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Monitored reservoir

Milford Lake Nr Junction City, KS

United States Geological Survey reservoir gauge 06857050 in KS, with published storage from 2002.

Storage record06857050

Storage now, against this reservoir's own record

501.30 Mm³
Stored, August 2026
53rd
Percentile among 20 Augs on record
+7.4%
Change over the 12 months to 2026-08

Storage in August 2026 was around the middle of the Aug record, ranked against 20 other Augs held for this reservoir.

Storage, 2002–2026

Monthly mean storage
253 monthly values, 2002 to 2026
Monthly mean storageMonthly mean storage: Milford Lake Nr Junction City, KS in Mm³, from 2002.75 to 2026.5833333333333.05001,0001,500Mm³2002.752005.41666666666672008.08333333333332010.752013.41666666666672016.08333333333332019.252024.25Year

Monthly means of the publisher's daily record. Volume, not percentage of capacity: without a capacity whose definition is stated, fullness cannot be computed.

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Underlying data
PeriodMilford Lake Nr Junction City, KS (Mm³)
October 2002363
November 2002347
December 2002330
January 2003350
February 2003354
March 2003292
April 2003374
May 2003389
June 2003401
July 2003482
August 2003483
September 2003475
October 2003472
November 2003490
December 2003474
January 2004367
February 2004384
March 2004452
April 2004443
May 2004457
June 2004511
July 2004523
August 2004529
September 2004506
October 2004502
November 2004459
December 2004455
January 2005365
February 2005410
March 2005412
April 2005436
May 2005451
June 2005500
July 2005521
August 2005526
September 2005522
October 2005505
November 2005463
December 2005478
January 2006486
February 2006479
March 2006481
April 2006485
May 2006491
June 2006499
July 2006469
August 2006425
September 2006422
October 2006402
November 2006386
December 2006367
January 2007367
February 2007375
March 2007403
April 2007419
May 2007545
June 2007527
July 2007528
August 2007527
September 2007525
October 2007522
November 2007527
December 2007519
January 2008478
February 2008480
March 2008478
April 2008487
May 2008502
June 2008599
July 2008489
August 2008491
September 2008528
October 2008538
November 2008542
December 2008499
January 2009449
February 2009451
March 2009446
April 2009456
May 2009502
June 2009515
July 2009507
August 2009505
September 2009499
October 2009514
November 2009527
December 2009506
January 2010448
February 2010443
March 2010475
April 2010508
May 2010496
June 2010603
July 2010748
August 2010510
September 2010483
October 2010505
November 2010523
December 2010500
January 2011458
February 2011455
March 2011473
April 2011481
May 2011504
June 2011680
July 2011709
August 2011782
September 2011718
October 2011488
November 2011480
December 2011483
January 2012480
February 2012481
March 2012462
April 2012480
May 2012460
June 2012460
July 2012461
August 2012400
September 2012376
October 2012361
November 2012355
December 2012350
January 2013347
February 2013347
March 2013347
April 2013356
May 2013392
June 2013426
July 2013429
August 2013498
September 2013494
October 2013494
November 2013497
December 2013466
January 2014453
February 2014459
March 2014468
April 2014468
May 2014475
June 2014526
July 2014511
August 2014484
September 2014497
October 2014506
November 2014505
December 2014490
January 2015439
February 2015436
March 2015434
April 2015436
May 2015478
June 2015602
July 2015506
August 2015514
September 2015497
October 2015487
November 2015473
December 2015488
January 2016432
February 2016434
March 2016441
April 2016445
May 2016537
June 2016528
July 2016470
August 2016475
September 2016515
October 2016510
November 2016507
December 2016494
January 2017416
February 2017403
March 2017410
April 2017499
November 2017487
December 2017491
January 2018448
February 2018412
March 2018410
April 2018417
May 2018453
June 2018446
July 2018469
August 2018445
September 2018544
October 2018630
November 2018578
December 2018484
January 2019448
February 2019407
March 2019515
April 2019695
May 2019925
June 20191,259
July 20191,126
August 2019938
September 2019898
October 2019928
November 2019694
December 2019432
January 2020413
February 2020402
March 2020424
April 2020488
May 2020488
June 2020504
July 2020486
August 2020546
September 2020491
October 2020485
November 2020468
December 2020470
January 2021451
February 2021420
March 2021420
April 2021463
September 2023405
October 2023401
November 2023397
December 2023395
January 2024400
February 2024408
March 2024413
April 2024420
May 2024460
June 2024499
July 2024506
August 2024476
September 2024454
October 2024443
November 2024443
December 2024444
January 2025445
February 2025451
March 2025459
April 2025466
May 2025460
June 2025462
July 2025462
August 2025467
September 2025470
October 2025469
November 2025467
December 2025458
January 2026434
February 2026420
March 2026417
April 2026435
May 2026464
June 2026523
July 2026506
August 2026501

Rate and persistence

+2.87 Mm³
Mean change per month over 12 months
5 of 24
Months in the last two years below the 20th percentile for their own month

Rates are computed only across an unbroken run of months, so a rate is never divided by a period in which some of the change was not observed. Percentile counts compare each month with the same calendar month in every other year held.

Location

Milford Lake Nr Junction City, KS
Gauge location
Milford Lake Nr Junction City, KSMilford Lake Nr Junction City, KS — 501.30 Mm³Milford Lake Nr Junction City, KS — 501.30 Mm³

Where this comes from

253 monthly observations 2002–2026 Mm³
Spatially aggregatedHigh confidenceAugust 2026

Source: USGS — National Water Information System, 06857050. Licence: Open.

Method: Monthly mean of daily reservoir storage published by the USGS in acre-feet and converted to millions of cubic metres. Months with fewer than 20 days of record are not published rather than averaged from a partial month.

Reservoir storage is managed as well as observed: a drawdown may reflect an operating rule, flood-control rule curve or scheduled release rather than a shortage. Compare a month against the same month in other years, and do not read a fall as a supply signal without knowing the operating regime.

Retrieved 25 August 2026.

Monthly mean of daily reservoir storage published by the USGS in acre-feet and converted to millions of cubic metres. Months with fewer than 20 days of record are not published rather than averaged from a partial month.

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