New Mexico Lake Water Levels including Elephant Butte and Heron Lakes, September 25, 2006

In spite of drier fall weather, most New Mexico lakes continue to hold up better than had been predicted this spring.

Navajo Lake: . . . . . 1,414,863 acre feet, up 1,825 a.f. in the past 71 hours.


Heron Lake has 197,203 acre feet at elevation 7,144.46 feet as of 7 a.m. MDT, Monday, Sept. 25. Heron is up 1 inch and 314 a.f. in 24 hours and 2-1/4 inches and 744 a.f. in 71 hours. Willow Creek is flowing at 169 cubic feet per second (104 c.f.s. minimum, 225 c.f.s. maximum in the past 71 hours) and the Azotea Tunnel flow is 152 c.f.s. (97 c.f.s. min., 254 c.f.s. max.).


El Vado Lake: 52,853 a.f., up 57 a.f. 153 c.f.s. outflow.
Abiquiu Lake: 155,490 a.f., up 148 a.f., 99 c.f.s. outflow.
Cochiti Lake: 49,683 a.f., up 360 a.f., 536 c.f.s. outflow.


Elephant Butte Lake is holding steady:
4,327.00 feet above benchmark elevation, with 350.732 acre feet.
Down 1/4 inch and 216 a.f. in 24 hours.
Up 1/4 inch and 212 a.f. in 71 hours.
The Butte reached elevation 4,327.04' with 351,163 a.f. at 0600 on Sunday, Sept. 24th.
San Marcial Floodway is flowing at 24 cubic feet per second (23 c.f.s. min., 26 c.f.s. max. in 71 hours). Outflow from the dam is 18 c.f.s.


Lakes on the eastern side of New Mexico have given up some of their water:

Santa Rosa Lake: 79,725 a.f., down 96 a.f.
Sumner Lake: . . 23,758 a.f., down 316 a.f.
Brantley Lake: . . 24,200 a.f., down 1,268 a.f.
Eagle Nest Lake: 33,296 a.f., down 29 a.f.
Conchas Lake: . . 157,448 a.f., down 1,186 a.f.
Ute Lake . . . . . . . 207,000 a.f., down 2,000 a.f. (approx.)