Reservoir · New Mexico · United States · BOR RISE
Navajo Reservoir
Navajo Reservoir and Dam
65.0% full
Capacity
2,107.53 hm³
Volume stored
1370 hm³
Vs month average
113% of normal
Coordinates
36.859°N, 107.530°W
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
65.0%vs 7 days ago
+13.6 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+7.0 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
113%of normal
65.0% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 57.5% for October across 6 years of readings (+7.5 points).
Drought Monitor at this site · 20 October 2026
D0abnormally dry
The ground at Navajo 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: 2026-10-26.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 36.859°N, 107.530°W · Open in Google Maps
About Navajo Reservoir
As of October 26, 2026, Navajo Reservoir is filled to 65.0% of its total capacity, holding 1,370 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 13.6 percentage points, and it is 7.0 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Navajo Reservoir — 1824 data points between October 29, 2021 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 45.5% (September 13, 2026) to a high of 78.5% (May 30, 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 36.859°N, 107.530°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 65.0% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 1,370 hm³
- Total capacity
- 2,108 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 13.6 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 7.0 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- BOR
- Coordinates
- 36.859°N, 107.530°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 65.0% | 1,370 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 63.9% | 1,346 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 61.8% | 1,303 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 59.4% | 1,253 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 54.3% | 1,145 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 51.7% | 1,090 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 51.5% | 1,086 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 51.4% | 1,083 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 51.2% | 1,079 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 51.1% | 1,076 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 50.8% | 1,072 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 50.6% | 1,066 |