Boomer Lake
Payne County, Oklahoma275 acresView mapDirections
Oklahoma DEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Boomer Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Limited data
Boomer Lake in Payne County, Oklahoma has water-quality measurements published by Oklahoma DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1.6 ft visibility. Surface area: 275 acres.
Boomer Lake is a 275-acre lake in Payne County, Oklahoma. Overall water quality is improving over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, ODEQ, last sampled 2015-07-07. 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 Boomer Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Boomer Lake
These are the measurements Oklahoma DEQ publishes for Boomer 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 1.6 ft of visibility. TSI 70.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 1.6ft | 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) | No reading 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. | 70 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Surface area
275 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Boomer Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
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Fishing Boomer Lake
Water quality readings over time
2 seasons of samples on record (2015–2020). Calling a direction takes at least 4 years of the same measurement.
Water clarity
Improving2 years
Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Boomer Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the SCS-Stillwater Creek Site-23 (completed 1932), built primarily for water supply on the Boomer Lake; earth-type dam, 45 ft tall and 3,300 ft long.
- Surface area
- 275 ac
- Normal storage
- 2,544 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 119,040 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 75.4 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- PAYNE COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID OK01389 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Boomer Lake
Where is Boomer Lake?
- Boomer Lake is a lake in Payne County, Oklahoma. Its water-quality measurements are published by Oklahoma DEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Boomer Lake?
- Boomer Lake in Payne County, Oklahoma has water-quality measurements published by Oklahoma DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1.6 ft visibility. Surface area: 275 acres.
Is Boomer Lake 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
3 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2015. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
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NALMS3 samples · 2015
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.