Reservoir · New Mexico · United States · BOR RISE
Caballo Reservoir
Caballo Reservoir and Dam
11.2% full
Capacity
285.56 hm³
Volume stored
32 hm³
Vs month average
119% of normal
Coordinates
32.924°N, 107.299°W
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
11.2%vs 7 days ago
+0.2 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+4.8 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
119%of normal
11.2% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 9.4% for October across 6 years of readings (+1.8 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D0abnormally dry
The ground at Caballo Reservoir's coordinates falls inside the D0 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: BOR RISE — US Bureau of Reclamation — 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: 2026-10-26.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 32.924°N, 107.299°W · Open in Google Maps
About Caballo Reservoir
As of October 26, 2026, Caballo Reservoir is filled to 11.2% of its total capacity, holding 31.85 hm³ of water out of a maximum 285.56 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.2 pp), and it is 4.8 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Caballo Reservoir — 1824 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.9% (August 16, 2025) to a high of 25.1% (May 12, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around September.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 32.924°N, 107.299°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 11.2% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 31.85 hm³
- Total capacity
- 285.56 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.2 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 4.8 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 32.924°N, 107.299°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 11.2% | 31.85 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 11.2% | 31.95 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 11.2% | 31.89 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 11.2% | 31.92 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 11.0% | 31.45 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 11.0% | 31.45 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 11.0% | 31.33 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 11.0% | 31.3 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 11.0% | 31.3 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 11.0% | 31.3 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 11.0% | 31.33 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 11.1% | 31.64 |