Quemado Lake Boat Ramps
2 boat launches are mapped on Quemado Lake in Catron County, New Mexico.
1 of these launches include facility details from New Mexico Department of Game and Fish.
Quemado Lake facts
| Surface area | 112 acres |
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| Type | Reservoir |
| Average depth | about 18 ft (normal storage ÷ surface area) |
| Shoreline length | about 2 miles |
| Surface elevation | 7,648 ft above sea level |
| Dam | Quemado Lake Dam, completed 1971 |
| Dam size | 100 ft high, 924 ft long, earth dam |
| Dam purposes | Recreation |
| Dam owner | NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH (State) |
| Normal storage | 1,990 acre-feet |
| Impounded stream | Largo 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 NM00139). Matched to this page by name and location; modelled values are approximate. See all sources.
Wildlife you might see at Quemado Lake
Most-observed birds: Great Blue Heron (7), Bald Eagle (5), Osprey (5), Purple Martin (4), Western Bluebird (3), Spotted Sandpiper (3), Turkey Vulture (2), Killdeer (2), Rock Wren (2), Chipping Sparrow (2).
Other wildlife: Western Terrestrial Garter Snake (3), Coyote (3), Wapiti (2).
Numbers are research-grade observations of each species recorded in and around the water by the iNaturalist community (56 bird, mammal, reptile and amphibian species in the area). Sightings are not guaranteed.
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Counties
- Catron County (2)