Elephant Butte Dam
Dam in Sierra County, New Mexico · Rio Grande River · forms Elephant Butte Reservoir
Height
306 ft
93 m (NID height)
Length
1,379 ft
420 m
Completed
1916
Elephant Butte Reservoir today
4,296.58 ft
7 days ▲ 0.73 ft
Normal storage
2,065,010 acre-ft
Reservoir level measured Oct 21, 2026, 1:00 AM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Irrigation; Recreation; Hydroelectric
- Dam type
- Concrete
- Structural height
- 306 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 2,593,255 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 42,750 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 197 ft
- Drainage area
- 26,593 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 335 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Albuquerque District
- Also known as
- Elephant Butte Reservoir
- NID ID
- NM00129
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 22, 2025. Search NID ID NM00129 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.
Other dams at Elephant Butte Reservoir
- Elephant Butte Dike