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Biggest Lakes and Reservoirs in New Mexico

New Mexico's biggest named fishing waters by surface acreage, from USGS records. 159 lakes and reservoirs carry acreage data in New Mexico; more water usually means more patterns to unlock.

In this scope: 159 waters · 16,656 acres

  1. Elephant Butte ReservoirReservoir · Sierra County10,909 acres
  2. Caballo ReservoirReservoir · Sierra County4,617 acres
  3. Red LakeLake · Sierra County491 acres
  4. Beeline ReservoirReservoir · San Juan County211 acres
  5. Mims LakeLake · Sierra County92 acres
  6. Cutter ReservoirReservoir · San Juan County54 acres
  7. Engle LakeLake · Sierra County42 acres
  8. Cedar LakeLake · Sierra County41 acres
  9. Jornada LakesLake · Sierra County22 acres
  10. Lopez LakeLake · Rio Arriba County11 acres
  11. Trujillo ReservoirReservoir · Rio Arriba County9 acres
  12. Blue Rock TankReservoir · San Juan County6 acres
  13. Hickman TankReservoir · San Juan County5 acres
  14. Cuervo LakeLake · Rio Arriba County5 acres
  15. Priest TankReservoir · Sierra County4 acres
  16. CCC TankReservoir · Socorro County4 acres
  17. Frank TankReservoir · Sierra County3 acres
  18. Garrison TankReservoir · Sierra County3 acres
  19. School Section TankReservoir · Sierra County3 acres
  20. Red TankReservoir · Sierra County3 acres
  21. Laguna SecaReservoir · Rio Arriba County3 acres
  22. Wyper TankReservoir · San Juan County3 acres
  23. Farmer TankReservoir · San Juan County3 acres
  24. Sand TankReservoir · Sierra County3 acres
  25. Cuchillo Tank Number 2Reservoir · Sierra County3 acres

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