Reservoir · New Mexico · United States · USACE CWMS
Navajo Reservoir
51.4% full
Capacity
2,107.53 hm³
Volume stored
1083 hm³
Vs month average
100% of normal
Coordinates
36.803°N, 107.611°W
Last updated
2026-10-20
Current fill
51.4%vs 7 days ago
+2.1%gaining
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
100%of normal
51.4% full on 2026-10-20, against an average of 51.5% for October across 3 years of readings (-0.1 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 13 October 2026
D1moderate drought
The ground at Navajo Reservoir'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. 36.803, -107.611 · Open in Google Maps
About Navajo Reservoir
As of October 20, 2026, Navajo Reservoir is filled to 51.4% of its total capacity, holding roughly 1,083 hm³ of water out of a maximum 2,108 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 2.1 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Navajo Reservoir — 329 data points between October 21, 2021 and October 20, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 45.5% (September 13, 2026) to a high of 58.2% (May 17, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around September.
It is operated by USACE primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the New Mexico basin at 36.803°N, 107.611°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 51.4%
- Water stored
- 1,083 hm³
- Total capacity
- 2,108 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 2.1 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- New Mexico
- Operator
- USACE
- Coordinates
- 36.803°N, 107.611°W
- Last updated
- October 20, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2026 | 51.4% | 1,083 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 51.3% | 1,082 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 51.2% | 1,078 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 51.0% | 1,075 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 50.8% | 1,070 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 50.5% | 1,064 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 49.9% | 1,051 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 49.3% | 1,040 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 49.2% | 1,038 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 49.2% | 1,036 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 49.2% | 1,036 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 49.1% | 1,036 |