Blowing Rock Town Pond
Watauga County, North Carolina6 acresView mapDirections
NC DEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Blowing Rock Town Pond. Here is what has been measured.
- Eutrophic
- Limited data
Blowing Rock Town Pond in Watauga County, North Carolina has water-quality measurements published by NC DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 11.6 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 30 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 19.5 µg/L. Surface area: 5.7 acres.
Blowing Rock Town Pond is a 6-acre productive, nutrient-rich eutrophic lake in Watauga County, North Carolina. Compared to the 2 other monitored lakes in Watauga County, Blowing Rock Town Pond ranks #3 for water quality.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, NCDEQ, last sampled 2023-09-11. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Blowing Rock Town Pond is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Clear water11.6 ft of visibility
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 Blowing Rock Town Pond is safe to swim in today is a call for the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Blowing Rock Town Pond
These are the measurements NC DEQ publishes for Blowing Rock Town Pond, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Good clarity, visible to about 11.6 ft. Phosphorus 30 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 19.5 µg/L. TSI 52.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 11.6ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 30µg/L | Fair GoodFairPoor |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | 19.5µg/L | Poor GoodFairPoor |
| Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a. | 52 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Surface area
6 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Blowing Rock Town Pond, so its depth is not documented here.
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Blowing Rock Town Pond is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Old Blowing Rock Water Supply Dam (completed 1958), built primarily for water supply on the Flat Top Branch; earth-type dam, 34 ft tall and 325 ft long.
- Surface area
- 5.7 ac
- Normal storage
- 61 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 76 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 0.53 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- Town of Blowing Rock
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID NC00414 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.08 km)
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Frequently asked questions about Blowing Rock Town Pond
Where is Blowing Rock Town Pond?
- Blowing Rock Town Pond is a lake in Watauga County, North Carolina. Its water-quality measurements are published by NC DEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Blowing Rock Town Pond?
- Blowing Rock Town Pond in Watauga County, North Carolina has water-quality measurements published by NC DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 11.6 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 30 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 19.5 µg/L. Surface area: 5.7 acres.
Is Blowing Rock Town Pond safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
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Where this data comes from
20 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2023. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- North Carolina Dept of Environmental Quality NCDEQ-DWR WQX
21NC03WQ20 samples · 2023
Analytical methods
- WSSSOP
- Phosphorus by Colorimetry
- 445.0 ~ EPA; Chlorophyll and Pheophytin in Algae by Fluorescence
- 2130 B ~ Nephelometric Method
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.