Lake Avalon water level — New Mexico
Lake Avalon in New Mexico was last measured at 2,706 acre-ft of storage (no elevation gauge reported), as of Aug 22, 2026, 1:15 PM (UTC+00:00) (USACE CWMS Data).
- Pool elevation
- Not reported
- % of conservation pool full
- Not reported
- Storage
- 2,706 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: USACE SPA/Avalon, retrieved Aug 31, 2026, 8:24 AM (UTC+00:00). Official page for this lake →
About this gauge's record
USACE's continuous elevation record for this project begins in 1999 (2 tracked series for this project).
The dam behind Lake Avalon
Lake Avalon is held back by Avalon Dam (also recorded as Avalon Reservoir) , an earthfill embankment, holding the pool back by sheer mass and an impervious core rather than by the strength of concrete , standing 58 ft high and running 1,025 ft along its crest , built across PECOS RIVER in Eddy County , near CARLSBAD . It was completed in 1907 and modified in 2002S , and is owned by BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (a federal owner) , to a design credited to BUREAU OF RECLAMATION.
Its recorded primary purpose is irrigation — the pool is drawn down across the growing season to serve water rights downstream, then refilled over winter . It also serves irrigation;other;water supply.
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 970 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 1,850 acres. NID records a maximum storage of 20,000 acre-ft against a normal storage of 4,334 acre-ft. Its maximum discharge capacity is 34,000 cubic feet per second.
Dam facts: National Inventory of Dams record NM00132 , filed by Bureau of Reclamation — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, public domain. Water levels above come from USACE CWMS Data 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brantley Lake | NM | 3,242.84 ft | 13 km |
| Red Bluff Reservoir | TX | 2,814.84 ft | 73 km |
| Two Rivers Dam | NM | 3,957.00 ft | 98 km |
| Diamond a Reservoir | NM | 3,957.00 ft | 100 km |
| Two River Reservoir | NM | 3,977.02 ft | 100 km |
| Lake Sumner | NM | 4,237.85 ft | 236 km |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the current water level of Lake Avalon?
- This lake reports storage (2,706 acre-ft as of Aug 22, 2026, 1:15 PM (UTC+00:00)) but no elevation gauge — its managing agency does not publish a pool-elevation reading here.
- Is Lake Avalon 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 USACE SPA/Avalon, retrieved Aug 31, 2026, 8:24 AM (UTC+00:00).
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