Water Levels at New Mexico's Navajo Reservoir Surge to Seven-Year High
Summary
Heavy rain across the Four Corners region drove Navajo Reservoir to its highest level since August 2019. NASA satellite images showed a 60-foot rise between September 20 and November 7; the reservoir reached 108 percent of its average capacity for that date.Key Facts
- Navajo Reservoir lies on the border of northwestern New Mexico and southwestern Colorado.
- NASA attributed the rise to back-to-back extreme rain events in the Southwest.
- From early September through early November, parts of the Four Corners received two to four times their average precipitation.
- Durango, Colorado, and Farmington, New Mexico, recorded more than three times their normal rainfall since September 1, according to AccuWeather meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.
- Heavy rain also caused damaging floods and evacuations in parts of the Southwest.
- Provisional data showed Lake Powell rose from about 3,519 feet in mid-September to over 3,541 feet by November 9.
- Lake Mead rose from 1,038.44 feet on September 17 to 1,039.66 feet by the weekend.
- On November 8, Lakes Mead and Powell were 27 percent and 26 percent full, respectively, according to the Bureau of Reclamation.
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