Beaver Meadow Reservoir
Summit County, UtahView mapDirections
Utah DWQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Beaver Meadow Reservoir. Here is what has been measured.
- Eutrophic
- 18 ft max depth
- Limited data
Beaver Meadow Reservoir in Summit County, Utah has water-quality measurements published by Utah DWQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.6 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 22 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 4.9 µg/L.
Beaver Meadow Reservoir is a productive, nutrient-rich eutrophic lake in Summit County, Utah with an estimated average depth of about 18 feet. Compared to the 17 other monitored lakes in Summit County, Beaver Meadow Reservoir ranks #5 for water quality.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Utah DWQ, last sampled 2023-07-12. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
Readings onlyLimited data
Based on clarity and algae readings from past sampling — there is no live water temperature and a current cyanobacteria reading for this lake. Check your state or county health department before you swim.
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Beaver Meadow Reservoir is safe to swim in today is a call for the Utah Division of Water Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Beaver Meadow Reservoir
These are the measurements Utah DWQ publishes for Beaver Meadow Reservoir, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Murky, only visible to about 4.6 ft. Phosphorus 22 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 4.9 µg/L. TSI 50.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 4.6ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 22µg/L | Good GoodFairPoor |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | 4.9µg/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. | 50 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
~18 ft est.
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Utah has not published bathymetry for Beaver Meadow Reservoir.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
6 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Surface area
86 acres
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
1.6 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
9,373 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)
Beaver Meadow Reservoir is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Beaver Meadow (completed 1949), built primarily for irrigation on the Lost Creek; earth-type dam, 45 ft tall and 935 ft long.
- Normal storage
- 2,155 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 3,094 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 7.9 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Significant
- Owner
- INTERSTATE IRRIGATION & RESERVOIR CO
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID UT00028 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Beaver Meadow Reservoir
Where is Beaver Meadow Reservoir?
- Beaver Meadow Reservoir is a lake in Summit County, Utah. Its water-quality measurements are published by Utah DWQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Beaver Meadow Reservoir?
- Beaver Meadow Reservoir in Summit County, Utah has water-quality measurements published by Utah DWQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.6 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 22 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 4.9 µg/L.
Is Beaver Meadow Reservoir safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Beaver Meadow Reservoir?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Beaver Meadow Reservoir, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 18 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate.
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Where this data comes from
7 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2023. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Utah Department Of Environmental Quality
UTAHDWQ_WQX7 samples · 2023
Analytical methods
- Field Measurements
- Phosphorus by Colorimetry
- 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)