Bootleg Lake
Navajo County, Arizona10 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from ADEQ for this lake.
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Bootleg Lake in Navajo County, Arizona has water-quality measurements published by ADEQ, shown here as reported. Surface area: 9.9 acres.
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Bootleg Lake is a 10-acre lake in Navajo County, Arizona.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, ADEQ, last sampled 2025-09-22. Grade methodology: LakeQuality methodology.
Swimming conditions
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Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Bootleg Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Bootleg Lake
These are the measurements ADEQ publishes for Bootleg 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.
| Metric | Value | EPA condition class |
|---|---|---|
| Water Clarity (Secchi Depth) | No recent samples | |
| Phosphorus | No recent samples | |
| Chlorophyll-a (Algae) | No recent samples |
Lake Details
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| Surface Area | 10 acres |
No bathymetric survey has been published for Bootleg Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Bootleg Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Bootleg (completed 1965), built primarily for recreation on the Corduroy Creek; earth-type dam, 41 ft tall and 460 ft long.
- Surface area
- 9.9 ac
- Normal storage
- 142 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 188 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 7.4 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- BIA
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID AZ10415 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Bootleg Lake
Where is Bootleg Lake?
- Bootleg Lake is a lake in Navajo County, Arizona. Its water-quality measurements are published by ADEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Bootleg Lake?
- Bootleg Lake in Navajo County, Arizona has water-quality measurements published by ADEQ, shown here as reported. Surface area: 9.9 acres.
Is Bootleg 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
16 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2024–2025. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona (Tribal)
WHITEMOUNTAIN_WQX16 samples · 2024–2025
Analytical methods
- 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.