Reservoir · New Mexico · United States · BOR RISE
El Vado Lake
El Vado Lake and Dam
8.5% full
Capacity
242.07 hm³
Volume stored
21 hm³
Coordinates
36.595°N, 106.737°W
Last updated
2026-09-09
Current fill
8.5%vs 7 days ago
-0.4%losing
vs 1 year ago
-4.4%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
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: 2026-09-09.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About El Vado Lake
As of September 9, 2026, El Vado Lake is filled to 8.5% of its total capacity, holding roughly 21 hm³ of water out of a maximum 242 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.4 pts), and it is 4.4 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for El Vado Lake — 1824 data points between September 12, 2021 and September 9, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.5% (April 15, 2023) to a high of 17.9% (September 30, 2021). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around August.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the New Mexico basin at 36.595°N, 106.737°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 8.5%
- Water stored
- 21 hm³
- Total capacity
- 242 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.4 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 4.4 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- New Mexico
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 36.595°N, 106.737°W
- Last updated
- September 9, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2026 | 8.5% | 21 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 8.5% | 21 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 8.6% | 21 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 8.6% | 21 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 8.7% | 21 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 8.8% | 21 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 8.8% | 21 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 8.9% | 21 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 8.9% | 22 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 9.0% | 22 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 9.0% | 22 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 9.1% | 22 |