Lakes / Kansas / Reno County / Cheney Reservoir
Cheney Reservoir, Kansas
9,765 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Kansas
37.76 degrees N, 97.84 degrees W - Reno County. State and county outlines drawn from Census boundary data; the lake marker is placed by its USGS National Hydrography Dataset coordinates, not by eye. Schematic - not a survey map.
How Cheney Reservoir Stacks Up
- Ranks #4 for surface area among the Kansas lakes counted so far - 9,765 acres.
- The largest lake in Reno County among those counted.
- About 28 miles from Wichita, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Afton | Sedgwick | 15 mi | 164 acres |
| Lake Waltanna | Sedgwick | 17 mi | 27 acres |
| Kingman County State Lake | Kingman | 24 mi | 148 acres |
| Dirks Lake | Reno | 28 mi | 38 acres |
| Beech Lake | Sedgwick | 34 mi | 29 acres |
| Lake Inman | McPherson | 34 mi | 132 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Largest Lakes in Kansas
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milford Lake | Geary | 14,607 acres | - |
| 2 | Tuttle Creek Lake | Pottawatomie | 12,013 acres | - |
| 3 | Perry Lake | Jefferson | 10,769 acres | - |
| 4 | Cheney Reservoir | Reno | 9,765 acres | - |
| 5 | Waconda Lake | Mitchell | 9,339 acres | - |
All 132 Kansas lakes ranked by surface area
Sources: USGS NHD (The National Map NHD MapServer layer 12) named waterbodies FTYPE 390/436; counties via Census point-in-polygon lake data (ID 135039628). Verified October 30, 2026.