Gaston County Lake Quality
North Carolina, 10 lakes, measured by NC DEQ
Gaston 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. 5 of those lakes carry recent nutrient and algae readings. The county-level summary describes that subset, not every water body listed. For Gaston 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 Mountain Island Lake.
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All Lakes in Gaston County
10 lakes · 5 ranked on readings, 5 without enough sampling5 lakes ranked on readings · 5 without enough sampling, hidden
| # | Lake | Clarity | Phosphorus | Algae | Trophic | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mountain Island LakeGaston | No recent samples | 20 µg/L | 6.5 µg/L | No recent samples | ✓ Public |
| 2 | Lake WylieGaston | No recent samples | 30 µg/L | 13 µg/L | No recent samples | ✓ Public |
| 3 | Bessemer City LakeGaston | No recent samples | 20 µg/L | 7.1 µg/L | No recent samples | Not recorded |
| 4 | Catawba Creek LakeGaston | 3.6 ft | 35 µg/L | 18.5 µg/L | No recent samples | ✓ Public |
| 5 | S Fork Catawba Riv LakeGaston | 3.9 ft | 40 µg/L | 13 µg/L | No recent samples | ✓ Public |
| NonameGaston | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded | |
| Mountain Island LakeGaston | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | ✓ Public | |
| Robinwood LakeGaston | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded | |
| Rankin LakeGaston | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded | |
| Lagoon DGaston | 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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