Elephant Butte Lake Expected To Really Drop This Summer
Right now, Elephant Butte Like is rising about 2 feet a week as spring runoff comes off the Rio Grande but when irrigation starts, the level of the lake will drop about 50 feet. The Butte is 11% full, which’s lower than the 26% at this time last year. Twenty years ago, the lake was almost full.
The best boating water will be now through early July.