Reservoir · New Mexico · United States · USACE CWMS
Lake Avalon nr Carlsbad
56.1% full
Capacity
5.35 hm³
Volume stored
3 hm³
Vs month average
86% of normal
Coordinates
32.491°N, 104.252°W
Last updated
2026-10-20
Current fill
56.1%vs 7 days ago
-26.3%losing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
86%of normal
56.1% full on 2026-10-20, against an average of 65.0% for October across 2 years of readings (-8.9 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 13 October 2026
D1moderate drought
The ground at Lake Avalon nr Carlsbad'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: 2026-10-20.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 32.491, -104.252 · Open in Google Maps
About Lake Avalon nr Carlsbad
As of October 20, 2026, Lake Avalon nr Carlsbad is filled to 56.1% of its total capacity, holding roughly 3 hm³ of water out of a maximum 5 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 26.3 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Avalon nr Carlsbad — 99 data points between October 21, 2021 and October 20, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 23.2% (October 27, 2021) to a high of 105.0% (September 25, 2026).
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the New Mexico basin at 32.491°N, 104.252°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 56.1%
- Water stored
- 3 hm³
- Total capacity
- 5 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 26.3 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- New Mexico
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 32.491°N, 104.252°W
- Last updated
- October 20, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2026 | 56.1% | 3 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 57.9% | 3 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 60.9% | 3 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 65.0% | 3 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 69.5% | 4 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 74.8% | 4 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 81.1% | 4 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 82.4% | 4 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 83.9% | 4 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 84.9% | 5 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 86.4% | 5 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 87.9% | 5 |