Reservoir · New Mexico · United States · USACE CWMS
Caballo Reservoir
11.0% full
Capacity
285.56 hm³
Volume stored
31 hm³
Vs month average
118% of normal
Coordinates
32.896°N, 107.292°W
Last updated
2026-10-20
Current fill
11.0%vs 7 days ago
0.0%stable
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
118%of normal
11.0% full on 2026-10-20, against an average of 9.3% for October across 2 years of readings (+1.7 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 13 October 2026
D1moderate drought
The ground at Caballo Reservoir's coordinates falls inside the D1 area of the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map. That describes local conditions — rainfall, soil moisture, streamflow — not the reservoir's storage. New Mexico drought figures →
Data source: USACE CWMS — US Army Corps of Engineers — 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: 2026-10-20.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 32.896, -107.292 · Open in Google Maps
About Caballo Reservoir
As of October 20, 2026, Caballo Reservoir is filled to 11.0% of its total capacity, holding roughly 31 hm³ of water out of a maximum 286 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pts).
Across the readings we hold for Caballo Reservoir — 99 data points between October 21, 2021 and October 20, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 5.9% (September 8, 2026) to a high of 11.1% (October 2, 2026).
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the New Mexico basin at 32.896°N, 107.292°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 11.0%
- Water stored
- 31 hm³
- Total capacity
- 286 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- New Mexico
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 32.896°N, 107.292°W
- Last updated
- October 20, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2026 | 11.0% | 31 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 11.0% | 31 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 10.9% | 31 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 11.0% | 31 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 11.0% | 31 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 11.0% | 31 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 11.0% | 31 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 11.0% | 31 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 11.1% | 32 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 11.1% | 32 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 11.1% | 32 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 11.1% | 32 |