Flood Control Dams in New Mexico

New Mexico has 178 flood control dams, of which 135 carry a high hazard classification. The dam is designed to control downstream flooding by temporarily storing excess water during storms and releasing it at a controlled rate.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	Navajo Dam	San Juan	402	High	Not Available	1963
2	Abiquiu Dam	Rio Arriba	354	High	Not Available	1963
3	Cochiti Dam	Sandoval	251	High	Not Available	1975
4	Conchas Dam	San Miguel	235	High	Not Available	1940
5	Santa Rosa Dam	Guadalupe	214	High	Not Available	1979
6	Sumner Dam	De Baca	164	High	Not Available	1937
7	Galisteo Dam	Santa Fe	164	High	Not Available	1970
8	Cuchillo-negro Dam	Sierra	161	High	Satisfactory	1991
9	Brantley Dam	Eddy	144	High	Not Available	1989
10	T Or C Site 8c Dam	Sierra	119	High	Poor	1981
11	Caballo Dam	Sierra	110	High	Not Available	1938
12	Green Canyon Dam	Sierra	104	High	Poor	1972
13	Upper Rio Hondo Site No. 1 Dam	Lincoln	94	High	Poor	1959
14	Sebastian Martin Site 6 Dam	Rio Arriba	93	High	Poor	1973
15	Crow Broad Placitas Dam No. 1	Doña Ana	86	High	Poor	1969
16	Las Cruces Dam	Doña Ana	85	High	Satisfactory	1975
17	Sebastian Martin Site 5 Dam	Rio Arriba	84	High	Poor	1981
18	South Domingo Baca Dam	Bernalillo	81	High	Satisfactory	1979
19	Sibley Green Site 4	Sierra	80	High	Poor	1974
20	Crow Broad Placitas Dam No. 2a	Doña Ana	79	High	Poor	1971
21	Running Water Draw Site 1 Dam	Curry	78	High	Poor	1975
22	Sebastian Martin Site 4 Dam	Rio Arriba	76	High	Poor	1977
23	Santa Cruz Site 2g Dam	Rio Arriba	75	High	Poor	1982
24	Sebastian Martin Bm 1 Dam	Rio Arriba	74	High	Poor	1978
25	Saltpeter Creek Site 1a	Colfax	72	Significant	Poor	1964
26	Santa Cruz Site 6 Dam	Santa Fe	72	High	Poor	1962
27	Cottonw Ood-walnut Site #8	Eddy	71	High	Fair	1988
28	James Canyon Dam	Grant	70	Low	Satisfactory	2002
29	John Robert Dam	Bernalillo	69	High	Satisfactory	1976
30	Sebastian Martin Site 3 Dam	Rio Arriba	69	High	Fair	1977
31	Upper Penasco Site 2	Otero	68	High	Fair	1959
32	Santa Cruz Site 4 Dam	Rio Arriba	65	High	Fair	1961
33	Carson Dam	Taos	65	High	Poor	1935
34	Tramperos Creek Site 1 Dam	Union	65	Low	Fair	1960
35	Spring Canyon Dam	Doña Ana	64	High	Poor	1940
36	Embudo Dam	Bernalillo	63	High	Fair	1979
37	Pino Dam	Bernalillo	63	High	Satisfactory	1979
38	Apache Brazito Mesquite Dam No. 2	Doña Ana	63	High	Poor	1965
39	Santa Cruz Site 1 Dam	Rio Arriba	62	High	Poor	1962
40	Cottonwood-walnut Site #6	Eddy	61	High	Fair	1986
41	Eagle-tumbleweed Draw Watershed Dam	Eddy	60	High	Fair	1995
42	Sebastian Martin Site 2 Dam	Rio Arriba	60	High	Fair	1977
43	Santa Cruz Site 5 Dam	Rio Arriba	59	High	Poor	1961
44	Elephant Butte Dike	Sierra	59	High	Not Available	1920
45	Upper Penasco Site 1	Otero	57	High	Poor	1960
46	San Lucas Dam	McKinley	56	Low	Poor	1938
47	Westgate Detention Dam	Bernalillo	55	High	Satisfactory	1976
48	Sebastian Martin Site 18 Dam	Rio Arriba	55	High	Poor	1985
49	Fillmore Site 1 Dam	Doña Ana	54	High	Poor	1962
50	Santa Cruz Site 3a Dam	Rio Arriba	54	High	Poor	1972
51	Santa Cruz Site 3 Dam	Rio Arriba	54	High	Fair	1962
52	Picacho North Dam	Doña Ana	53	High	Poor	1954
53	Tortugas Site 1 Dam	Doña Ana	53	High	Poor	1962
54	Hatch Valley Arroyo Dam No. 6	Doña Ana	53	High	Poor	1957
55	Upper Penasco Site 3a	Otero	52	High	Poor	1959
56	Sandia Mountain Site No. 1 Dam	Sandoval	52	High	Satisfactory	1955
57	Apache Brazito Mesquite Dam No. 3	Doña Ana	51	High	Poor	1964
58	Rc&d Project Measure 83 Dam	Taos	51	High	Poor	1967
59	Rhodes Arroyo Retarding Dam	Doña Ana	50	Significant	Poor	1960
60	Upper Gila Valley Site No. 10 Dam	Grant	50	High	Poor	1963
61	Pecos Arroyo Watershed Site 1	San Miguel	49	High	Poor	1965
62	Mccoy Detention Dam	Bernalillo	47	High	Satisfactory	1991
63	Hackberry Draw Site No. 2 Dam	Eddy	46	High	Fair	1967
64	Tramperos Creek No. 2 Dam	Union	46	Low	Satisfactory	1961
65	Hatch Valley Arroyo Dam No. 1	Doña Ana	45	High	Poor	1958
66	Corrales Heights Dam	Sandoval	45	High	Satisfactory	1973
67	Arroyo Del Oso Detention Dam	Bernalillo	44	High	Fair	1956
68	Swinburne Dam	Bernalillo	43	High	Fair	1991
69	Anthony Arroyo Dam No. 1	Doña Ana	43	High	Poor	1974
70	Raymac Detention Dam	Bernalillo	41	High	Satisfactory	1989
71	Don Felipe Detention Dam	Bernalillo	41	High	Satisfactory	1989
72	Amole Arroyo Detention Dam	Bernalillo	41	High	Satisfactory	1979
73	North Domingo Baca Dam	Bernalillo	41	High	Satisfactory	1982
74	Dona Ana Site 1	Doña Ana	41	High	Poor	1956
75	Upper Gila Valley Site No. 12 Dam	Grant	41	High	Poor	1963
76	Round Mountain Detention Dam 3	Hidalgo	41	Low	Fair	1956
77	Apodaca Arroyo Dam	Doña Ana	40	Significant	Poor	1962
78	South Fork Dam	Doña Ana	40	Low	Poor	1930
79	Caballo Arroyo Dam No. 5	Doña Ana	40	Significant	Poor	1960
80	Apache Brazito Mesquite Dam No. 1	Doña Ana	40	High	Poor	1964
81	Apache Brazito Mesquite Dam No. 4	Doña Ana	40	High	Poor	1964
82	Trapped Rock	McKinley	40	High	Poor	1993
83	Sibley Green Site 5	Sierra	39	High	Poor	1977
84	Alameda Dam	Doña Ana	38	Low	Unsatisfactory
85	Upper Gila Valley Site No. 7 Dam	Grant	38	High	Poor	1962
86	Santa Ana	Sandoval	38	High	Fair	1960
87	Ancho Dam A-8	Colfax	37	Low	Satisfactory	1997
88	Dona Ana Site 2	Doña Ana	37	High	Fair	1956
89	Hatch Valley Arroyos Dam No. 4	Doña Ana	37	High	Poor	1957
90	Cass Draw Site 1 Dam	Eddy	37	High	Poor	1969
91	Upper Gila Valley Site No. 6 Dam	Grant	37	High	Poor	1963
92	County Line Detention Dam	Sierra	37	High	Poor	1956
93	Lauson Arroyo Flood Detention Dam	Doña Ana	36	High	Poor	1996
94	Hatch Valley Arroyos Dam No. 5	Doña Ana	36	High	Poor	1958
95	Upper Gila Valley Site No. 1 Dam	Grant	36	High	Poor	1962
96	Caballo Arroyo Dam No. 1	Sierra	36	High	Poor	1959
97	Sand Hill Arroyo Dam	Doña Ana	35	High	Poor	1957
98	North Fork Dam	Doña Ana	35	Low	Poor	1930
99	Hatch Valley Arroyos Dam No. 3	Doña Ana	35	High	Poor	1958
100	Upper Gila Valley Site No. 8 Dam	Grant	35	High	Poor	1963

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