Cragin Dam Reservoir water level — Arizona
Cragin Dam Reservoir in Arizona was last measured at 7,177 acre-ft of storage (no elevation gauge reported), as of Aug 31, 2026, 12:30 AM (UTC-07:00) (USGS Water Services). This reading is provisional and subject to revision.
- Pool elevation
- Not reported
- % of conservation pool full
- Not reported
- Storage
- 7,177 acre-ft
- Recent trend
- Not enough data
This station reports storage but no elevation gauge — its managing agency does not publish a pool-elevation reading here.
Recent trend
Not enough recent readings to show a trend.
Data: USGS Water Services (waterservices.usgs.gov) and USACE CWMS Data (cwms-data.usace.army.mil), retrieved 2026-08-31. Both public domain (a work of the U.S. Government, 17 U.S.C. §105).
Source: USGS site 09398300, retrieved Aug 31, 2026, 8:24 AM (UTC+00:00). Official page for this lake →
About this gauge's record
This site's drainage basin covers approximately 71 sq mi of contributing watershed.
The dam behind Cragin Dam Reservoir
Cragin Dam Reservoir is held back by C.C. Cragin Dam (also recorded as Blue Ridge Reservoir;C.C. Cragin Reservoir) , a concrete structure , standing 170 ft high and running 492 ft along its crest , built across EAST CLEAR CREEK in Coconino County , near KINDER CROSSING . It was completed in 1964 and modified in 1975 , and is owned by BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (a federal owner) , to a design credited to LEEDS, HILL, AND JEWETT, INC.
Its recorded primary purpose is hydroelectric — releases follow generation schedules, so the level can move on a daily cycle that has nothing to do with drought .
Its spillway is ungated: once the pool reaches the crest, water leaves on its own and the operator cannot hold it back. The spillway opening is 93 ft wide.
NID classes it high hazard potential. That describes what a failure would cost downstream — loss of life would be expected — and says nothing about how likely a failure is, or what condition the dam is in.
At its normal pool the reservoir covers about 344 acres. NID records a maximum storage of 19,500 acre-ft against a normal storage of 15,000 acre-ft. Its maximum discharge capacity is 20,940 cubic feet per second.
Dam facts: National Inventory of Dams record AZ00021 , filed by Bureau of Reclamation — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, public domain. Water levels above come from USGS Water Services and are a separate source. (How this dam was matched to this gauge →)
Nearby lakes
The six nearest published lakes by centroid distance (great-circle) — cross-state neighbors included.
| Lake | State | Level | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe Reservoir | AZ | — | 80 km |
| Bartlett Reservoir | AZ | — | 92 km |
| Whitlow Ranch Dam | AZ | 2,065.11 ft | 140 km |
| San Carlos Reservoir | AZ | — | 165 km |
| Lyman Lake | AZ | — | 166 km |
| Zuni Salt Lake | NM | 6,221.49 ft | 222 km |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the current water level of Cragin Dam Reservoir?
- This lake reports storage (7,177 acre-ft as of Aug 31, 2026, 12:30 AM (UTC-07:00)) but no elevation gauge — its managing agency does not publish a pool-elevation reading here.
- Is Cragin Dam Reservoir full right now?
- Its managing agency does not publish a %-of-conservation-pool-full figure for this lake, so we show the bare level rather than estimate one.
- Where does this data come from?
- From USGS site 09398300, retrieved Aug 31, 2026, 8:24 AM (UTC+00:00).
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