Eutrophic Lakes in New Mexico

38 eutrophic lakes in New Mexico. High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity.

A eutrophic lake is a productive ecosystem with the trade-offs that come with productivity: more food at the base of the food web, more clarity reduction by mid-summer, more dissolved-oxygen variability near the bottom. 38 {{stateName}} lakes register as eutrophic. Only 0% are deep — eutrophy correlates with shallowness, agricultural watersheds, and the kind of nutrient-input history that takes decades to shift.

Eutrophic lakes typically grade C or D on the LakeGrade rubric. The same nutrient richness that defines the trophic class drives the lower grade.

#	Lake	County	Grade	Clarity	Depth	TSI
1	Lake Carlsbad Deep Station	Eddy	A	2.7 ft	-	52
2	Nla Lake	San Miguel	A	2.3 ft	-	51
3	Abiquiu Reservoir	Rio Arriba	B	3.3 ft	-	53
4	El Vado Reservoir-Shallow	Rio Arriba	B	3.3 ft	-	52
5	Abiquiu Reservoir Chama R Inlet	Rio Arriba	B	3.3 ft	-	52
6	El Vado Reservoir	Rio Arriba	B	2.9 ft	-	52
7	Heron Lake Shallow	Rio Arriba	B	2.5 ft	-	52
8	Canjilon Lake	Rio Arriba	B	5.2 ft	-	51
9	Ute Reservoir Ute Creek Arm	Quay	B	2.1 ft	-	55
10	Sumner Lake Dam	De Baca	B	4.9 ft	-	50
11	Santa Rosa L Dp Sta Midchannel Buoy Lake	Guadalupe	B	1.6 ft	-	57
12	Nla Lake	Rio Arriba	B	3.9 ft	-	54
13	Nla Lake	Mora	B	1 ft	-	60
14	Brantley Reservoir Shallow	Eddy	B	2.1 ft	-	56
15	Silver Lake Deep	Otero	B	-	-	50
16	Nla Lake	Rio Arriba	C	3.3 ft	-	56
17	Nla Lake	Grant	C	9.8 ft	-	52
18	San Gregorio Deep Lake	Rio Arriba	C	4.3 ft	-	54
19	Lake Van	Chaves	C	1.8 ft	-	62
20	Clayton Lake Deep Dam	Union	C	3.9 ft	-	55
21	E Butte Lake	Sierra	C	3.6 ft	-	56
22	Snow Lake	Catron	C	2.3 ft	-	61
23	Sandia Lakes Recreation Area	Sandoval	C	1.3 ft	-	67
24	Sandia Lakes	Sandoval	C	1.2 ft	-	69
25	Bear Canyon Reservoir Deep	Grant	C	3.3 ft	-	60
26	Monastery Lake Deep	San Miguel	C	4.1 ft	-	54
27	Nla Lake	Mora	C	2.7 ft	-	61
28	Alto Lake	Lincoln	C	8.9 ft	-	56
29	Burns Lake Deep	Rio Arriba	D	2.3 ft	-	63
30	Brantley Reservoir Deep	Eddy	D	3.9 ft	-	59
31	Caballo Lake	Sierra	D	1.8 ft	-	67
32	Elephant Butte Reservoir	Sierra	D	3.4 ft	-	60
33	Jal Lake	Lea	D	3.9 ft	-	61
34	Grindstone Caynon Reservoir Inlet	Lincoln	D	-	-	63
35	Four Mile Reservoir	San Juan	D	-	-	65
36	Hopewell Lake	Rio Arriba	D	3.9 ft	-	65
37	Quemado Dam Lake	Catron	D	8 ft	-	60
38	Lake Roberts	Grant	F	5.7 ft	-	59

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Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.