Eagle Nest Dam
Dam in Colfax County, New Mexico · Cimarron River · forms Eagle Nest Lake
Height
142 ft
43 m (NID height)
Length
400 ft
122 m
Completed
1918
Eagle Nest Lake today
8,159.88 ft
7 days ▼ 0.06 ft
Normal storage
81,000 acre-ft
Below normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 9:00 AM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Irrigation; Recreation
- Dam type
- Arch
- Structural height
- 142 ft
- Owner
- NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH (State)
- Maximum storage
- 98,400 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 2,496 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 133 ft
- Drainage area
- 184 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 40 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Albuquerque District
- NID ID
- NM00351
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID NM00351 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.