Irrigation Dams in New Mexico

New Mexico has 71 irrigation dams, of which 32 carry a high hazard classification. The dam stores and diverts water for agricultural irrigation, supporting farming operations in the surrounding area.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	El Vado Dam	Rio Arriba	230	High	Not Available	1935
2	Santa Cruz Dam	Santa Fe	147	High	Satisfactory	1929
3	Cutter	San Juan	145	High	Satisfactory	1972
4	Eagle Nest Dam	Colfax	142	High	Fair	1918
5	Costilla Dam	Taos	138	High	Fair	1920
6	Bluewater Dam	Cibola	99	High	Fair	1927
7	Bear Canyon Dam	Grant	99	High	Poor	1937
8	Heron Dike	Rio Arriba	94	High	Not Available	1971
9	Black Rock	McKinley	90	High	Fair	1908
10	Storrie Dam	San Miguel	90	High	Poor	1921
11	Cabresto Dam	Taos	78	High	Satisfactory	2012
12	Throttle Dam No. 2	Colfax	67	High	Poor	1914
13	Miami Lake Dam No. 2	Colfax	65	High	Poor	1913
14	Stubblefield Dam	Colfax	59	Significant	Poor	1955
15	Chuska Lake	McKinley	59	Significant	Poor
16	Avalon Dam	Eddy	58	High	Not Available	1907
17	Paguate	Cibola	54	High	Poor	1949
18	San Mateo Lake Dam	Cibola	53	High	Unsatisfactory	1935
19	Fort Sumner Diversion Dam	De Baca	50	Low	Not Available	1951
20	Acomita	Cibola	48	High	Poor	1938
21	Gardner Dam	Union	46	High	Unsatisfactory	1941
22	Jackson Lake Dam	San Juan	45	High	Poor	1919
23	Weatherly Reservoir Dam	Union	44	Low	Poor	1914
24	Maxwell Dam No. 13	Colfax	41	Low	Poor	1955
25	Ramah Dam	McKinley	40	High	Poor	1900
26	Brown Reservoir Dam	Union	38	Low	Poor	1947
27	French Lake Dam	Colfax	37	Low	Poor	1947
28	Webster Dam	Colfax	36	High	Poor	1909
29	Snyder Lake Dam	Union	35	Low	Poor	1940
30	Antelope Valley Dam No. 2	Colfax	34	Low	Poor	1920
31	Lower Vallecito Dam	Sandoval	33	High	Poor	1947
32	Koehler Dam	Colfax	32	Low	Poor	1911
33	Van Bruggen Reservoir Dam	Colfax	32	Low	Poor	1904
34	Red Lake	McKinley	32	High	Satisfactory	1895
35	Antelope Valley Dam No. 3	Colfax	31	Low	Unsatisfactory	1920
36	Poling Irrigation System Dam	Union	30	Low	Poor	1955
37	Seboyeta Irrigation Dam	Cibola	29	Low	Fair	1969
38	Springer Lake Dam	Colfax	29	High	Fair	1920
39	Dwight Baker Dam	Rio Arriba	29	Low	Poor	1957
40	San Gregorio Dam	Rio Arriba	28	Low	Fair	1947
41	Lewis Reservoir Dam	Colfax	27	Low	Poor	1933
42	Maxwell Dam No. 14	Colfax	27	Low	Poor	1915
43	Maxwell Dam No. 12	Colfax	27	Low	Poor	1915
44	Morphy Lake Dam	Mora	27	High	Poor	1940
45	La Jara	Rio Arriba	27	High	Satisfactory	1900
46	Eklund Storage Works Dam	Union	27	Low	Poor	1915
47	Zuber Hollow Reservoir	Chaves	26	Low	Poor	1928
48	Berlier Reservoir Dam	Mora	26	Low	Poor	1953
49	Red Lake La Cueva Dam No. 2	Mora	25	Low	Poor	1950
50	Smithson Reservoir No. 4	Union	25	Low	Poor	1970
51	Smithson Reservoir No. 3	Union	25	Low	Poor	1970
52	Smithson Reservoir No. 1	Union	25	Low	Poor	1970
53	Dulce	Rio Arriba	24	High	Satisfactory	1903
54	Davis Reservoir Dam	Colfax	22	Low	Poor
55	Mesilla Diversion Dam	Doña Ana	22	Low	Not Available	1916
56	Crowley Irrigation System	Rio Arriba	22	High	Poor	1950
57	Maxwell Dam No. 11	Colfax	21	Low	Poor	1914
58	Maxwell Dam No. 2	Colfax	21	Low	Poor	1955
59	Pescado	McKinley	20	High	Unsatisfactory	1928
60	Fourth Of July	Rio Arriba	20	High	Unsatisfactory	1960
61	Percha Diversion Dam	Sierra	19	Low	Not Available	1918
62	Juans Lake	San Juan	18	Low	Not Rated
63	Pappaws	Rio Arriba	17	Significant	Unsatisfactory	1960
64	Zia	Sandoval	17	Low	Fair	1935
65	Nutria No. 2	McKinley	16	High	Not Rated	1934
66	Jaritas Reservoir B Dam	Colfax	15	High	Poor	1917
67	La Cueva Dam No. 1	Mora	15	Low	Poor	1935
68	Lake Isabel Dam	San Miguel	15	Low	Poor	1919
69	Horse Lake Dam	Mora	14	Low	Poor	1935
70	Artesia Wastewater Re-use Irrigation Pond 1	Eddy	12	Significant	Fair	2006
71	Leasburg Diversion Dam	Doña Ana	10	Low	Not Available	1907

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