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Fulton County, Georgia · Water Quality Report Card

Bull Sluice Lake

Grade Not rated
Limited DataHypereutrophic

Bull Sluice Lake in Fulton County, Georgia is not rated for water quality — its monitoring record does not meet the evidence bar. Water clarity: 1.2 ft visibility.

Clarity
1.2 ft
Mean depth
~29 ft est.
Type
Hypereutrophic

Bull Sluice Lake is a highly nutrient-loaded hypereutrophic lake in Fulton County, Georgia with an estimated average depth of about 29 feet.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Georgia EPD, last sampled 2015-07-05. Grade methodology: LakeGrade methodology.

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Swimming Safety

Not rated for swimming — there is not enough monitoring data to judge this lake

Water Quality Grade: Not rated

Very murky, less than 1.2 ft of visibility. Trophic State Index: 75.

MetricValueGrade
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)1.2 ft
PhosphorusNo data
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No data
Trophic State Index (TSI)75Hypereutrophic

Very high nutrients, dense algae, poor clarity

Lake Details

CharacteristicValue
Average Depth~29 ft est.

Depth marked “est.” is a modeled estimate from HydroLAKES, not a measured survey. Georgia has not published bathymetry for Bull Sluice Lake.

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Bull Sluice Lake is about 5 miles from Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. Crowds there swing hard by season, so the month you pick changes both how busy the park is and what lodging costs.

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Lake Size & Watershed

Watershed (drainage) area
1,361 sq mi
Surface area
255 acres
Mean depth (modeled estimate)
~29 ft est.
Shoreline
7.2 mi
Elevation
860 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.

Where this data comes from

2 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2015. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.

Collected and reported by

  • North American Lake Management SocietyNALMS2 samples · 2015
Monitoring station identifiers (1)

Grade thresholds come from the U.S. EPA National Lakes Assessment 2022 Technical Support Document (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion. See how grades are calculated.

Data Sources

Water quality data from the EPA Water Quality Portal

Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)

Grade thresholds from the EPA National Lakes Assessment (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion

Most recent sample: 2015-07-05

Monitoring stations: 1

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