Navajo Dam
Dam in San Juan County, New Mexico · San Juan River · forms Navajo Reservoir
Height
402 ft
123 m (NID height)
Length
3,648 ft
1,112 m
Completed
1963
Navajo Reservoir today
6,030.27 ft
7 days ▲ 10.32 ft
vs full pool
▼ 54.72 ft
Normal storage
1,708,600 acre-ft
Normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 9:00 AM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Irrigation; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 402 ft
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 1,986,600 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 19,000 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 365 ft
- Drainage area
- 3,206 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 138 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Sacramento District
- Also known as
- Navajo Reservoir
- NID ID
- NM00120
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 22, 2025. Search NID ID NM00120 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.