Reservoir · New Mexico · United States · USGS NWIS
Bluewater Lake
7.9% full
Capacity
47.5 hm³
Volume stored
4 hm³
Coordinates
35.293°N, 108.112°W
Last updated
2026-09-30
Current fill
7.9%vs 7 days ago
+0.1%gaining
vs 1 year ago
-4.8%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Data source: USGS National Water Information System (NWIS) — daily reservoir storage volume. Capacity is the design (normal full-pool) capacity from the US National Inventory of Dams (NID); fill % = current volume ÷ design capacity. Last reading: 2026-09-30.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Bluewater Lake
As of September 30, 2026, Bluewater Lake is filled to 7.9% of its total capacity, holding roughly 4 hm³ of water out of a maximum 48 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.1 pts), and it is 4.8 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Bluewater Lake — 1140 data points between October 1, 2022 and September 30, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 2.8% (November 23, 2022) to a high of 43.8% (May 1, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around September.
It is operated by USGS primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the New Mexico basin at 35.293°N, 108.112°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 7.9%
- Water stored
- 4 hm³
- Total capacity
- 48 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.1 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 4.8 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- New Mexico
- Operator
- USGS
- Coordinates
- 35.293°N, 108.112°W
- Last updated
- September 30, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 2026 | 7.9% | 4 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 7.9% | 4 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 7.9% | 4 |
| 27 Sep 2026 | 7.8% | 4 |
| 26 Sep 2026 | 7.8% | 4 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | 7.8% | 4 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 7.8% | 4 |
| 23 Sep 2026 | 7.8% | 4 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 7.8% | 4 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 7.8% | 4 |
| 20 Sep 2026 | 7.8% | 4 |
| 19 Sep 2026 | 7.8% | 4 |