake is at 102.9% of full pool (1145.97 ft) as of September 29, 2026. Milford Lake was last full on September 28, 2026 (103.1% of normal storage). Milford Lake is near Junction City, Kansas.
Milford 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
Milford Lake has held roughly steady since the previous reading (September 27, 2026).
On this same date last year (September 28, 2025), Milford Lake was 98.2% full, 4.9 percentage points lower than today's 103.1%.
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).
Milford Lake map
Milford Lake is at 39.0761, -96.8997. 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 Milford Lake yet.
Common questions
- Milford Lake is at 102.9% of full pool (1145.97 ft) as of September 29, 2026.
- Milford Lake was last full on September 28, 2026, when it held 103.1% of its normal storage (elevation 1,146.01 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 December 5, 1966, Milford Lake's highest elevation was 1,181.77 ft on July 25, 1993. Its lowest after it first filled (June 29, 2003) was 1,137.63 ft on January 26, 2013. These are the highest and lowest daily readings in the published data, not official records.
- Milford Lake is near Junction City, Kansas (39.0761, -96.8997).
- US Army Corps of Engineers operates the dam at Milford Lake.
- Milford Lake's dam is used for Flood control, Recreation, Water supply.