Heron Lake Boat Ramps
2 boat launches are mapped on Heron Lake in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.
2 of these launches include facility details from New Mexico Department of Game and Fish.
Heron Lake facts
| Surface area | 4,497 acres |
|---|---|
| Type | Reservoir (mapped as Heron Reservoir) |
| Average depth | about 89 ft (normal storage ÷ surface area) |
| Shoreline length | about 27.2 miles |
| Surface elevation | 7,185 ft above sea level |
| Dam | Heron Dam, completed 1971 |
| Dam size | 269 ft high, 1,220 ft long, rockfill dam |
| Dam purposes | Irrigation, Water Supply |
| Dam owner | BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (Federal) |
| Normal storage | 401,317 acre-feet |
| Impounded stream | Willow Creek |
Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset (public domain); HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016, CC BY 4.0); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams (NID ID NM00122). Matched to this page by name and location; modelled values are approximate. See all sources.
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