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Navajo Lake water level

Of full pool
47.6%
▲ 1.8 points since September 20, 2026

▼ 4 points from 51.6% a year ago

0%100% full
Current elevation
6013.93 ft
Reading as of
Sep 29, 2026

Source: data.usbr.gov/rise/api/catalog-item/612, accessed October 1, 2026. Updated every 6 hours.

Navajo Lake water level
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Navajo Lake is at 46.7% of full pool (6012.15 ft) as of September 27, 2026. Navajo Lake was last full on June 27, 2007 (95% of normal storage). Navajo Lake is near Navajo Dam, New Mexico.

Navajo Lake level history

Last full
June 27, 2007
95% of normal storage
Highest since 1962
6,087.25 ft
July 3, 1973
Lowest since 1973
5,995.66 ft
February 16, 2004, counted after it first filled
Data covers
1962 to today
from June 26, 1962

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 1962

Navajo Lake storage, percent of full pool, since 1962: 0.2% on July 1, 1962, 46.3% on September 27, 2026.

Navajo Lake is rising: 46.3% full, up 0.5 percentage points since September 20, 2026.

On this same date last year (September 28, 2025), Navajo Lake was 51.6% full, 5.3 percentage points higher than today's 46.3%.

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).

Latest
46.3%
September 27, 2026
Previous reading
45.8%
September 20, 2026
Same date last year
51.6%
September 28, 2025

Navajo Lake map

Navajo Lake is at 36.8015, -107.6117. Open in OpenStreetMap.

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The dam

Height
402 ft
Built
1963
Name
Navajo Dam
Operator
Bureau of Reclamation

Sources: nid.sec.usace.army.mil, accessed September 29, 2026

On the water

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Common questions

Navajo Lake is at 46.7% of full pool (6012.15 ft) as of September 27, 2026.
Navajo Lake was last full on June 27, 2007, when it held 95% of its normal storage (elevation 6,079.89 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 July 1, 1962.
In Bureau of Reclamation daily data since June 26, 1962, Navajo Lake's highest elevation was 6,087.25 ft on July 3, 1973. Its lowest after it first filled (June 12, 1973) was 5,995.66 ft on February 16, 2004. These are the highest and lowest daily readings in the published data, not official records.
Navajo Lake is near Navajo Dam, New Mexico (36.8015, -107.6117).
Bureau of Reclamation operates the dam at Navajo Lake.
Navajo Lake's dam is used for Flood control, Irrigation, Recreation.