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Elephant Butte Reservoir is a reservoir on the southern part of the Rio Grande in the U.S. state of New Mexico, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Truth or Consequences.The reservoir is the 84th largest man-made lake in the United States and the largest in New Mexico by total surface area and peak volume.
Elephant Butte Dam or Elephant Butte Dike, originally Engle Dam, [2] is a concrete gravity dam on the Rio Grande near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, in the United States. The dam impounds Elephant Butte Reservoir , which is used mainly for agriculture but also provides for recreation, hydroelectricity, and flood and sediment control.
Late runoff and high snowpack last year means water from Elephant Butte is being released early this year, setting the stage for a full 30-week irrigation season.
Jun. 20—ELEPHANT BUTTE — Neal Brown dismantled, relocated and reassembled one of his marinas at Elephant Butte Lake State Park last week. Dropping reservoir levels prompted the rare, labor ...
The park is the largest state park in New Mexico and surrounds the state's largest reservoir. [1] The 36,000-acre (150 km 2) reservoir, created in 1916 across the Rio Grande, is 40 miles (64 km) long with more than 200 miles (320 km) of shoreline. Elephant Butte Dam is named after a rock formation resembling an elephant. [2]
Each spring, water managers release water from the Elephant Butte Reservoir 130 miles north of El Paso, and the water crawls into the wide, dry bed of the Rio Grande in New Mexico.
Elephant Butte Reservoir, with 36,897 acres (149.32 km 2) of water at full pool, is popular for swimming, boating, and fishing. Cabins, fishing tackle, and boat rental services are available at the reservoir. Downstream Caballo Reservoir, with an area of 11,500 acres (47 km 2), is also a popular site for picnicking, fishing and boating.
The millions come from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act and will be used for water conservation and drought resilience projects south of the Elephant Butte Reservoir and in West Texas. "When we ...