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Burlington County Lake Quality

New Jersey, 32 lakes, measured by NJDEP

The county-level average smooths over real differences — a single agricultural watershed near the southwest corner can pull the average down even if the rest of the county runs clean. 11 of those lakes carry recent nutrient and algae readings. The county-level summary describes that subset, not every water body listed. For Burlington 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. Lake Absegami has the lowest nutrient and algae readings in the county.

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All Lakes in Burlington County

32 lakes · 11 ranked on readings, 21 without enough sampling11 lakes ranked on readings · 21 without enough sampling, hidden

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#	Lake	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae	Trophic	Max Depth	Access
1	Lake AbsegamiBurlington	3.3 ft	7 µg/L	1.4 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
2	Mt. Misery LakeBurlington	4.4 ft	19.8 µg/L	3.2 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
3	Oswego LakeBurlington	2.1 ft	21.2 µg/L	2.5 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
4	Lee Bros PondBurlington	1 ft	42.1 µg/L	7.9 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
5	Indian Mills LakeBurlington	1.6 ft	56.8 µg/L	24.1 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
6	Timber LakeBurlington	4.6 ft	25.8 µg/L	19.9 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
7	Unl LakeBurlington	1.8 ft	143.5 µg/L	2.3 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
8	Big Pine LakeBurlington	4.9 ft	80 µg/L	13.3 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
9	Smithville Dock LakeBurlington	1.6 ft	90 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
10	Country LakeBurlington	0.7 ft	260 µg/L	37.2 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
11	Eagle LakeBurlington	1.1 ft	190 µg/L	60.4 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
	Atsion LakeBurlington	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	13.1 ft	Not recorded
	Batsto LakeBurlington	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
	Centennial LakeBurlington	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
	Chatsworth LakeBurlington	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
	Cutts Bros PondBurlington	1.6 ft	13.5 µg/L	20.3 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
	Decou PondBurlington	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
	Goose PondBurlington	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
	Hanover LakeBurlington	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
	Harrisville PondBurlington	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	6.2 ft	Not recorded
	Lake StockwellBurlington	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	13.1 ft	Not recorded
	Lebanon LakeBurlington	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	5.9 ft	Not recorded
	Mirror LakeBurlington	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	7.5 ft	Not recorded
	Oliphants LakeBurlington	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	9.8 ft	Not recorded
	Olympia LakesBurlington	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
	Presidential LakesBurlington	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
	Smithville Mid-LakeBurlington	0.7 ft	90 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
	Strawbridge LakeBurlington	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
	Swedes LakeBurlington	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
	Taunton LakeBurlington	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	6.2 ft	Not recorded
	Upper Marlton LakeBurlington	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	3.3 ft	Not recorded
	Vincentown MillpondBurlington	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	4.9 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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