Navajo Reservoir Water Level
Navajo Dam · San Juan River · New Mexico / Colorado — updated daily from official gauges
Latest reading
- Navajo Reservoir is 53.6% full as of — surface elevation 6,024.78 feet, storage 909,842 acre-feet (capacity basis 1,696,000 acre-feet).
- Water level change: -1.57 ft over the past week, -7.96 ft over the past month, and -10.48 ft over the past year.
- Its lowest daily elevation of the past two years was 6,020.44 ft on ; the highest was 6,051.15 ft on .
Navajo Reservoir water level, past 12 months
Daily surface elevation (feet above sea level), rendered at build time from the official gauge record. No JavaScript.
Last 14 daily readings
| Date | Elevation (ft) | Day change | Storage (AF) |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 23, 2026 | 6,024.78 | -0.23 ft | 909,842 |
| July 22, 2026 | 6,025.01 | -0.14 ft | 911,987 |
| July 21, 2026 | 6,025.15 | -0.15 ft | 913,294 |
| July 20, 2026 | 6,025.30 | -0.25 ft | 914,697 |
| July 19, 2026 | 6,025.55 | -0.26 ft | 917,040 |
| July 18, 2026 | 6,025.81 | -0.29 ft | 919,481 |
| July 17, 2026 | 6,026.10 | -0.25 ft | 922,210 |
| July 16, 2026 | 6,026.35 | -0.26 ft | 924,568 |
| July 15, 2026 | 6,026.61 | -0.33 ft | 927,026 |
| July 14, 2026 | 6,026.94 | -0.34 ft | 930,152 |
| July 13, 2026 | 6,027.28 | -0.29 ft | 933,382 |
| July 12, 2026 | 6,027.57 | -0.28 ft | 936,143 |
| July 11, 2026 | 6,027.85 | -0.31 ft | 938,815 |
| July 10, 2026 | 6,028.16 | — | 941,780 |
About this gauge
Navajo Reservoir (Navajo Lake) on the San Juan River in New Mexico and Colorado stores water for the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project and the San Juan–Chama Project, and is part of the Colorado River Storage Project.
Data: Bureau of Reclamation RISE API, daily reservoir elevation (item 612) and storage (item 613) for Navajo Reservoir at Navajo Dam. Percent full uses the 1,696,000 acre-foot capacity printed in the USBR Lower Colorado River Daily Report. Updated daily.
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