Reservoir · New Mexico · United States · BOR RISE
Elephant Butte Reservoir
Elephant Butte Reservoir Dam and Powerplant
1.3% full
Capacity
2,547.15 hm³
Volume stored
34 hm³
Coordinates
33.225°N, 107.176°W
Last updated
2026-09-12
Current fill
1.3%vs 7 days ago
0.0%stable
vs 1 year ago
-1.7%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: 2026-09-12.
Catchment Weather
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About Elephant Butte Reservoir
As of September 12, 2026, Elephant Butte Reservoir is filled to 1.3% of its total capacity, holding roughly 34 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 (+0.0 pts), and it is 1.7 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Elephant Butte Reservoir — 1824 data points between September 15, 2021 and September 12, 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
- 1.3%
- Water stored
- 34 hm³
- Total capacity
- 2,547 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 1.7 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- New Mexico
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 33.225°N, 107.176°W
- Last updated
- September 12, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Sep 2026 | 1.3% | 34 |
| 11 Sep 2026 | 1.3% | 34 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 1.3% | 34 |
| 9 Sep 2026 | 1.3% | 34 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 1.3% | 34 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 1.3% | 34 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 1.3% | 34 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 1.3% | 34 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 1.3% | 34 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 1.3% | 34 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 1.3% | 34 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 1.3% | 34 |