Elephant Butte State Park

Elephant Butte Dam was completed in 1916, taking about 5 years to construct.  It is just north of Truth or Consequences (formerly Hot Springs), New Mexico.  The dam is 306 feet high, 1,674 feet long, 16 feet wide at the top, and 305 feet wide at the base. 

The reservoir it created has a capacity of 2,200,000 acre feet.  However, there is no where near that amount of water in the lake at this point in time.

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