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Chaves County Lake Quality

New Mexico, 33 lakes, measured by NMED

There are 33 monitored lakes in Chaves County. The mix is varied enough that the county-level average tells you the broad strokes, not the choose-this-cabin specifics. The 33 monitored lakes in Chaves County carry whatever clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a readings NMED has published, shown as reported.

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.

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All Lakes in Chaves County

33 lakes · 0 ranked on readings, 33 without enough sampling0 lakes ranked on readings · 33 without enough sampling, hidden

#LakeClarityPhosphorusAlgaeTrophicMax DepthAccess
Figure Eight LakeChaves6.9 ft17 µg/L3 µg/LNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Lake VanChaves1.8 ftNo recent samples12.9 µg/LNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Lea Lake OverflowChavesNo recent samples12 µg/LNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Salt LakeChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Barringer TankChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
White LakeChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Little Red LakeChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Johnson LakeChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Samples LakeChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Cocklebur LakesChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Hernandez LakeChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Salt LakeChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
South Home LakeChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Bitter LakeChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples4 ftNot recorded
Mare LakeChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Antelope LakeChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Juan LakeChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Peters LakeChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Buffalo LakeChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Nakee Ishee LakeChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Philley TankChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Brooks TankChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Lake TolliverChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Prichard LakeChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Cockle Burr LakeChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Silman LakeChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Adobe LakeChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Sardine LakeChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Red LakeChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Twin LakesChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Broke Tank LakeChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Curlew LakeChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Presler LakeChavesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot 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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Source: the New Mexico Environment Department. See data sources.