Lake conditions at Elephant Butte and Heron lakes, New Mexico

Elephant Butte Lake status, 4 a.m., February 20, 2007:
4,346.00 feet above benchmark elevation, 585,997 acre feet.
Up .10' and 1,402 a.f. in 24 hours; up .32' and 5,78 a.f. in 71 hours.

Elephant Butte Lake Elev. (feet) . . . . Storage (acre feet) . . . Date
4,346.00 . . . . . . . 585,997 . . . . . . . Feb. 20, '07 (0400)
4,343.98 . . . . . . . 557,894 . . . . . . . Jan. 31, '07 (1200)
4,340.54 . . . . . . . 511,683 . . . . . . . Dec. 30 (0800)
4,336.52 . . . . . . . 460,330 . . . . . . . Nov. 30
4,331.24 . . . . . . . 397,510 . . . . . . . Oct. 31
4,327.10 . . . . . . . 351,800 . . . . . . . Sept. 30
4,325.18 . . . . . . . 331,550 . . . . . . . Aug. 31
4,308.50 . . . . . . . 183,870 . . . . . . . July 28 low point
4,339.88 . . . . . . . 503,030 . . . . . . . March 5 high point
4,334.06 . . . . . . . 430,410 . . . . . . . January 1, 2006

Lake Conditions as of Monday morning, February 20, 2007

Heron Lake is at 7,135.82 feet, 165,182 acre feet; it is down .13’ and 452 a.f. in 71 hours,
with contractors taking about 175 acre feet per day and the lake going down about a half inch a day.

The lake will likely reach its low point in mid-April, with the marina reopening in early to mid May.

The Heron Lake marina is in about 10 feet of water (with probably still quite a bit of ice).

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