Bluewater Dam
Dam in Cibola County, New Mexico · Bluewater Creek · forms Bluewater Lake
Height
99 ft
30 m (NID height)
Length
655 ft
200 m
Completed
1927
Bluewater Lake today
7,364.57 ft
7 days ▲ 0.53 ft
Normal storage
38,510 acre-ft
Normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 12:15 PM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Irrigation; Recreation
- Dam type
- Arch
- Structural height
- 99 ft
- Owner
- BLUEWATER-TOLTEC IRRIGATION DISTRICT (Local Government)
- Maximum storage
- 44,150 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 1,730 acres
- Drainage area
- 207 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 195 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Albuquerque District
- Also known as
- Bluewater Dam
- NID ID
- NM00239
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID NM00239 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.