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Codington County Lake Quality

South Dakota, 23 lakes, measured by SD DANR

There are 23 monitored lakes in Codington County. The mix is varied enough that the county-level average tells you the broad strokes, not the choose-this-cabin specifics. The 23 monitored lakes in Codington County carry whatever clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a readings SD DANR 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 Codington County

23 lakes · 0 ranked on readings, 23 without enough sampling0 lakes ranked on readings · 23 without enough sampling, hidden

#LakeClarityPhosphorusAlgaeTrophicAccess
Kings LakeCodingtonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Grass LakeCodingtonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples✓ Public
Cottonwood LakeCodingtonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Round LakeCodingtonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples✓ Public
Cottonwood SloughCodingtonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
McKillicans LakeCodingtonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Serenity LakeCodingtonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Smith LakeCodingtonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Chain of LakesCodingtonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Still LakeCodingtonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Sumner SloughCodingtonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Dry LakeCodingtonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples✓ Public
Cooley LakeCodingtonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Lake NicholsonCodingtonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Warner LakeCodingtonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Blythe SloughCodingtonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Long LakeCodingtonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Stink LakeCodingtonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples✓ Public
Medicine LakeCodingtonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Horseshoe LakeCodingtonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Lake HenryCodingtonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Wolf SloughCodingtonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Goose LakeCodingtonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples✓ Public

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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