Nichols Reservoir water level
▲ 60.3 points from 30% a year ago
Source: waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-08316500, accessed October 1, 2026. Updated every 6 hours.
Nichols Reservoir is at 56.4% of full pool as of September 28, 2026. Nichols Reservoir was last full on February 4, 2026 (95.4% of normal storage). Nichols Reservoir is near Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Nichols 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: USGS daily data.
Storage, % of full pool, since 1965
Nichols Reservoir is rising: 49.2% full, up 4.3 percentage points since September 20, 2026.
On this same date last year (September 28, 2025), Nichols Reservoir was 30% full, 19.2 percentage points lower than today's 49.2%.
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).
Nichols Reservoir map
Nichols Reservoir is at 35.6894, -105.8800. Open in OpenStreetMap.
The dam
- Water supply
Sources: nid.sec.usace.army.mil, accessed September 29, 2026
On the water
No campgrounds, boat ramps, or swim spots linked to Nichols Reservoir yet.
Common questions
- Nichols Reservoir is at 56.4% of full pool as of September 28, 2026.
- Nichols Reservoir was last full on February 4, 2026, when it held 95.4% 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 1, 1965.
- In USGS daily data since October 1, 1965, Nichols Reservoir's highest storage was 107.2% of normal storage on April 28, 1985. Its lowest after it first filled (October 6, 1965) was 0% of normal storage on August 25, 2013. These are the highest and lowest daily readings in the published data, not official records.
- Nichols Reservoir is near Santa Fe, New Mexico (35.6894, -105.8800).
- Local Government operates the dam at Nichols Reservoir.
- Nichols Reservoir's dam is used for Water supply.