Blue Lake
Garden County, Nebraska288 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Nebraska DEE for this lake.
- Impaired · Mercury
- 20 ft max depth
Blue Lake in Garden County, Nebraska has water-quality measurements published by Nebraska DEE, shown here as reported. Maximum depth: 20 ft. Surface area: 288 acres.
Blue Lake is a 288-acre lake in Garden County, Nebraska with a maximum depth of 20 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, NDEE. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingNot rated
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Blue Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for mercury, oxygen depletion (low DO). Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Blue Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Blue Lake
These are the measurements Nebraska DEE publishes for Blue Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
No clarity data. TSI undefined.
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Lake Details
Max depth
20 ft
Surface area
288 acres
Shoreline
3.4 mi
The depth above comes from a bathymetric survey of this lake, not from a regional estimate.
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EPA Impairment Status
Blue Lake is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2022 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).
Causes of impairment
Designated uses not supporting: Aquatic life.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit NE-NP2-L0150 · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Blue Lake
Where is Blue Lake?
- Blue Lake is a lake in Garden County, Nebraska. Its water-quality measurements are published by Nebraska DEE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Blue Lake?
- Blue Lake in Garden County, Nebraska has water-quality measurements published by Nebraska DEE, shown here as reported. Maximum depth: 20 ft. Surface area: 288 acres.
Is Blue Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Blue Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for mercury, oxygen depletion (low DO). Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Blue Lake?
- Blue Lake has a maximum depth of 20 feet. The lake covers 288 acres.
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Where this data comes from
Measurements for Blue Lake come from the EPA Water Quality Portal. Per-sample source details are not recorded for this lake.
Other records on this page
Impairment status from EPA ATTAINS 303(d) database