Galisteo Reservoir
Galisteo Reservoir held 0 acre-feet on Oct 16, 2026: it is empty, as a dry dam normally is.
A dry flood-control dam: no permanent pool, and water only while a flood is held back. On Galisteo Creek. Rio Grande basin.
The latest reading for this reservoir is from Oct 16, 2026, older than most others.
These dams are empty by design. They store water only while holding back a flood and release it afterwards, so zero is normal and the news is when they are not zero.
Last 365 days
Water held, in acre-feet.
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Year by year
The most, average and least water held in each calendar year, in acre-feet. The latest year is partial.
- Most
- Average
- Least
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Readings are what the operating agencies report; we have not audited the latest values. Reclamation labels its data "provisional and subject to revision unless otherwise noted."
Year-by-year table, with how well capacity is known
| Year | Days | Most (acre-feet) | Average | Least | Capacity figure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 289 | 115 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 2025 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 2024 | 366 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 2023 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 2022 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 2021 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 2020 | 366 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 2019 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 2018 | 365 | 85 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 2017 | 273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 2016 | 366 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 2015 | 365 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 2014 | 365 | 1,587 | 12 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 2013 | 365 | 837 | 5 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 2012 | 366 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 2011 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 2010 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 2009 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 2008 | 366 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 2007 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 2006 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 2005 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 2004 | 366 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 2003 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 2002 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 2001 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 2000 | 366 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 1999 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 1998 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 1997 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 1996 | 366 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 1995 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 1994 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 1993 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 1992 | 366 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 1991 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 1990 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 1989 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 1988 | 366 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 1987 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 1986 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 1985 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 1984 | 366 | 49 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
| 1983 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity published by the operator for that year |
About this reservoir
An Army Corps dry flood control dam on Galisteo Creek, completed in 1970. It has no permanent pool and holds water only briefly during storms before draining through an ungated outlet toward the Rio Grande below Cochiti.
How to use these numbers
- A storm-runoff detector. Any storage at all is a flood event. Peak storage and days impounding describe the size and duration of Galisteo Creek floods, which are almost entirely monsoon driven.
Read before quoting a number
- Percent full is not meaningful for a dry dam.
- The operator table stops at 5,610 ft, just above the top of the flood pool, so storage above that level cannot be computed.
The dam
| Dam | Galisteo Dam |
|---|---|
| Owner | USACE - Albuquerque District (Federal) |
| Operated with | US Army Corps of Engineers |
| Type | Earth |
| Purposes, per the dam registry | Flood Risk Reduction, Other |
| Completed | 1970 |
| Height | 164 feet |
| Hazard class | High |
| Registry capacity | 152,600 acre-feet at most, 89,800 normal. Owner-reported and not corrected for sediment. |
National Inventory of Dams, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
How capacity is known
Capacity comes from the operator's elevation-to-storage table (USACE, effective 1984-01-01), checked against the storage the operator reports. Since the table took effect, it reproduces reported storage from reported elevation to within 0 acre-feet in the median (0.00% of storage), across 3,211 days. Where an older table was in force, we recover its capacity from the record and say how well supported it is.
| Pool | Elevation (ft) | Capacity now (acre-feet) | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top of conservation pool | 5,500 | 0 | CWMS level Galisteo.Elev.Inst.0.Top of Conservation dated 2025-03-04 |
| Top of flood poolused as 100% | 5,608 | 89,468 | CWMS level Galisteo.Elev.Inst.0.Top of Flood dated 1900-01-01 |
| Top of dam | 5,645.5 | 93,513 | CWMS level Galisteo.Elev.Inst.0.Top of Dam dated 1900-01-01 |
Rivers
Data and sources
Record from 1983 (44 years with readings), through Oct 16, 2026. Where several agencies report the same reservoir, we take each day's value from the first in this list that has one:
- U.S. Geological Survey NWIS: 12,419 days
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers CWMS: 3,211 days
Year by year (CSV) ยท Last 365 days (CSV)
Credit: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers CWMS; U.S. Geological Survey NWIS; National Inventory of Dams (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Capacity analysis by New Mexico Water. Data accessed November 4, 2026.