Patrick County Lake Quality
Virginia, 5 lakes, average grade B (Good)
Patrick County holds 5 monitored lakes. With a sample that small the county-level summary describes those specific waters, not necessarily every water body in the county. Every one of those lakes carries an A–F grade, so the county-level summary covers the full set rather than a monitored subset. With an average grade of B, Patrick County sits comfortably above the Virginia median.
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. Union Bridge Lake (A) is the cleanest in the county.
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All Lakes in Patrick County
5 lakes5 graded lakes
| # | Lake | Grade | Clarity | Phosphorus | Algae | Trophic | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AUnion Bridge LakePatrick | A | 8.2 ft | 10 µg/L | 2.7 µg/L | No recent samples | Not recorded |
| 2 | ATalbott ReservoirPatrick | A | 9.8 ft | 10 µg/L | 3.2 µg/L | No recent samples | Not recorded |
| 3 | AHorseshoe Point LakePatrick | A | 9.8 ft | 10 µg/L | 1.7 µg/L | No recent samples | Not recorded |
| 4 | CFairy Stone LakePatrick | C | 6.4 ft | 20 µg/L | 3.2 µg/L | No recent samples | Not recorded |
| 5 | CTownes ReservoirPatrick | C | 5.2 ft | 20 µg/L | 8.9 µg/L | No recent samples | Not recorded |
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Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.