Harlan County Lake Quality

Harlan County holds 1 monitored lake. With a sample that small the county-level summary describes those specific waters, not necessarily every water body in the county. Every one of those lake carries an A–F grade, so the county-level summary covers the full set rather than a monitored subset. The county-wide average grade is D — water quality issues are persistent across most of the monitored basins. 0 lakes fall into the F bracket outright.

The county's lakes lean shallow, which makes the grades sensitive to wind, sediment-resuspension, and any nutrient inputs from the watershed. The cleanest lake on the books is Harlan County Reservoir (D); the most-stressed is Harlan County Reservoir (D).