Avalon Dam
Dam in Eddy County, New Mexico · Pecos River · forms Lake Avalon
Height
58 ft
18 m (NID height)
Length
1,025 ft
312 m
Completed
1907
Lake Avalon today
3,174.32 ft
7 days ▼ 1.88 ft
Normal storage
4,334 acre-ft
Reservoir level measured Oct 21, 2026, 1:00 AM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Irrigation; Other; Water Supply
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 58 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 20,000 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 1,850 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 34 ft
- Drainage area
- 17,816 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 970 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Albuquerque District
- Also known as
- Avalon Reservoir
- NID ID
- NM00132
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 22, 2025. Search NID ID NM00132 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.