Grand Forks County Lake Quality
North Dakota, 8 lakes, measured by ND DEQ
Grand Forks County has 8 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. 2 of those lakes carry recent nutrient and algae readings. The county-level summary describes that subset, not every water body listed. For Grand Forks 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 Larimore Dam Lake.
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All Lakes in Grand Forks County
8 lakes · 2 ranked on readings, 6 without enough sampling2 lakes ranked on readings · 6 without enough sampling, hidden
| # | Lake | Clarity | Phosphorus | Algae | Trophic | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larimore Dam LakeGrand Forks | 3 ft | 225 µg/L | 13.3 µg/L | No recent samples | ✓ Public |
| 2 | Fordville Dam LakeGrand Forks | 4.4 ft | 411 µg/L | 5.2 µg/L | No recent samples | ✓ Public |
| Kolding Dam LakeGrand Forks | 1.7 ft | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded | |
| Niagara Dam LakeGrand Forks | 1 ft | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded | |
| Stewart LakeGrand Forks | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded | |
| Lunby LakeGrand Forks | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded | |
| Little Goose LakeGrand Forks | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded | |
| Smith LakesGrand Forks | 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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