Conchas Dam
Dam in San Miguel County, New Mexico · Canadian River/Conchas River · forms Conchas Lake
Height
235 ft
72 m (NID height)
Length
19,500 ft
5,944 m
Completed
1940
Conchas Lake today
4,179.10 ft
7 days ▼ 0.42 ft
vs full pool
▼ 21.90 ft
Normal storage
61,532 acre-ft
Normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 11:00 AM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Recreation
- Dam type
- Gravity
- Structural height
- 235 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Albuquerque District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 709,119 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 2,694 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 195 ft
- Drainage area
- 7,409 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 3,300 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Albuquerque District
- Also known as
- Conchas Lake
- NID ID
- NM00006
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Sep 9, 2026. Search NID ID NM00006 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.