Bowman County Lake Quality
North Dakota, 6 lakes, measured by ND DEQ
Bowman County holds 6 monitored lakes. With a sample that small the county-level summary describes those specific waters, not necessarily every water body in the county. 4 of those lakes carry recent nutrient and algae readings. The county-level summary describes that subset, not every water body listed. For Bowman 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.
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. Kalina Dam Lake has the lowest nutrient and algae readings in the county.
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All Lakes in Bowman County
6 lakes · 4 ranked on readings, 2 without enough sampling4 lakes ranked on readings · 2 without enough sampling, hidden
| # | Lake | Clarity | Phosphorus | Algae | Trophic | Max Depth | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kalina Dam LakeBowman | 3.1 ft | 271 µg/L | 4.6 µg/L | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded |
| 2 | Lutz Dam LakeBowman | 14.4 ft | 44 µg/L | 11.5 µg/L | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded |
| 3 | Gascoyne LakeBowman | 1.3 ft | 90.5 µg/L | 15.3 µg/L | No recent samples | No recent samples | ✓ Public |
| 4 | Bowman-Haley Dam LakeBowman | 3.9 ft | 96.5 µg/L | 13.2 µg/L | No recent samples | No recent samples | ✓ Public |
| Buffalo Springs LakeBowman | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded | |
| Spring LakeBowman | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | 15.6 ft | 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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