Recreation Dams in New Mexico

New Mexico has 42 recreation dams, of which 18 carry a high hazard classification. The dam creates a reservoir used for recreational activities such as fishing, boating, and swimming.

#	Dam	County	Height (ft)	Hazard	Condition	Year
1	Quemado Lake Dam	Catron	100	Low	Satisfactory	1971
2	Lake Mescalero	Otero	93	High	Satisfactory	1974
3	Snow Lake Dam	Catron	92	Low	Satisfactory	1967
4	Clayton Dam	Union	82	Low	Fair	1955
5	Lower Mundo	Rio Arriba	75	High	Satisfactory	1968
6	Asaayi	McKinley	69	High	Poor	1964
7	Lake Roberts Dam	Grant	64	High	Fair	1963
8	Silver Lake	Otero	57	High	Satisfactory	1963
9	Upper Shuree Pond Dam	Colfax	42	High	Not Rated	1971
10	El Paso Natural Gas Dam No. 5	San Juan	42	Low	Satisfactory	1964
11	Fenton Lake Dam	Sandoval	41	High	Fair	1946
12	Railroad Dam No.2	Guadalupe	39	High	Poor	1922
13	Laguna Del Campo Dam	Rio Arriba	36	High	Poor	1940
14	Sandia Peak Phase 2 Pond	Bernalillo	35	Low	Satisfactory	1986
15	Monte Verde Dam	Colfax	35	Significant	Fair	1968
16	Upper Tansil Dam	Eddy	31	Significant	Poor	1893
17	Eagle Creek No. 1	Otero	31	High	Fair	1950
18	Fort Heron Preserve Phase Ii Dam	Rio Arriba	31	Low	Satisfactory	1996
19	Pine Tree	Rio Arriba	29	High	Satisfactory	1968
20	Captain Tom	San Juan	29	High	Fair	1937
21	Power Lake Dam	Guadalupe	28	High	Unsatisfactory	1927
22	La Tierra Grande Dam	Rio Arriba	28	Significant	Poor	1991
23	Grady Hamilton	Rio Arriba	28	High	Unsatisfactory
24	Hopewell Lake Dam	Rio Arriba	27	Significant	Poor	1953
25	Mcgaffey Lake Dam	McKinley	26	High	Poor	1937
26	Six Mile Power Dam	Eddy	25	Low	Poor	1905
27	Railroad Dam No.1	Guadalupe	25	High	Poor	1907
28	Hittson Creek Dam	Quay	25	Low	Unsatisfactory	1979
29	Pin Dee	Rio Arriba	25	Significant	Poor	1960
30	Weinpovi	Rio Arriba	25	Significant	Poor	1960
31	Tschicoma	Sandoval	25	Significant	Poor	1960
32	Nanaka	Sandoval	25	Significant	Poor	1960
33	Todacheene	San Juan	23	High	Poor	1966
34	Upper Trout Lake Dam	Rio Arriba	20	Significant	Not Rated	1950
35	Bolack No 1 Dam	San Juan	20	Low	Poor	1962
36	Lower Tansil Dam	Eddy	18	Significant	Poor	1970
37	Fort Heron Preserve Phase I Dam	Rio Arriba	16	Low	Satisfactory	1950
38	Eustace	McKinley	14	High	Not Rated
39	Hatch Reservoir Dam	Sandoval	13	Significant	Poor	1927
40	Upper Of Lower Canjilon Lake Dam	Rio Arriba	10	Significant	Not Rated	1948
41	Stone Lake Dike 3	Rio Arriba	10	Undetermined	Poor	1966
42	Upper Fawn Lake Dam	Taos	8	Significant	Not Rated

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