Nambe Falls Dam
Dam in Santa Fe County, New Mexico · Rio Nambe River · forms Nambe Falls Reservoir
Height
150 ft
46 m (NID height)
Length
993 ft
303 m
Completed
1976
Nambe Falls Reservoir today
6,826.71 ft
7 days ▼ 0.06 ft
Normal storage
1,729 acre-ft
Reservoir level measured Oct 21, 2026, 1:00 AM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Fish and Wildlife Pond; Recreation
- Dam type
- Concrete
- Structural height
- 150 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 2,601 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 59 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 122 ft
- Drainage area
- 34 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 110 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Albuquerque District
- Also known as
- Nambe Falls Reservoir
- NID ID
- NM00412
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 22, 2025. Search NID ID NM00412 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.