Taney County Lake Quality
Missouri, 7 lakes, average grade A (Excellent)
Taney County has 7 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. Every one of those lakes carries an A–F grade, so the county-level summary covers the full set rather than a monitored subset. The county's average grade is A — among the cleanest in Missouri. 6 lakes pull an A on their own, and almost none fall into the D or F brackets.
Most of the county's monitored lakes are shallow — under 50 feet — which means wind keeps the water column mixed all summer and sediment-bound phosphorus releases back into the surface layer whenever the bottom is disturbed. Lake Taneycomo @ Rockaway Beach (A) is the cleanest in the county.
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All Lakes in Taney County
7 lakes7 graded lakes
| # | Lake | Grade | Clarity | Phosphorus | Algae | Trophic | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALake Taneycomo @ Rockaway BeachTaney | A | 8.7 ft | 13.5 µg/L | 1.1 µg/L | No recent samples | ✓ Public |
| 2 | ABull Shoals LakeTaney | A | 8.1 ft | 10 µg/L | 4 µg/L | No recent samples | ✓ Public |
| 3 | ALake TaneycomoTaney | A | 8.9 ft | 15.8 µg/L | 1.2 µg/L | No recent samples | ✓ Public |
| 4 | ALake TaneycomoTaney | A | 12.6 ft | 14.5 µg/L | 0.9 µg/L | No recent samples | Not recorded |
| 5 | ALake Taneycomo Ab. Bee Cr. ArmTaney | A | 13.3 ft | 13 µg/L | 1.1 µg/L | No recent samples | Not recorded |
| 6 | ALake TaneycomoTaney | A | 3.3 ft | 18 µg/L | 3.2 µg/L | No recent samples | Not recorded |
| 7 | CLake Taneycomo @ Shepherd of the Hills FhTaney | C | No recent samples | 21.5 µg/L | 1.5 µg/L | No recent samples | ✓ Public |
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Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.