Jemez Canyon Dam
Dam in Sandoval County, New Mexico · Jemez River · forms Jemez Canyon Reservoir
Height
150 ft
46 m (NID height)
Length
870 ft
265 m
Completed
1953
Jemez Canyon Reservoir today
5,125.11 ft
7 days 0.00 ft
Normal storage
29,712 acre-ft
Much below normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 22, 2026, 7:00 AM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Other
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 150 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Albuquerque District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 264,700 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 1,396 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 146 ft
- Drainage area
- 1,034 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 428 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Albuquerque District
- Also known as
- Jemez Canyon Reservoir
- NID ID
- NM00003
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Sep 8, 2026. Search NID ID NM00003 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.