Atwood Township Lake
Rawlins County, Kansas43 acresView mapDirections
This is the name KDHE records for this water. It can describe one sampling location rather than the water as a whole.
KDHE publishes the water-quality measurements for Atwood Township Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- 17 ft max depth
- Limited data
Atwood Township Lake in Rawlins County, Kansas has water-quality measurements published by KDHE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1 ft visibility. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 66.9 µg/L. Surface area: 43 acres.
Atwood Township Lake is a 43-acre lake in Rawlins County, Kansas with an estimated average depth of about 17 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, KDHE, last sampled 2018-08-20. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Atwood Township Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Atwood Township Lake
These are the measurements KDHE publishes for Atwood Township Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Very murky, less than 1 ft of visibility. Chlorophyll-a 66.9 µg/L. TSI 74.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 1ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | No reading The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential. | |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | 66.9µg/L | Measured, not scored The green pigment in algae — a direct measure of how much algae is in the water. |
| Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a. | 74 | Hypereutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Very high nutrients, dense algae, poor clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
~17 ft est.
Surface area
43 acres
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Kansas has not published bathymetry for Atwood Township Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
1,366 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
1.5 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
2,858 ft
Size, shoreline, and watershed area from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS). Mean depth here is modelled, not surveyed — HydroLAKES v1.0 estimates lake depth from surrounding terrain rather than from soundings. Treat it as an approximation, and prefer a state bathymetric survey where one exists.
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Atwood Township Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the (completed 1987), built primarily for water supply on the Beaver Creek; earth-type dam, 8 ft tall and 3,000 ft long.
- Surface area
- 43 ac
- Normal storage
- 379 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 495 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 700 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Significant
- Owner
- ATWOOD TOWNSHIP
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID KS09132 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.3 km)
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Frequently asked questions about Atwood Township Lake
Where is Atwood Township Lake?
- Atwood Township Lake is in Rawlins County, Kansas. This is the name KDHE records for this water. It can describe one sampling location rather than the water as a whole. Its water-quality measurements are published by KDHE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Atwood Township Lake?
- Atwood Township Lake in Rawlins County, Kansas has water-quality measurements published by KDHE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1 ft visibility. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 66.9 µg/L. Surface area: 43 acres.
Is Atwood Township Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Atwood Township Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Atwood Township Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 17 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate. The lake covers 43 acres.
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Where this data comes from
3 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2018. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Kansas Department Of Health And Environment
21KAN001_WQX3 samples · 2018
Analytical methods
- Depth, Secchi disk depth
- 10200 H ~ Chlorophyll a-b-c Determination
Monitoring station identifiers (1)
EPA condition classes from the National Lakes Assessment (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion. See where the data comes from and data sources.
Other records on this page
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)