Reservoir · New Mexico · United States · BOR RISE
Heron Reservoir
Heron Reservoir and Dam
14.3% full
Capacity
495.02 hm³
Volume stored
71 hm³
Vs month average
85% of normal
Coordinates
36.697°N, 106.699°W
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
14.3%vs 7 days ago
+5.1 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+2.3 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
85%of normal
14.3% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 16.8% for October across 6 years of readings (-2.5 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D2severe drought
The ground at Heron Reservoir's coordinates falls inside the D2 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: 2026-10-26.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 36.697°N, 106.699°W · Open in Google Maps
About Heron Reservoir
As of October 26, 2026, Heron Reservoir is filled to 14.3% of its total capacity, holding 70.64 hm³ of water out of a maximum 495.02 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 5.1 percentage points, and it is 2.3 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Heron Reservoir — 1824 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 6.6% (January 9, 2026) to a high of 41.8% (July 14, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around February.
It is operated by BOR primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 36.697°N, 106.699°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 14.3% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 70.64 hm³
- Total capacity
- 495.02 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 5.1 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 2.3 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 36.697°N, 106.699°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 14.3% | 70.64 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 13.7% | 67.71 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 12.9% | 63.69 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 12.0% | 59.19 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 10.5% | 51.86 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 9.3% | 46.08 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 9.2% | 45.71 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 9.2% | 45.35 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 9.1% | 44.97 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 9.0% | 44.54 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 8.9% | 43.97 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 8.7% | 43.19 |