Elephant Butte Reservoir water level
▼ 1 point from 3.2% a year ago
Source: data.usbr.gov/rise/api/catalog-item/332, accessed October 1, 2026. Updated every 6 hours.
Elephant Butte Reservoir is at 1.9% of full pool (4280.27 ft) as of September 27, 2026. Elephant Butte Reservoir was last full on March 9, 1998 (95% of normal storage). Elephant Butte Reservoir is near Elephant Butte, New Mexico.
Elephant Butte Reservoir 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: Bureau of Reclamation daily data.
Storage, % of full pool, since 1915
Elephant Butte Reservoir is rising: 1.6% full, up 0.2 percentage points since September 20, 2026.
On this same date last year (September 28, 2025), Elephant Butte Reservoir was 3.2% full, 1.6 percentage points higher than today's 1.6%.
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).
Elephant Butte Reservoir map
Elephant Butte Reservoir is at 33.1541, -107.1919. Open in OpenStreetMap.
The dam
- Flood control
- Hydropower
- Irrigation
- Recreation
Sources: nid.sec.usace.army.mil, accessed September 29, 2026 , recreation.gov/camping/gateways/100, accessed September 29, 2026
Data source: Recreation.gov
On the water
No campgrounds, boat ramps, or swim spots linked to Elephant Butte Reservoir yet.
Common questions
- Elephant Butte Reservoir is at 1.9% of full pool (4280.27 ft) as of September 27, 2026.
- Elephant Butte Reservoir was last full on March 9, 1998, when it held 95% of its normal storage (elevation 4,404.12 ft). 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 Bureau of Reclamation daily data since March 21, 1915.
- In Bureau of Reclamation daily data since March 21, 1915, Elephant Butte Reservoir's highest elevation was 4,409.19 ft on June 16, 1942. Its lowest after it first filled (June 15, 1920) was 4,258.03 ft on August 6, 1954. These are the highest and lowest daily readings in the published data, not official records.
- Elephant Butte Reservoir is near Elephant Butte, New Mexico (33.1541, -107.1919).
- Bureau of Reclamation operates the dam at Elephant Butte Reservoir.
- Elephant Butte Reservoir's dam is used for Flood control, Hydropower, Irrigation, Recreation.