Cochiti Dam
Dam in Sandoval County, New Mexico · Rio Grande & Santa Fe · forms Cochiti Lake
Height
251 ft
77 m (NID height)
Length
28,300 ft
8,626 m
Completed
1975
Cochiti Lake today
5,344.84 ft
7 days ▲ 0.92 ft
vs full pool
▼ 0.63 ft
Normal storage
50,130 acre-ft
Above normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 9:00 AM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Other; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 251 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Albuquerque District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 722,000 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 1,200 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 246 ft
- Drainage area
- 14,635 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 460 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Albuquerque District
- Also known as
- Cochiti Lake
- NID ID
- NM00404
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Sep 1, 2026. Search NID ID NM00404 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.