Two Rivers Reservoir (Rocky Dam)

Two Rivers Reservoir (Rocky Dam) 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 Rocky Arroyo. Pecos basin.

The latest reading for this reservoir is from Oct 16, 2026, older than most others.

0acre-feet held, Oct 16, 2026
No changeacre-feet over 30 days
0acre-feet a year ago
15days holding flood water this year; last on Oct 10, 2026

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.

05001,0001,5002,0002,500acre-feetNov2026MarMayJulSep

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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
02,0004,0006,0008,000acre-feet200020102020

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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
Highest, average and lowest storage by year
YearDaysMost (acre-feet)AverageLeastCapacity figure
20262892,275590The operator's current table fits the record
2025365000The operator's current table fits the record
20243662,791350The operator's current table fits the record
2023365000The operator's current table fits the record
20223653,638450The operator's current table fits the record
20213656,246960The operator's current table fits the record
2020365000The operator's current table fits the record
2019365000The operator's current table fits the record
2018364000The operator's current table fits the record
201759000The operator's current table fits the record
2016366000The operator's current table fits the record
2015365000The operator's current table fits the record
20143652,100220The operator's current table fits the record
20133655,353470The operator's current table fits the record
2012366000The operator's current table fits the record
2011365000The operator's current table fits the record
2010365000The operator's current table fits the record
2009365000The operator's current table fits the record
200836642020The operator's current table fits the record
2007365000The operator's current table fits the record
20063651,378350The operator's current table fits the record
2005365000The operator's current table fits the record
200492000The operator's current table fits the record
2003273000The operator's current table fits the record
2002365000The operator's current table fits the record
200192000The operator's current table fits the record
1999273000The operator's current table fits the record
1998365000Before elevation records began; capacity extrapolated
199736537410Before elevation records began; capacity extrapolated
19963661,80080Before elevation records began; capacity extrapolated
199592000Before elevation records began; capacity extrapolated

About this reservoir

The second dry flood control dam of the Two Rivers project, on Rocky Arroyo. It holds water only during storms.

How to use these numbers

  • Rocky Arroyo flood events. Peak storage and days impounding.

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  • Percent full is not meaningful for a dry dam.

The dam

Facts about the dam, from the National Inventory of Dams
DamRocky Dam, Two Rivers project
OwnerUSACE - Albuquerque District (Federal)
Operated withUS Army Corps of Engineers
TypeEarth
Purposes, per the dam registryFlood Risk Reduction, Other
Completed1963
Height118 feet
Hazard classHigh
Registry capacity264,400 acre-feet at most, 168,000 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 2023-01-01), 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 1,385 days. Where an older table was in force, we recover its capacity from the record and say how well supported it is.

Pool elevations and capacity
PoolElevation (ft)Capacity now (acre-feet)Where it comes from
Top of conservation pool3,9493CWMS level Rocky.Elev.Inst.0.Top of Conservation dated 2025-03-03
Top of flood poolused as 100%4,032135,495CWMS level Rocky.Elev.Inst.0.Top of Flood dated 1900-01-01
Top of dam4,054229,005CWMS level Rocky.Elev.Inst.0.Top of Dam dated 1900-01-01

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Data and sources

Record from 1995 (31 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: 6,516 days
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers CWMS: 3,418 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.