Reservoir · New Mexico · United States · BOR RISE
Elephant Butte Reservoir
Elephant Butte Reservoir Dam and Powerplant
5.9% full
Capacity
2,547.15 hm³
Volume stored
151 hm³
Vs month average
81% of normal
Coordinates
33.225°N, 107.176°W
Last updated
2026-10-29
Current fill
5.9%vs 7 days ago
+1.1 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+1.7 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
81%of normal
5.9% full on 2026-10-29, against an average of 7.3% for October across 6 years of readings (-1.4 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 27 October 2026
D0abnormally dry
The ground at Elephant Butte 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: 2026-10-29.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 33.225°N, 107.176°W · Open in Google Maps
About Elephant Butte Reservoir
As of October 29, 2026, Elephant Butte Reservoir is filled to 5.9% of its total capacity, holding 150.5 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 1.1 percentage points, and it is 1.7 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Elephant Butte Reservoir — 1825 data points between October 31, 2021 and October 29, 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 is at 33.225°N, 107.176°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 5.9% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 150.5 hm³
- Total capacity
- 2,547 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 1.1 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 1.7 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 33.225°N, 107.176°W
- Last updated
- October 29, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2026 | 5.9% | 150.5 |
| 28 Oct 2026 | 5.6% | 141.43 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | 5.2% | 133.4 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 5.0% | 126.22 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 4.9% | 124.57 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 4.8% | 122.69 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 4.8% | 121.49 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 4.8% | 121.19 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 4.7% | 120.47 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 4.7% | 120.06 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 4.7% | 119.17 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 4.6% | 118.22 |