Colonial Heights city County Lake Quality
Virginia, 2 lakes — no lake here has enough monitoring data for a grade
Colonial Heights city County holds 2 monitored lakes. With a sample that small the county-level summary describes those specific waters, not necessarily every water body in the county. No lake in Colonial Heights city County has enough sampling behind it for an A–F grade yet. The 2 monitored lakes below carry whatever clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a measurements exist.
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 Colonial Heights city County
2 lakes · 0 graded, 2 not rated0 graded lakes · 2 not rated, hidden
| # | Lake | Grade | Clarity | Phosphorus | Algae | Trophic | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NRNear Dam LakeColonial Heights city | NR | 2.6 ft | 40 µg/L | 13.1 µg/L | No recent samples | Not recorded | |
| NRSwift Creek LakeColonial Heights city | NR | No recent samples | 60 µg/L | No recent samples | No recent samples | ✓ Public |
NR = not rated: there is not enough recent sampling to support a letter. That is EPA Integrated Reporting Category 3 (insufficient information), not a failing grade. How grading works.
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Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.