Santa Rosa Dam
Dam in Guadalupe County, New Mexico · Pecos River · forms Santa Rosa Lake
Height
214 ft
65 m (NID height)
Length
1,900 ft
579 m
Completed
1979
Santa Rosa Lake today
4,726.48 ft
7 days ▲ 0.09 ft
vs full pool
▼ 50.02 ft
Normal storage
200,000 acre-ft
Normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 1:00 PM MDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Other; Irrigation; Recreation
- Dam type
- Rockfill
- Structural height
- 214 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Albuquerque District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 717,000 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 16,670 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 208 ft
- Drainage area
- 2,434 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 1,050 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Albuquerque District
- Also known as
- Santa Rosa Lake
- NID ID
- NM00158
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Sep 17, 2026. Search NID ID NM00158 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.