McClure Reservoir

McClure Reservoir held 1,880 acre-feet on Nov 4, 2026. It has no capacity figure we can check, so we show acre-feet only.

A municipal water supply reservoir. On Santa Fe River. Rio Grande basin.

1,880acre-feet held, Nov 4, 2026
Up 695acre-feet over 30 days
1,399acre-feet a year ago

For these reservoirs the only capacity figure is the owner's own estimate of normal storage, which has not been corrected for sediment and was not checked against the operator's measurements. We show how much water they hold, in acre-feet, and no percent.

Last 365 days

Water held, in acre-feet.

05001,0001,5002,000acre-feet2026MarMayJulSepNov

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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
01,0002,0003,0004,000acre-feet198020002020

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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
YearDaysMost (acre-feet)AverageLeastCapacity figure
20263061,8801,097405Owner-reported normal storage
20253652,6031,5771,201Owner-reported normal storage
20243662,0681,374188Owner-reported normal storage
20233653,2011,739348Owner-reported normal storage
20223651,474807273Owner-reported normal storage
20213651,132624279Owner-reported normal storage
20203612,5951,353713Owner-reported normal storage
20193583,2491,818836Owner-reported normal storage
20183651,578984464Owner-reported normal storage
20173652,2111,284446Owner-reported normal storage
20163652,250968170Owner-reported normal storage
201536516470Owner-reported normal storage
20143652,5329710Owner-reported normal storage
20133652,8361,376640Owner-reported normal storage
20123662,0451,114631Owner-reported normal storage
20113651,6001,132828Owner-reported normal storage
20103653,2492,1201,529Owner-reported normal storage
20093653,2502,3671,541Owner-reported normal storage
20083663,1742,4991,729Owner-reported normal storage
20073653,2672,7552,168Owner-reported normal storage
20063653,2602,3941,802Owner-reported normal storage
20053653,2602,3281,696Owner-reported normal storage
20043663,2632,1981,537Owner-reported normal storage
20033652,7921,653758Owner-reported normal storage
2002365894609377Owner-reported normal storage
20013653,2601,767685Owner-reported normal storage
20003662,5101,371324Owner-reported normal storage
19993653,2602,6082,160Owner-reported normal storage
19983653,1902,1951,670Owner-reported normal storage
19973653,2802,2741,190Owner-reported normal storage
19963661,9301,129485Owner-reported normal storage
19953653,2802,3761,720Owner-reported normal storage
19943652,8601,977937Owner-reported normal storage
19933652,8702,2071,430Owner-reported normal storage
19923662,8602,3411,390Owner-reported normal storage
19913652,8602,2981,200Owner-reported normal storage
19903652,1001,449547Owner-reported normal storage
19893651,520902469Owner-reported normal storage
19883661,5701,094550Owner-reported normal storage
19873652,6801,933758Owner-reported normal storage
19863652,7002,5342,260Owner-reported normal storage
19853652,6902,4151,530Owner-reported normal storage
19843662,6601,9211,230Owner-reported normal storage
19833652,6602,1791,400Owner-reported normal storage
19823652,3901,445823Owner-reported normal storage
19813651,250995819Owner-reported normal storage
19803662,6501,8021,040Owner-reported normal storage
19793652,6901,8271,140Owner-reported normal storage
19783652,6401,9451,270Owner-reported normal storage
19773652,5602,2451,970Owner-reported normal storage
19763662,6402,3742,230Owner-reported normal storage
19753652,6402,4311,800Owner-reported normal storage
19743652,1101,7281,380Owner-reported normal storage
19733652,6702,0641,030Owner-reported normal storage
19723661,480943378Owner-reported normal storage
19713651,010641232Owner-reported normal storage
19703651,8101,2681,010Owner-reported normal storage
19693653,1102,3201,820Owner-reported normal storage
19683663,0302,1951,600Owner-reported normal storage
19673652,0101,464436Owner-reported normal storage
19663653,1202,7652,020Owner-reported normal storage
1965923,1102,8612,760Owner-reported normal storage

About this reservoir

The City of Santa Fe's upper water-supply reservoir on the Santa Fe River, in the closed municipal watershed above the city. Built in 1926.

How to use these numbers

  • Santa Fe's surface supply. With Nichols, the city's share of surface water, as opposed to its wells and San Juan-Chama water from the Buckman diversion.

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  • Storage only; percentages use the owner-reported normal storage.

The dam

DamMcClure Dam
OwnerCity of Santa Fe (Local Government)
TypeEarth
Purposes, per the dam registryWater Supply
Completed1926
Height128 feet
Hazard classHigh
Registry capacity4,278 acre-feet at most, 3,282 normal. Owner-reported and not corrected for sediment.

National Inventory of Dams, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

How capacity is known

The only capacity figure is the owner-reported normal storage, 3,282 acre-feet. National Inventory of Dams normal storage (owner-reported, not sediment-corrected) Because it is not an operator's measured table, we show water held in acre-feet and no percent.

Rivers

Data and sources

Record from 1965 (62 years with readings), through Nov 4, 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: 22,300 days

Year by year (CSV) ยท Last 365 days (CSV)

Credit: 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.