Butt Valley Reservoir
Plumas County, California1,560 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from SWRCB for this lake.
- Limited data
Butt Valley Reservoir in Plumas County, California has water-quality measurements published by SWRCB, shown here as reported. Surface area: 1560 acres.
Butt Valley Reservoir is a 1,560-acre lake in Plumas County, California.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Butt Valley Reservoir is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Big water1,560 acres
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Butt Valley Reservoir is safe to swim in today is a call for the California State Water Resources Control Board and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Butt Valley Reservoir
These are the measurements SWRCB publishes for Butt Valley 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.
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Lake Details
Surface area
1,560 acres
Shoreline
13.9 mi
No bathymetric survey has been published for Butt Valley Reservoir, so its depth is not documented here.
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Frequently asked questions about Butt Valley Reservoir
Where is Butt Valley Reservoir?
- Butt Valley Reservoir is a lake in Plumas County, California. Its water-quality measurements are published by SWRCB and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Butt Valley Reservoir?
- Butt Valley Reservoir in Plumas County, California has water-quality measurements published by SWRCB, shown here as reported. Surface area: 1560 acres.
Is Butt Valley Reservoir 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
Measurements for Butt Valley Reservoir come from the EPA Water Quality Portal. Per-sample source details are not recorded for this lake.