Waconda Lake water level today
Reservoir in Mitchell, Kansas · Soloman River
1,456.87ft
444.05 m · gauge reading (local datum, not an elevation)
Measured · provisional
Much above normal for the date
What this means
Waconda Lake is 1.27 ft above its full pool of 1,455.60 ft.
It is lower than on Oct 21 in 1 of the last 10 years.
The lake has risen 3.83 ft in 30 days.
Since 1990, the lowest daily level was 1,446.18 ft (Dec 2006) and the highest 1,487.02 ft (Jul 1993).
Waconda Lake level chart
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Measured
Normal range for the date (middle 50% of past years)
Full pool
Same date in past years
| Date | Level | vs today |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2025 | 1,450.27 ft | ▼ 6.60 ft |
| Oct 21, 2024 | 1,448.82 ft | ▼ 8.05 ft |
| Oct 21, 2023 | 1,450.27 ft | ▼ 6.60 ft |
| Oct 21, 2022 | 1,450.38 ft | ▼ 6.49 ft |
| Oct 21, 2021 | 1,455.20 ft | ▼ 1.67 ft |
| Oct 21, 2020 | 1,456.16 ft | ▼ 0.71 ft |
| Oct 21, 2019 | 1,456.30 ft | ▼ 0.57 ft |
| Oct 21, 2018 | 1,459.00 ft | ▲ 2.13 ft |
| Oct 21, 2017 | 1,455.31 ft | ▼ 1.56 ft |
| Oct 21, 2016 | 1,456.51 ft | ▼ 0.36 ft |
Records & details
- Highest
- 1,487.02 ft on Jul 29, 1993
- Lowest
- 1,446.18 ft on Dec 19, 2006
- Records from
- 1990 (37 years of daily data)
- Full pool
- 1,455.60 ft (top of conservation pool, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
- Storage
- 235,775 acre-ft
- Inflow
- 20.0 cfs (0.57 m³/s)
- Outflow
- 12.4 cfs (0.35 m³/s)
- Water temperature
- Not measured here
Weather & wind
Tonight52°F · Mostly Clear then Patchy Fog
Wind SE 0 to 5 mph
Wind SE 0 to 5 mph
Thursday77°F · Patchy Fog then Sunny
Wind SSE 5 to 15 mph
Wind SSE 5 to 15 mph
Thursday Night58°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind SSE 10 to 15 mph
Wind SSE 10 to 15 mph
Friday78°F · Mostly Sunny
Wind SSE 15 to 25 mph
Wind SSE 15 to 25 mph
Friday Night61°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind S 15 to 20 mph
Wind S 15 to 20 mph
Saturday77°F · Mostly Sunny
Wind S 10 to 15 mph
Wind S 10 to 15 mph
NOAA National Weather Service forecast for this lake's location, updated 1 h ago.