Chesapeake city County Lake Quality
Virginia, 6 lakes, measured by Virginia DEQ
Chesapeake city County has 6 monitored lakes — a thin enough sample that one or two stressed lakes can move the county average noticeably. Use the per-lake pages below for what actually matters. Every one of those lakes carries recent nutrient and algae readings, so the county-level summary covers the full set rather than a monitored subset. For Chesapeake city 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 Lake Drummond.
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All Lakes in Chesapeake city County
6 lakes6 lakes ranked on readings
| # | Lake | Clarity | Phosphorus | Algae | Trophic | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake DrummondChesapeake city | 0.7 ft | 60 µg/L | 7 µg/L | No recent samples | Not recorded |
| 2 | Sta Mouth of Interior Ditch LakeChesapeake city | 0.7 ft | 60 µg/L | 6.9 µg/L | No recent samples | Not recorded |
| 3 | Sta Mouth of Riddick Ditch LakeChesapeake city | 0.7 ft | 60 µg/L | 7.2 µg/L | No recent samples | Not recorded |
| 4 | Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of Feeder DitChesapeake city | 0.7 ft | 60 µg/L | 6.4 µg/L | No recent samples | Not recorded |
| 5 | Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of PortsmouthChesapeake city | 0.7 ft | 60 µg/L | 8.1 µg/L | No recent samples | Not recorded |
| 6 | Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of JerichoChesapeake city | 0.7 ft | 60 µg/L | 8.6 µg/L | No recent samples | Not recorded |
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