Largest Reservoirs in Kansas

Kansas has 6465 dams with recorded storage capacity. The largest is Tuttle Creek Dam - Blue Rapids Levee with 2,257,000 acre-feet of maximum storage. One acre-foot equals about 326,000 gallons — enough to supply roughly two households for a year.

#	Dam	County	Max Storage (acre-ft)	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
1	Tuttle Creek Dam - Blue Rapids Levee	Marshall	2,257,000	157	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
2	Milford Dam	Geary	1,145,000	147	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
3	Glen Elder Cawker City Dike	Mitchell	1,128,740	142	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
4	Glen Elder Downs Protective Dike	Osborne	1,128,740	90	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
5	Glen Elder Dam	Mitchell	1,107,489	142	Flood Risk Reduction	1969
6	Elk City Dam - Rim Dike	Montgomery	850,405	43	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
7	Perry Dam	Jefferson	770,000	121	Flood Risk Reduction	1966
8	Wilson Dam	Russell	736,000	152	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
9	Cedar Bluff Dam	Trego	717,592	202	Flood Risk Reduction	1951
10	John Redmond Dam - Hartford Levee	Coffey	626,007	87	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
11	Cheney Dam	Sedgwick	566,275	126	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
12	Kirwin Dam	Phillips	511,757	169	Flood Risk Reduction	1955
13	Kanopolis Dam	Ellsworth	433,000	131	Flood Risk Reduction	1948
14	Webster Dike	Rooks	401,650	12	Flood Risk Reduction	1956
15	Clinton Dam	Douglas	368,700	116	Flood Risk Reduction	1977
16	Melvern Dam	Osage	363,000	123	Flood Risk Reduction	1972
17	Council Grove Dam	Morris	346,655	105	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
18	Toronto Dam	Woodson	318,900	90	Flood Risk Reduction	1960
19	Fall River Dam	Greenwood	256,400	94	Flood Risk Reduction	1948
20	Pomona Dam	Osage	254,600	111	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
21	El Dorado Dam	Butler	246,882	99	Flood Risk Reduction	1981
22	Cooling Lake Dam - Wolf Creek Unit 1	Coffey	192,693	82	Other	1980
23	Norton Dam	Norton	192,027	131	Flood Risk Reduction	1964
24	Marion Dam	Marion	189,200	67	Flood Risk Reduction	1968
25	Lovewell Dam	Jewell	180,276	93	Flood Risk Reduction	1957
26	Hillsdale Dam	Miami	160,000	105	Flood Risk Reduction	1981
27	Lacygne Lake Dam	Linn	85,000	76	Other	1971
28	Timber Creek Mpd No 29	Cowley	65,300	91	Flood Risk Reduction	1970
29	Mpd No. 4-10 (horsethief Reservoir)	Hodgeman	52,464	88	Recreation	2009
30	Big Hill Dam	Labette	39,540	83	Flood Risk Reduction	1981
31	Lake Parsons Dam	Neosho	38,000	52	Water Supply	1959
32	Cedar Creek Reservoir	Anderson	24,000	70	Flood Risk Reduction
33	Delaware Mpd No 36 (banner Creek)	Jackson	22,976	64	Water Supply	1997
34	Jeffrey Energy Center-auxiliary Make-up	Pottawatomie	22,000	114	Other
35	Bone Creek Reservoir	Crawford	16,828	52	Water Supply	1997
36	Multiple Purpose Dam #6	Dickinson	16,074	52	Flood Risk Reduction	1982
37	Dam No 18-26 (boy Scout Lake)	Chautauqua	16,020	76	Flood Risk Reduction	1965
38	New Wellington Lake	Sumner	15,986	39	Water Supply	1996
39	Dd No 12 (dienst)	Kearny	15,717	57	Flood Risk Reduction
40	Lake Mckinney Dam	Kearny	15,451	37		1890
41	Wyandotte County Lake Dam	Wyandotte	14,700	139	Recreation	1941
42	Council Grove City Lake Dam	Morris	14,613	75	Flood Risk Reduction	1942
43	Otis Creek Dam (mpd No W-7)	Greenwood	13,300	94	Flood Risk Reduction	1971
44	Lake Bluestem-harrison Cr.	Butler	12,570	68	Other	1954
45	Frd No 1	Harvey	12,364	38	Flood Risk Reduction	1989
46	Clark State Fishing Lake	Clark	11,879	75		1934
47	Frd No 12-3	Chautauqua	11,831	61	Flood Risk Reduction	1970
48	Lake Shawnee	Shawnee	11,400	76	Recreation	1937
49	Dd No 7-4 (doll North)	Finney	11,317	35	Flood Risk Reduction	1974
50	Mpd No 50	Nemaha	11,187	49	Other	1990

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