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Bottle Hallow Reservoir

Uintah County, Utah412 acresView mapDirections

No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Utah DWQ for this lake.

Max depth
~39 ft est.
GLOBathy model
Area
412 acres
Surface area
  • 39 ft max depth
  • Limited data

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Bottle Hallow Reservoir in Uintah County, Utah has water-quality measurements published by Utah DWQ, shown here as reported. Surface area: 412 acres.

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Bottle Hallow Reservoir is a 412-acre lake in Uintah County, Utah with an estimated average depth of about 39 feet.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Utah DWQ, last sampled 2025-09-15. Grade methodology: LakeQuality methodology.

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Bottle Hallow Reservoir is safe to swim in today is a call for the Utah Division of Water Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Bottle Hallow Reservoir

These are the measurements Utah DWQ publishes for Bottle Hallow Reservoir, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

No clarity data.

MetricValueEPA condition class
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)No recent samples
PhosphorusNo recent samples
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No recent samples

Lake Details

CharacteristicValue
Maximum Depth~39 ft est.
Average Depth~28 ft est.
Surface Area412 acres

Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Utah has not published bathymetry for Bottle Hallow Reservoir.

Lake Size & Watershed

Watershed (drainage) area
3 sq mi
Shoreline
3.7 mi
Elevation
5,115 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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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)

Bottle Hallow Reservoir is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Bottle Hollow - North Dam (completed 1970), built primarily for irrigation on the Bottle Hollow Creek; earth-type dam, 82 ft tall and 500 ft long.

Surface area
412 ac
Normal storage
10,555 ac-ft
Max storage
14,579 ac-ft
Drainage area
2.8 sq mi
Hazard class
High
Owner
BIA

All listed purposes: Irrigation;Recreation.

Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID UT10134 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.65 km)

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Frequently asked questions about Bottle Hallow Reservoir

Where is Bottle Hallow Reservoir?

Bottle Hallow Reservoir is a lake in Uintah County, Utah. Its water-quality measurements are published by Utah DWQ and shown on this page as reported.

What is the water quality of Bottle Hallow Reservoir?

Bottle Hallow Reservoir in Uintah County, Utah has water-quality measurements published by Utah DWQ, shown here as reported. Surface area: 412 acres.

Is Bottle Hallow Reservoir safe to swim in?

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

How deep is Bottle Hallow Reservoir?

No published bathymetric survey covers Bottle Hallow Reservoir, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 39 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate. The lake covers 412 acres.

Where this data comes from

13 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2020–2025. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.

Collected and reported by

  • Northern Ute Indian Tribe (UT)NTHRNUTE13 samples · 2020–2025

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.

Other records on this page

Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)