Buffalo Bill Reservoir Riverine Littoral
Park County, Wyoming8,324 acresView mapDirections
Wyoming DEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Buffalo Bill Reservoir Riverine Littoral. Here is what has been measured.
- Limited data
Buffalo Bill Reservoir Riverine Littoral in Park County, Wyoming has water-quality measurements published by Wyoming DEQ, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 60 µg/L. Surface area: 8324 acres.
Buffalo Bill Reservoir Riverine Littoral is a 8,324-acre lake in Park County, Wyoming. Overall water quality is declining over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Wyoming DEQ, last sampled 2014-07-29. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Buffalo Bill Reservoir Riverine Littoral is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Big water8,324 acres
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Buffalo Bill Reservoir Riverine Littoral is safe to swim in today is a call for the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Buffalo Bill Reservoir Riverine Littoral
These are the measurements Wyoming DEQ publishes for Buffalo Bill Reservoir Riverine Littoral, 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 60 µg/L. TSI 63.
| 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 | 60µg/L | Measured, not scored 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. | 63 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Surface area
8,324 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Buffalo Bill Reservoir Riverine Littoral, so its depth is not documented here.
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Fishing Buffalo Bill Reservoir Riverine Littoral
Water quality readings over time
3 seasons of samples on record (2013–2015). Calling a direction takes at least 4 years of the same measurement.
Phosphorus
Worsening+62.5 µg/L/yr3 years
Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Buffalo Bill Reservoir Riverine Littoral is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Buffalo Bill-North Fork Dike (completed 1905), built primarily for fish and wildlife pond; earth-type dam, 30 ft tall and 9,650 ft long.
- Surface area
- 8,324 ac
- Normal storage
- 646,565 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 646,565 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 1,504 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Low
- Owner
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
All listed purposes: Fish and Wildlife Pond;Irrigation;Recreation;Hydroelectric;Water Supply.
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID WY01300 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.4 km)
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Frequently asked questions about Buffalo Bill Reservoir Riverine Littoral
Where is Buffalo Bill Reservoir Riverine Littoral?
- Buffalo Bill Reservoir Riverine Littoral is a lake in Park County, Wyoming. Its water-quality measurements are published by Wyoming DEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Buffalo Bill Reservoir Riverine Littoral?
- Buffalo Bill Reservoir Riverine Littoral in Park County, Wyoming has water-quality measurements published by Wyoming DEQ, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 60 µg/L. Surface area: 8324 acres.
Is Buffalo Bill Reservoir Riverine Littoral 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
2 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2013–2014. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- State of Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Watershed Program
WYDEQ_WATERSHED2 samples · 2013–2014
Analytical methods
- Total Phosphorus After Block Digestion
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.