Eagle Nest Lake water level
▼ 12.3 points from 38.1% a year ago
Source: waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-07205500, accessed October 1, 2026. Updated every 6 hours.
Eagle Nest Lake is at 25.5% of full pool as of September 28, 2026. Eagle Nest Lake was last full on August 4, 1995 (95% of normal storage). Eagle Nest Lake is near Eagle Nest, New Mexico.
Eagle Nest Lake level history
This site counts a reservoir as full on a day its storage is at or above 95% of the dam's normal storage (National Inventory of Dams). Many reservoirs rarely reach 100%, even in wet years, because operators release water for irrigation, power or flood control before they fill, so this site treats 95% as full. Highs and lows are daily readings in the published data, not official records. Source: USGS daily data.
Storage, % of full pool, since 1986
Eagle Nest Lake is falling: 25.5% full, down 0.1 percentage points since September 20, 2026.
On this same date last year (September 28, 2025), Eagle Nest Lake was 38.1% full, 12.6 percentage points higher than today's 25.5%.
Weekly averages of the source's daily readings; older years may be monthly or sparser where that is all the source published. Download the charted data (JSON).
Eagle Nest Lake map
Eagle Nest Lake is at 36.5314, -105.2294. Open in OpenStreetMap.
The dam
- Irrigation
- Recreation
Sources: nid.sec.usace.army.mil, accessed September 29, 2026
On the water
No campgrounds, boat ramps, or swim spots linked to Eagle Nest Lake yet.
Common questions
- Eagle Nest Lake is at 25.5% of full pool as of September 28, 2026.
- Eagle Nest Lake was last full on August 4, 1995, when it held 95% of its normal storage. This site counts a reservoir as full on a day its storage is at or above 95% of the dam's normal storage (National Inventory of Dams). Many reservoirs rarely reach 100%, even in wet years, because operators release water for irrigation, power or flood control before they fill, so this site treats 95% as full. Based on USGS daily data since October 7, 1986.
- In USGS daily data since October 7, 1986, Eagle Nest Lake's highest storage was 100.4% of normal storage on May 20, 1994. Its lowest after it first filled (February 28, 1987) was 20.8% of normal storage on November 8, 2014. These are the highest and lowest daily readings in the published data, not official records.
- Eagle Nest Lake is near Eagle Nest, New Mexico (36.5314, -105.2294).
- State operates the dam at Eagle Nest Lake.
- Eagle Nest Lake's dam is used for Irrigation, Recreation.