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Jackson County Lake Quality

Texas, 8 lakes, measured by TCEQ

Jackson County holds 8 monitored lakes. With a sample that small the county-level summary describes those specific waters, not necessarily every water body in the county. The 8 monitored lakes in Jackson County carry whatever clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a readings TCEQ 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 Jackson County

8 lakes · 0 ranked on readings, 8 without enough sampling0 lakes ranked on readings · 8 without enough sampling, hidden

#LakeClarityPhosphorusAlgaeTrophicAccess
Lake TexanaJackson1 ftNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Lake TexanaJacksonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samples✓ Public
Venado LakesJacksonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Redfish LakeJacksonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Menefee FlatJacksonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Menefee Lake Number OneJacksonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Menefee Lake Number TwoJacksonNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNo recent samplesNot recorded
Swan LakeJacksonNo 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 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. See data sources.