
Mobile County Lake Quality
Alabama, 9 lakes, average grade A (Excellent)
Mobile County has 9 monitored lakes — a thin enough sample that one or two stressed lakes can move the county average noticeably. Use the per-lake pages below for what actually matters. 1 of those lake carry an A–F grade. The county-level summary describes that subset, not every water body listed. The county's average grade is A — among the cleanest in Alabama. 1 lakes pull an A on their own, and almost none fall into the D or F brackets.
The county's lakes lean shallow, which makes the grades sensitive to wind, sediment-resuspension, and any nutrient inputs from the watershed. The cleanest lake on the books is Bclm Lake (A); the most-stressed is Bclm Lake (A).
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All Lakes in Mobile County
9 lakes · 1 graded, 8 not rated1 graded lake · 8 not rated, hidden
| # | Lake | Grade | Clarity | Phosphorus | Algae | Trophic | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABclm LakeMobile | A | 6.9 ft | 28 µg/L | 1.2 µg/L | No recent samples | Not recorded |
| NROptimist LakeMobile | NR | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded | |
| NRCitronelle LakeMobile | NR | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded | |
| NRCole LakeMobile | NR | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded | |
| NRSheppard LakeMobile | NR | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded | |
| NRDavid LakeMobile | NR | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded | |
| NRLittle Chippewa LakeMobile | NR | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded | |
| NRBig Chippewa LakeMobile | NR | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded | |
| NRDead LakeMobile | NR | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded |
NR = not rated: there is not enough recent sampling to support a letter. That is EPA Integrated Reporting Category 3 (insufficient information), not a failing grade. How grading works.
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Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.