Elephant Butte Reservoir storage

Name: Elephant Butte Reservoir storage
Creator: The Watershed
Keywords: Elephant Butte Reservoir, reservoir storage, Rio Grande, New Mexico, acre-feet

Reservoir storage in Rio Grande basin, New Mexico

Last updated Jun 18, 2026

Elephant Butte Reservoir storage — acre-feet

Now 134,878 af, 30% below the 5-yr median.

The numbers
Period	Current	Prior	Change
Week over week	134,878 af	160,874 af	-16.2%
Month over month	134,878 af	227,874 af	-40.8%
Year over year	134,878 af	183,125 af	-26.3%
vs 5-yr median	134,878 af	193,668 af	-30.4%

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