Lakes and Reservoirs in Kansas

The lakes and reservoirs in Kansas are located in two major river basins--the Missouri River Basin and the Arkansas River Basin. Basin summaries and individual lake and reservoir information are available courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Basin Summaries

• Daily Missouri River Basin (Contains DAILY data on lakes and reservoirs in the lower Missouri River Basin, (Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri, including the Kansas River Basin in a table format).
• Weekly Missouri River Basin (Contains WEEKLY data on lakes and reservoirs in the lower Missouri River Basin including the Kansas River Basin in a table format).
• Daily Arkansas River Basin (Contains DAILY data on lakes and reservoirs in the Arkansas River Basin, including Oklahoma, in table format and links to GRAPHICAL presentations).

Real-time data for Kansas lakes and reservoirs

Lake and Reservoir in Homepages

Lake and Reservoir Studies

• Reservoir Sediment

Corps of Engineers Homepages

• U.S. Army Corps Engineers--Kansas City District
• U.S. Army Corps Engineers--Tulsa District
• Kansas City Water Control

Publications

• Water-quality conditions of inflow, outflow, and impounded water at Rathbun Reservoir, Iowa, Clinton and Pomona Lakes, Kansas, and Harlan County Reservoir, Nebraska, May through August 1993 , Ziegler, A. C., Rasmussen, P. P., Carlson, M. D., Hargadine, D. A., 1995, U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 95-472
• Transit losses and traveltimes for water-supply releases Marion Lake during drought conditions, Cottonwood River, east-central Kansas , Jordan, P. R., Hart, R. J., 1985, U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigation 85-4263

For further information, contact Jim Putnam: jputnam@usgs.gov