Reservoir · New Mexico · United States · USACE CWMS
Cochiti Lake
30.7% full
Capacity
170.7 hm³
Volume stored
52 hm³
Vs month average
75% of normal
Coordinates
35.617°N, 106.316°W
Last updated
2026-10-14
Current fill
30.7%vs 7 days ago
-1.0%losing
vs 1 year ago
-1.1%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
75%of normal
30.7% full on 2026-10-14, against an average of 41.2% for October across 6 years of readings (-10.5 points).
Data source: USACE CWMS — US Army Corps of Engineers — daily reservoir storage volume. Design capacity is unavailable for this site, so fill % is estimated against the 5-year maximum storage and may overstate fullness. Last reading: 2026-10-14.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Cochiti Lake
As of October 14, 2026, Cochiti Lake is filled to 30.7% of its total capacity, holding roughly 52 hm³ of water out of a maximum 171 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-1.0 pts), and it is 1.1 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Cochiti Lake — 1825 data points between October 16, 2021 and October 14, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 28.6% (January 4, 2023) to a high of 100.0% (November 7, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around July.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the New Mexico basin at 35.617°N, 106.316°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 30.7%
- Water stored
- 52 hm³
- Total capacity
- 171 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.0 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 1.1 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- New Mexico
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 35.617°N, 106.316°W
- Last updated
- October 14, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2026 | 30.7% | 52 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 30.9% | 53 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 31.0% | 53 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 31.0% | 53 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 31.2% | 53 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 31.3% | 53 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 31.5% | 54 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 31.7% | 54 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 31.9% | 54 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 32.1% | 55 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 32.4% | 55 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 32.6% | 56 |