Where is Brushy Creek Lake?

Brushy Creek Lake is a lake in Winston County, Alabama. Its water-quality measurements are published by ADEM and shown on this page as reported.

Are there campgrounds on Brushy Creek Lake?

Brushy Creek Lake has 1 public campground from USGS The National Map within 5 km, including Owl Creek. This is a location join, not a booking. Cabins and hotels are listed separately; campsite reservations use the official link when the source provides one.

Brushy Creek Lake

Winston County, Alabama39 acresView map Directions

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

Area

39 acres

Surface area

Limited data

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Brushy Creek Lake in Winston County, Alabama has water-quality measurements published by ADEM, shown here as reported. Surface area: 39 acres.

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Brushy Creek Lake is a 39-acre lake in Winston County, Alabama.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, ADEM, last sampled recent years. Grade methodology: LakeQuality methodology.

What Brushy Creek Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Camping1 public campground nearby

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

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

Whether Brushy Creek Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Alabama Department of Environmental Management and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Brushy Creek Lake

These are the measurements ADEM publishes for Brushy Creek 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	39 acres

No bathymetric survey has been published for Brushy Creek Lake, so its depth is not documented here.

Recreation & Access

Campgrounds

Public campgrounds near Brushy Creek Lake

Owl Creek4.0 km

Nearest public campgrounds in the USGS National Map inventory, within about 3 miles. An empty list means USGS records no campground that close, which is not the same as camping being unavailable. Where the source gives an official reservation link, it is used; the cabin and hotel search does not cover campsites. More camping lakes

Fishing Brushy Creek Lake

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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)

Brushy Creek Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Brushy Lake (completed 1939), built primarily for recreation on the Brushy Creek; roller-compacted concrete-type dam, 21 ft tall and 275 ft long.

Surface area: 39 ac
Normal storage: 180 ac-ft
Max storage: 180 ac-ft
Drainage area: 20 sq mi
Hazard class: Low
Owner: USDA FS

Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID AL01161 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.77 km)

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Frequently asked questions about Brushy Creek Lake

Where is Brushy Creek Lake?: Brushy Creek Lake is a lake in Winston County, Alabama. Its water-quality measurements are published by ADEM and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Brushy Creek Lake?: Brushy Creek Lake in Winston County, Alabama has water-quality measurements published by ADEM, shown here as reported. Surface area: 39 acres.
Is Brushy Creek Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Are there campgrounds on Brushy Creek Lake?: Brushy Creek Lake has 1 public campground from USGS The National Map within 5 km, including Owl Creek. This is a location join, not a booking. Cabins and hotels are listed separately; campsite reservations use the official link when the source provides one.