Chariton County Lake Quality
Missouri, 10 lakes, measured by Missouri DNR
Chariton County has 10 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. 3 of those lakes carry recent nutrient and algae readings. The county-level summary describes that subset, not every water body listed. For Chariton County the spread behind the average matters more than the average itself: a few nutrient-rich lakes among many clear ones produce the same figure as the inverse.
The county's lakes lean shallow, which makes the readings sensitive to wind, sediment-resuspension, and any nutrient inputs from the watershed. The cleanest measured lake is Lake Nehai Tonkayea.
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All Lakes in Chariton County
10 lakes · 3 ranked on readings, 7 without enough sampling3 lakes ranked on readings · 7 without enough sampling, hidden
| # | Lake | Clarity | Phosphorus | Algae | Trophic | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Nehai TonkayeaChariton | 8 ft | 10 µg/L | 1.3 µg/L | No recent samples | Not recorded |
| 2 | Marceline City Lake NewChariton | 3.5 ft | 45.7 µg/L | 15.6 µg/L | No recent samples | Not recorded |
| 3 | Sterling Price LakeChariton | 1.5 ft | 128.5 µg/L | 78.8 µg/L | No recent samples | ✓ Public |
| Whiteside LakeChariton | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded | |
| Cut-Off LakeChariton | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded | |
| Silver LakeChariton | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded | |
| South LakeChariton | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded | |
| Grassy LakeChariton | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded | |
| Swan LakeChariton | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded | |
| Stanley LakeChariton | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded |
NR = no nutrient or algae reading on record. The measurements are published as the authority reports them. Where the data comes from.
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