Butte Lake is a lake in Lassen County, California. Its water-quality measurements are published by SWRCB and shown on this page as reported.

Are there campgrounds on Butte Lake?

Butte Lake has 3 public campgrounds from USGS The National Map within 5 km, including Butte Lake, Butte Lake Group, Butte Lake Stock Corral. 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.

Butte Lake

Lassen County, California208 acresView map Directions

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

Area

208 acres

Surface area

Shoreline

5.8 mi

Measured length

Impaired · Mercury
Limited data

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Butte Lake in Lassen County, California has water-quality measurements published by SWRCB, shown here as reported. Surface area: 208 acres.

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Butte Lake is a 208-acre lake in Lassen County, California.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Butte Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Camping3 public campgrounds nearby

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Butte Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for mercury. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Butte Lake 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.

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Water quality measurements for Butte Lake

These are the measurements SWRCB publishes for Butte 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.

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Lake Details

Surface area

208 acres

Shoreline

5.8 mi

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

Recreation & Access

Campgrounds

Public campgrounds near Butte Lake

Butte Lake1.6 kmReserve
Butte Lake Group1.6 kmReserve
Butte Lake Stock Corral1.6 kmReserve

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

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Fishing Butte Lake

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EPA Impairment Status

Butte Lake is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2024 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).

Causes of impairment

Mercury

Designated uses not supporting: Fish consumption, Other.

Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit CAL5263601120111118145313 · Official waterbody report

Nearby Lakes in Lassen County

Snag Lake3.4 miView →Triangle Lake4.3 miView →Turnaround Lake5.1 miView →Juniper Lake—View →Long Lake—View →Caribou Lake—View →

Frequently asked questions about Butte Lake

Where is Butte Lake?: Butte Lake is a lake in Lassen County, California. Its water-quality measurements are published by SWRCB and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Butte Lake?: Butte Lake in Lassen County, California has water-quality measurements published by SWRCB, shown here as reported. Surface area: 208 acres.
Is Butte Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Butte Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for mercury. Check local advisories before you swim.
Are there campgrounds on Butte Lake?: Butte Lake has 3 public campgrounds from USGS The National Map within 5 km, including Butte Lake, Butte Lake Group, Butte Lake Stock Corral. 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.