El Vado Dam
Dam in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico · Rio Chama River · forms El Vado Lake
Height
230 ft
70 m (NID height)
Length
1,326 ft
404 m
Completed
1935
El Vado Lake today
6,811.93 ft
7 days ▲ 0.03 ft
Normal storage
196,250 acre-ft
Reservoir level measured Oct 21, 2026, 1:00 AM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Irrigation; Recreation; Water Supply
- Dam type
- Other
- Structural height
- 175 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 209,330 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 3,380 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 167 ft
- Drainage area
- 794 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 630 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Albuquerque District
- Also known as
- El Vado Reservoir
- NID ID
- NM10008
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 22, 2025. Search NID ID NM10008 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.