Reservoir · New Mexico · United States · BOR RISE
Elephant Butte Reservoir
Elephant Butte Reservoir Dam and Powerplant
4.2% full
Capacity
2,547.15 hm³
Volume stored
108 hm³
Coordinates
33.225°N, 107.176°W
Last updated
2026-10-07
Current fill
4.2%vs 7 days ago
+1.8%gaining
vs 1 year ago
+0.7%year-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
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: 2026-10-07.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Elephant Butte Reservoir
As of October 7, 2026, Elephant Butte Reservoir is filled to 4.2% of its total capacity, holding roughly 108 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 risen by 1.8 percentage points, and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Elephant Butte Reservoir — 1824 data points between October 10, 2021 and October 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 1.3% (July 27, 2026) to a high of 27.6% (June 29, 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 lies within the New Mexico basin at 33.225°N, 107.176°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 4.2%
- Water stored
- 108 hm³
- Total capacity
- 2,547 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 1.8 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 0.7 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- New Mexico
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 33.225°N, 107.176°W
- Last updated
- October 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Oct 2026 | 4.2% | 108 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 4.1% | 104 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 3.8% | 96 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 3.5% | 89 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 3.2% | 83 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 3.1% | 78 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 2.8% | 71 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 2.4% | 62 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 2.2% | 57 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 2.0% | 51 |
| 27 Sep 2026 | 1.9% | 48 |
| 26 Sep 2026 | 1.8% | 45 |