Reservoir · New Mexico · United States · USACE CWMS
Elephant Butte Reservoir
4.6% full
Capacity
2,547.15 hm³
Volume stored
117 hm³
Vs month average
98% of normal
Coordinates
33.154°N, 107.191°W
Last updated
2026-10-18
Current fill
4.6%vs 7 days ago
+0.2%gaining
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
98%of normal
4.6% full on 2026-10-18, against an average of 4.7% for October across 2 years of readings (-0.1 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 13 October 2026
D1moderate drought
The ground at Elephant Butte 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: 2026-10-18.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 33.154, -107.191 · Open in Google Maps
About Elephant Butte Reservoir
As of October 18, 2026, Elephant Butte Reservoir is filled to 4.6% of its total capacity, holding roughly 117 hm³ of water out of a maximum 2,547 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 pts).
Across the readings we hold for Elephant Butte Reservoir — 91 data points between October 21, 2021 and October 18, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 1.3% (September 4, 2026) to a high of 7.2% (December 11, 2021).
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the New Mexico basin at 33.154°N, 107.191°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 4.6%
- Water stored
- 117 hm³
- Total capacity
- 2,547 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.2 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- New Mexico
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 33.154°N, 107.191°W
- Last updated
- October 18, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Oct 2026 | 4.6% | 117 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 4.6% | 117 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 4.6% | 117 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 4.6% | 117 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 4.6% | 116 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 4.5% | 115 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 4.5% | 114 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 4.4% | 113 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 4.4% | 112 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 4.3% | 111 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 4.3% | 109 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 4.2% | 107 |