Bois D Arc Lake
Hempstead County, ArkansasView mapDirections
Arkansas DEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Bois D Arc Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Hypereutrophic
- 21 ft max depth
Bois D Arc Lake in Hempstead County, Arkansas has water-quality measurements published by Arkansas DEQ, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 200 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 137 µg/L.
Bois D Arc Lake is a highly nutrient-loaded hypereutrophic lake in Hempstead County, Arkansas with an estimated average depth of about 21 feet. Overall water quality is declining over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, ADEQ, last sampled 2024-07-08. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
Readings onlyAlgae risk
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 Bois D Arc Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Bois D Arc Lake
These are the measurements Arkansas DEQ publishes for Bois D Arc 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. Phosphorus 200 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 137 µg/L. TSI 80.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | No reading How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. | |
| Total phosphorus | 200µg/L | Poor GoodFairPoor |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | 137µg/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. | 80 | Hypereutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Very high nutrients, dense algae, poor clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
~21 ft est.
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Arkansas has not published bathymetry for Bois D Arc Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
177 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Surface area
620 acres
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
4.4 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
256 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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Water Quality Trend: Worsening
Based on 4 years of monitoring (2020–2024).
Phosphorus
Worsening+7.14 µg/L/yr4 years
Chlorophyll-a
Stable+1.36 µg/L/yr4 years
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Frequently asked questions about Bois D Arc Lake
Where is Bois D Arc Lake?
- Bois D Arc Lake is a lake in Hempstead County, Arkansas. Its water-quality measurements are published by Arkansas DEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Bois D Arc Lake?
- Bois D Arc Lake in Hempstead County, Arkansas has water-quality measurements published by Arkansas DEQ, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 200 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 137 µg/L.
Is Bois D Arc Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Bois D Arc Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Bois D Arc Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 21 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
92 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2020–2024. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
ARDEQH2O_WQX92 samples · 2020–2024
Analytical methods
- 4500 P J ~ Persulfate Method for Simultaneous Determination of Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorus
- 445.0 ~ EPA; Chlorophyll and Pheophytin in Algae by Fluorescence
- Turbidity by Nephelometry
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)