Utah County Lake Quality
Utah, 9 lakes, measured by Utah DWQ
Utah County holds 9 monitored lakes. With a sample that small the county-level summary describes those specific waters, not necessarily every water body in the county. 5 of those lakes carry recent nutrient and algae readings. The county-level summary describes that subset, not every water body listed. For Utah 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.
The county's lakes lean shallow, which makes the readings sensitive to wind, sediment-resuspension, and any nutrient inputs from the watershed. The cleanest measured lake is Silver Lake Flat Reservoir.
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All Lakes in Utah County
9 lakes · 5 ranked on readings, 4 without enough sampling5 lakes ranked on readings · 4 without enough sampling, hidden
| # | Lake | Clarity | Phosphorus | Algae | Trophic | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silver Lake Flat ReservoirUtah | 10.5 ft | 9.9 µg/L | 1.1 µg/L | No recent samples | Not recorded |
| 2 | Salem PondUtah | 5.9 ft | 16.2 µg/L | 3.9 µg/L | No recent samples | Not recorded |
| 3 | Tibble Fork ReservoirUtah | 5.2 ft | 23.6 µg/L | 3.5 µg/L | No recent samples | Not recorded |
| 4 | Big East LakeUtah | 7.7 ft | 44 µg/L | 9 µg/L | No recent samples | Not recorded |
| 5 | Utah Lake Sp @ MarinaUtah | 0.7 ft | 132 µg/L | 55.3 µg/L | No recent samples | ✓ Public |
| PondUtah | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded | |
| White LakeUtah | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded | |
| Goshen ReservoirUtah | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | Not recorded | |
| Summit Creek Number Two ReservoirUtah | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | 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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Source: the Utah Division of Water Quality. See data sources.