How many named lakes are in Central Mexico?

238 named lakes in Central Mexico, Mexico, have official phosphorus, chlorophyll-a, and Secchi, 2017–2021. Values are the authority's measurements, shown as reported.

Where do the Central Mexico readings come from?

Central Mexico pages show official phosphorus, chlorophyll-a, and Secchi from the publishing authority, with the year each was taken.

Lakes in Central Mexico, Mexico

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Named lakes

Lake	Place	Total phosphorus	Chlorophyll-a	Secchi	Year
Abelardo Rodriguez Dam	—	95 µg/L	9.7 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
Atemoztli Dam	—	95 µg/L	3.8 µg/L	0.2 m	2020
Atlanga Airport Dam	—	119 µg/L	8.4 µg/L	0.5 m	2021
Atlanga Centro Oriente Dam	—	118 µg/L	5.3 µg/L	0.5 m	2021
Atlanga Cortina Dam	—	107 µg/L	13 µg/L	0.5 m	2021
Atlanga la Herradura Dam	—	131 µg/L	14 µg/L	0.4 m	2021
Atlanga Zacapexco Dam	—	137 µg/L	3.2 µg/L	0.4 m	2021
Atlanga Zahuapan Dam	—	129 µg/L	7.0 µg/L	0.4 m	2021
Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara Dam	—	58 µg/L	10 µg/L	0.4 m	2020
Blue Lake San Miguel Regla	—	95 µg/L	2.8 µg/L	0.9 m	2020
Brockman Dam	—	734 µg/L	1.7 µg/L	2.1 m	2021
Centro Laguna de Juluapan	—	90 µg/L	2.8 µg/L	0.8 m	2020
Chapala Lake	—	448 µg/L	4.3 µg/L	0.4 m	2021
Chapala Lake	—	489 µg/L	2.2 µg/L	0.5 m	2021
Chapala Lake Lacustre	—	507 µg/L	4.0 µg/L	0.4 m	2021
Chapala Lake Lacustre	—	541 µg/L	1.9 µg/L	0.4 m	2021
Cointzio Dam	—	502 µg/L	3.9 µg/L	0.2 m	2021
Colon Dam	—	840 µg/L	38 µg/L	0.8 m	2020
Colorines Dam	—	87 µg/L	27 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
Cortina Anniversary Dam	—	94 µg/L	1.8 µg/L	0.4 m	2020
Cortina Peñas Cajon Dam	—	33 µg/L	1.9 µg/L	1.2 m	2020
Curtain Dam Cofradia	—	711 µg/L	13 µg/L	0.2 m	2020
Curtain Water Eye Dam	—	65 µg/L	5.3 µg/L	0.4 m	2020
Dam Bad Step Cola	—	251 µg/L	5.3 µg/L	0.3 m	2019
Dam Cajon de Peñas	—	31 µg/L	2.9 µg/L	1.1 m	2020
Dam El Cajon	—	637 µg/L	17 µg/L	1.0 m	2020
Dam El Salto Centro	—	685 µg/L	8.9 µg/L	0.4 m	2020
Dam El Salto Entrance	—	822 µg/L	22 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
Dam El Toll	—	70 µg/L	8.4 µg/L	0.4 m	2021
Dam the Country Is First	—	16 µg/L	5.9 µg/L	0.5 m	2021
Dam Vista Beautiful Entrance	—	32 µg/L	0.70 µg/L	1.0 m	2020
Dam Vista Hermosa Centro	—	42 µg/L	—	1.0 m	2020
El Niagara Dam	—	—	25 µg/L	0.2 m	2019
El Nogal Cortina Dam	—	48 µg/L	13 µg/L	0.8 m	2020
El Nogal I Dam	—	45 µg/L	13 µg/L	0.7 m	2020
El Nogal Ii Dam	—	46 µg/L	19 µg/L	0.6 m	2020
El Palote Dam	—	175 µg/L	13 µg/L	0.5 m	2021
El Potosino Dam	—	35 µg/L	3.6 µg/L	1.0 m	2021
El Salto Cortina Dam	—	731 µg/L	6.8 µg/L	0.4 m	2020
El Salto Dam	—	744 µg/L	7.2 µg/L	0.7 m	2020
El Saucillo Dam	—	98 µg/L	13 µg/L	0.4 m	2020
Endhó Dam	—	—	8.4 µg/L	0.2 m	2020
Excame Dam	—	72 µg/L	2.7 µg/L	0.5 m	2020
Exit of the Dam Tablets	—	980 µg/L	160 µg/L	0.1 m	2020
Fondo de la Laguna de Juluapan	—	176 µg/L	4.0 µg/L	0.6 m	2020
Guadalupe Dam	—	24 µg/L	6.3 µg/L	0.5 m	2020
Guadalupe Dam	—	730 µg/L	13 µg/L	0.5 m	2020
Huapango Dam	—	122 µg/L	28 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
Huapango Dam Curtain	—	76 µg/L	24 µg/L	0.7 m	2020
Hurtado Center Dam	—	640 µg/L	37 µg/L	0.3 m	2019
Hurtado Cortina Dam	—	798 µg/L	15 µg/L	0.4 m	2019
Hurtado Dam Entrance	—	—	6.0 µg/L	0.2 m	2020
Ignacio Allende Dam	—	476 µg/L	6.2 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
Ignacio Ramirez Dam	—	518 µg/L	14 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
Infiernillo Dam Pumps	—	698 µg/L	10 µg/L	0.5 m	2021
Ing Dam Elias Gonzalez Chavez Centro	—	80 µg/L	7.0 µg/L	0.9 m	2020
Ing Dam Elias Gonzalez Chavez Cortina	—	73 µg/L	14 µg/L	1.0 m	2021
Ing Dam Elias Gonzalez Chavez Entrada	—	86 µg/L	7.9 µg/L	0.9 m	2020
Jalostotitlan Cortina Dam	—	851 µg/L	11 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
Jalpan Dam	—	31 µg/L	4.7 µg/L	1.4 m	2019
Jocoqui Dam	—	76 µg/L	4.1 µg/L	1.1 m	2020
La Barley Dam	—	—	17 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
La Codorniz Dam	—	77 µg/L	6.2 µg/L	0.3 m	2021
La Estanzuela Dam	—	57 µg/L	8.5 µg/L	1.0 m	2021
La Joya Centro Dam	—	159 µg/L	14 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
La Joya Cortina Dam	—	171 µg/L	13 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
La Lajilla Dam	—	71 µg/L	4.4 µg/L	0.1 m	2020
La Rosilla Dam	—	40 µg/L	5.2 µg/L	1.5 m	2020
La Soledad Dam	—	35 µg/L	7.3 µg/L	0.8 m	2021
La Soledad Dam	—	161 µg/L	9.0 µg/L	0.9 m	2020
La Vega Centro Dam	—	289 µg/L	6.3 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
La Vega Cortina Dam	—	303 µg/L	10 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
La Vega Dam	—	289 µg/L	28 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
La Yesca I Dam	—	621 µg/L	13 µg/L	0.9 m	2021
La Yesca Ii Dam	—	614 µg/L	18 µg/L	0.7 m	2021
La Yesca Iii Dam	—	610 µg/L	20 µg/L	0.7 m	2021
Laguna Agua Brava	—	82 µg/L	3.6 µg/L	0.6 m	2021
Laguna Agua Dulce	—	79 µg/L	6.4 µg/L	0.9 m	2020
Laguna Agua Grande	—	117 µg/L	9.4 µg/L	0.5 m	2021
Laguna Barra de Navidad	—	87 µg/L	6.9 µg/L	0.8 m	2020
Laguna Cabana Centro	—	638 µg/L	6.5 µg/L	0.7 m	2020
Laguna Chalacatepec	—	181 µg/L	9.5 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
Laguna Conil	—	31 µg/L	3.4 µg/L	0.7 m	2020
Laguna Conil	—	23 µg/L	3.7 µg/L	2.5 m	2020
Laguna Costera El Ermitaño	—	110 µg/L	5.2 µg/L	0.7 m	2020
Laguna de Cuyutlan	—	383 µg/L	3.8 µg/L	0.5 m	2020
Laguna de Cuyutlan	—	279 µg/L	14 µg/L	0.2 m	2020
Laguna de Nichupte	—	28 µg/L	2.1 µg/L	1.2 m	2020
Laguna de Pueblo Viejo	—	55 µg/L	3.2 µg/L	0.4 m	2020
Laguna de Pueblo Viejo Al Sureste	—	70 µg/L	5.8 µg/L	0.4 m	2020
Laguna de San Andres	—	57 µg/L	3.3 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
Laguna de San Pedro Lagunillas	—	103 µg/L	15 µg/L	0.4 m	2020
Laguna de Santa Maria Del Oro	—	55 µg/L	2.1 µg/L	10 m	2020
Laguna de Santa Maria Del Oro	—	44 µg/L	2.0 µg/L	10 m	2020
Laguna de Tamiahua	—	81 µg/L	8.1 µg/L	0.5 m	2020
Laguna de Tamiahua	—	103 µg/L	1.3 µg/L	1.1 m	2020
Laguna de Tamiahua	—	165 µg/L	1.3 µg/L	0.6 m	2020
Laguna de Tamiahua	—	78 µg/L	2.7 µg/L	0.5 m	2020
Laguna de Tamiahua	—	77 µg/L	2.8 µg/L	0.4 m	2020
Laguna de Tamiahua	—	84 µg/L	2.8 µg/L	1.1 m	2021
Laguna Del Carpintero	—	140 µg/L	32 µg/L	0.5 m	2020
Laguna Del Carpintero Puente Macalito	—	158 µg/L	34 µg/L	0.5 m	2020
Laguna Del Chairel	—	68 µg/L	11 µg/L	0.3 m	2021
Laguna Del Llano	—	249 µg/L	2.5 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
Laguna El Conejo	—	294 µg/L	81 µg/L	0.2 m	2020
Laguna El Conejo Norte	—	230 µg/L	98 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
Laguna Huizache	—	164 µg/L	6.4 µg/L	0.2 m	2021
Laguna Huizache-Caimanero	—	109 µg/L	3.8 µg/L	0.8 m	2020
Laguna Huizache-Caimanero	—	135 µg/L	5.0 µg/L	0.3 m	2021
Laguna la Mancha	—	144 µg/L	2.5 µg/L	0.6 m	2020
Laguna la Sabanita	—	105 µg/L	14 µg/L	0.5 m	2020
Laguna la Tortuga	—	54 µg/L	3.9 µg/L	0.2 m	2021
Laguna Lagartos Exit	—	238 µg/L	12 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
Laguna Largo	—	191 µg/L	3.5 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
Laguna Mandinga	—	61 µg/L	2.5 µg/L	0.6 m	2020
Laguna Mandinga Iii	—	85 µg/L	4.0 µg/L	0.5 m	2020
Laguna Mayorazgo	—	60 µg/L	3.2 µg/L	0.2 m	2021
Laguna Sabanita	—	89 µg/L	14 µg/L	0.5 m	2020
Laguna San Juan	—	133 µg/L	15 µg/L	0.7 m	2017
Laguna Santiago Ovando	—	956 µg/L	47 µg/L	0.1 m	2019
Laguna Sian Kaan	—	26 µg/L	1.7 µg/L	0.8 m	2020
Laguna Tampamachoco	—	81 µg/L	2.4 µg/L	0.5 m	2020
Laguna Todos Santos	—	444 µg/L	4.8 µg/L	0.3 m	2021
Laguna Tortugas Riviera Nayarit	—	77 µg/L	4.4 µg/L	0.8 m	2020
Laguna Valle de Las Garzas Manzanillo	—	835 µg/L	16 µg/L	0.2 m	2020
Lake Camalota	—	91 µg/L	5.1 µg/L	1.7 m	2021
Lake Camecuaro	—	614 µg/L	0.90 µg/L	1.9 m	2021
Lake Chapala	—	499 µg/L	2.4 µg/L	0.5 m	2021
Lake Cuitzeo	—	465 µg/L	9.0 µg/L	0.1 m	2020
Lake Francisco Jose Trinidad Fabela	—	293 µg/L	42 µg/L	0.4 m	2020
Lake Los Reyes	—	—	63 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
Lake Nabor Carrillo	—	—	57 µg/L	0.1 m	2020
Lake of Camecuaro	—	590 µg/L	0.70 µg/L	1.3 m	2021
Lake of Chapala	—	478 µg/L	2.5 µg/L	0.4 m	2021
Lake of Chapala	—	513 µg/L	6.3 µg/L	0.5 m	2021
Lake of Chapala	—	538 µg/L	3.9 µg/L	0.4 m	2021
Lake of Chapala	—	482 µg/L	2.3 µg/L	0.5 m	2021
Lake of Patzcuaro	—	726 µg/L	13 µg/L	0.2 m	2020
Lake of Yuriria	—	815 µg/L	11 µg/L	0.2 m	2021
Lake of Yuriria	—	869 µg/L	10 µg/L	0.2 m	2021
Lake of Zumpango	—	857 µg/L	43 µg/L	0.1 m	2020
Lake Zirahuen	—	577 µg/L	2.3 µg/L	3.1 m	2021
Lake Zirahuen Center	—	490 µg/L	1.1 µg/L	3.8 m	2021
Lake Zirahuen Main Spring	—	631 µg/L	1.6 µg/L	2.7 m	2021
Las Lajillas Dam	—	29 µg/L	2.4 µg/L	0.5 m	2020
Las Lajillas Dam	—	36 µg/L	2.3 µg/L	0.6 m	2020
Las Mercedes Dam	—	85 µg/L	2.8 µg/L	0.3 m	2019
Las Piedras Centro Dam	—	40 µg/L	3.5 µg/L	1.0 m	2020
Las Piedras Cortina Dam	—	31 µg/L	3.0 µg/L	0.9 m	2020
Las Piedras Dam Entrance	—	78 µg/L	3.7 µg/L	0.9 m	2020
Las Pintas Centro Dam	—	—	14 µg/L	0.3 m	2021
Las Pintas Cortina Dam	—	—	19 µg/L	0.3 m	2021
Las Torres Dam	—	32 µg/L	4.5 µg/L	1.0 m	2021
Laundry Dam	—	55 µg/L	1.7 µg/L	0.4 m	2020
Los Gringos Dam	—	868 µg/L	35 µg/L	0.2 m	2020
Madin Dam	—	442 µg/L	58 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
Malpais Cortina Dam	—	614 µg/L	2.3 µg/L	1.0 m	2021
Malpaso Dam	—	364 µg/L	4.7 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
Melchor Ocampo Dam	—	809 µg/L	18 µg/L	0.5 m	2020
Melchor Ortega Dam	—	58 µg/L	2.9 µg/L	0.5 m	2020
Necaxa Dam	—	89 µg/L	8.6 µg/L	0.7 m	2021
Old Milking Dam	—	103 µg/L	3.2 µg/L	0.3 m	2021
Omiltemetl Dam	—	30 µg/L	4.7 µg/L	0.9 m	2021
Pass of Cowboys Dam	—	53 µg/L	1.9 µg/L	0.5 m	2020
Patzcuaro Lake Neck	—	710 µg/L	12 µg/L	0.2 m	2020
Peña Blanca Dam	—	101 µg/L	5.9 µg/L	0.3 m	2019
Picachos Dam	—	62 µg/L	7.6 µg/L	1.1 m	2019
Presa Ing Mariano Moctezuma	—	46 µg/L	24 µg/L	0.9 m	2020
Presa Peña Blanca	—	500 µg/L	—	—	2021
President Calles Embarcadero Dam	—	50 µg/L	3.1 µg/L	1.1 m	2020
President Calles Paredes Dam	—	33 µg/L	5.2 µg/L	1.3 m	2020
President Dam Calles	—	46 µg/L	4.0 µg/L	1.1 m	2021
President Dam Calles Tecongo	—	32 µg/L	3.7 µg/L	1.1 m	2020
President Gpe Victoria Dam	—	56 µg/L	1.5 µg/L	0.6 m	2020
Providencia Dam	—	114 µg/L	13 µg/L	0.5 m	2020
Puente Laguna Tampamachoco	—	58 µg/L	2.9 µg/L	0.8 m	2020
Rq Waters Lake	—	920 µg/L	4.3 µg/L	0.2 m	2020
San Ignacio Centro Dam	—	55 µg/L	4.9 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
San Ignacio Cortina Dam	—	112 µg/L	5.3 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
San Jose Dam	—	144 µg/L	12 µg/L	0.8 m	2021
San Onofre Centro Dam	—	396 µg/L	54 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
San Onofre Cortina Dam	—	312 µg/L	28 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
Santa Catarina Dam	—	655 µg/L	15 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
Santa Clara Ozumba Atlanga Dam	—	110 µg/L	6.1 µg/L	0.5 m	2021
Santa Rosa Cortina Dam	—	—	8.2 µg/L	0.7 m	2020
Santa Rosa Dam Entrance	—	—	17 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
Santa Rosa I Dam	—	990 µg/L	17 µg/L	0.7 m	2020
Santa Rosa Ii Dam	—	866 µg/L	16 µg/L	0.8 m	2021
Santa Rosa Iii Dam	—	798 µg/L	24 µg/L	0.8 m	2021
Santa Rosa Iv Dam	—	770 µg/L	17 µg/L	0.7 m	2021
Santa Rosa V Dam	—	799 µg/L	16 µg/L	0.6 m	2021
Santiago Bayacora Dam	—	43 µg/L	2.2 µg/L	1.3 m	2020
Silidarity Dam Playa Golondrinas	—	446 µg/L	18 µg/L	0.9 m	2020
Solidaridad Dam	—	285 µg/L	16 µg/L	1.1 m	2021
Solidaridad Dam	—	324 µg/L	13 µg/L	1.2 m	2021
Solidarity Dam	—	237 µg/L	29 µg/L	1.0 m	2021
Solis Dam	—	824 µg/L	11 µg/L	0.4 m	2020
Spanish Republic Dam	—	40 µg/L	3.5 µg/L	0.4 m	2021
Tacotan Centro Dam	—	96 µg/L	18 µg/L	0.7 m	2020
Tacotan Cortina Dam	—	76 µg/L	28 µg/L	0.6 m	2020
Tacotan Entrance Dam	—	94 µg/L	6.6 µg/L	0.6 m	2020
Tail of Abelardo Rodriguez Dam	—	83 µg/L	19 µg/L	0.3 m	2019
Tenango Dam	—	93 µg/L	4.9 µg/L	0.8 m	2021
Tepetitlan Dam	—	32 µg/L	6.7 µg/L	0.6 m	2020
Tepuxtepec Bis Dam	—	790 µg/L	7.0 µg/L	0.5 m	2020
Tepuxtepec Dam	—	785 µg/L	7.9 µg/L	0.6 m	2020
Tepuxtepec Dam	—	740 µg/L	4.9 µg/L	0.6 m	2020
Thalimedes Laguna Tecocomulco	—	85 µg/L	2.5 µg/L	0.3 m	2021
The Batan Dam	—	689 µg/L	8.9 µg/L	0.5 m	2020
The Cedazo Dam	—	827 µg/L	52 µg/L	0.2 m	2020
The Centenary Dam	—	695 µg/L	64 µg/L	0.1 m	2020
The Chique Dam	—	51 µg/L	5.0 µg/L	0.7 m	2020
The Forest Dam	—	704 µg/L	3.7 µg/L	1.1 m	2021
The Hope Dam	—	57 µg/L	10 µg/L	0.5 m	2021
The Isleta Laguna de Tecocomulco	—	43 µg/L	1.4 µg/L	0.3 m	2021
The Jihuite Center Dam	—	112 µg/L	12 µg/L	0.4 m	2020
The Jihuite Cortina Dam	—	94 µg/L	11 µg/L	0.5 m	2020
The Jihuite Dam Entrance	—	101 µg/L	10 µg/L	0.5 m	2020
The Jocoqui Cola Dam	—	43 µg/L	5.6 µg/L	0.9 m	2020
Tiloxtoc Dam Curtain	—	75 µg/L	5.5 µg/L	0.3 m	2020
Trigomil Centro Dam	—	67 µg/L	7.8 µg/L	1.1 m	2020
Trigomil Cortina Dam	—	69 µg/L	5.5 µg/L	1.0 m	2020
Trigomil Dam Entrance	—	67 µg/L	7.5 µg/L	1.0 m	2020
Tultengo Laguna de Tecocomulco	—	92 µg/L	6.7 µg/L	0.2 m	2020
Umecuaro Dam	—	712 µg/L	1.5 µg/L	2.5 m	2020
Umecuaro Dam	—	840 µg/L	1.9 µg/L	1.9 m	2020
Urepetiro Dam	—	611 µg/L	3.8 µg/L	0.1 m	2019
Valentin Gama Dam	—	308 µg/L	3.9 µg/L	0.3 m	2019
Valle de Bravo Dam	—	45 µg/L	14 µg/L	0.5 m	2020
Valle de Bravo Dam Curtain	—	58 µg/L	16 µg/L	0.5 m	2020
Venustiano Carranza Dam	—	35 µg/L	4.8 µg/L	0.4 m	2020
Vicente Guerrero Dam	—	29 µg/L	1.5 µg/L	1.1 m	2020
Vicente Guerrero Dam	—	35 µg/L	3.8 µg/L	1.0 m	2020
Victoria Dam	—	787 µg/L	4.3 µg/L	2.3 m	2021
Villa Victoria Dam	—	33 µg/L	18 µg/L	0.5 m	2020
Water Eye Dam Inlet	—	71 µg/L	6.5 µg/L	0.5 m	2020
Zarco Dam	—	138 µg/L	36 µg/L	0.4 m	2020
Zimapan Dam	—	936 µg/L	2.9 µg/L	1.5 m	2021

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How many named lakes are in Central Mexico?: 238 named lakes in Central Mexico, Mexico, have official phosphorus, chlorophyll-a, and Secchi, 2017–2021. Values are the authority's measurements, shown as reported.
Where do the Central Mexico readings come from?: Central Mexico pages show official phosphorus, chlorophyll-a, and Secchi from the publishing authority, with the year each was taken.

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