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Caddo Lake Dwight Shellmans Home

Marion County, TexasView mapDirections

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

  • Impaired · Mercury
  • Public access
  • Limited data

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Caddo Lake Dwight Shellmans Home in Marion County, Texas has water-quality measurements published by TCEQ, shown here as reported.

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Caddo Lake Dwight Shellmans Home is a lake in Marion County, Texas. Limited fish-species data available. Public access is available with 7 public boat landings.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, TCEQ, last sampled 2025-05-15. Grade methodology: LakeQuality methodology.

What Caddo Lake Dwight Shellmans Home is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

  • Boat launch7 documented ramps

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Caddo Lake Dwight Shellmans Home is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for mercury, oxygen depletion (low DO). Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Caddo Lake Dwight Shellmans Home is safe to swim in today is a call for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Caddo Lake Dwight Shellmans Home

These are the measurements TCEQ publishes for Caddo Lake Dwight Shellmans Home, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

No clarity data.

MetricValueEPA condition class
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)No recent samples
PhosphorusNo recent samples
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No recent samples

Recreation & Access

7
Boat Landings
Yes
Public Access
  • Cypress Village RoadPublic
  • Big Cypress Bayou LandingPublic
  • Caddo Lake State ParkPublic
  • Big Cypress ToursSemi-private
  • Johnson's Ranch MarinaSemi-private
  • Cripp's CampSemi-private

Showing 6 of 7 documented landings from the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory.

Named access points in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory, within about 3 miles. More lakes with boat ramps

Fishing Caddo Lake Dwight Shellmans Home

EPA Impairment Status

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

Causes of impairment

MercuryOxygen depletion (low DO)

Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit TX-0401_07 · Official waterbody report · Matched by proximity (1.13 km)

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Frequently asked questions about Caddo Lake Dwight Shellmans Home

Where is Caddo Lake Dwight Shellmans Home?

Caddo Lake Dwight Shellmans Home is a lake in Marion County, Texas. Its water-quality measurements are published by TCEQ and shown on this page as reported.

What is the water quality of Caddo Lake Dwight Shellmans Home?

Caddo Lake Dwight Shellmans Home in Marion County, Texas has water-quality measurements published by TCEQ, shown here as reported.

Is Caddo Lake Dwight Shellmans Home safe to swim in?

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Caddo Lake Dwight Shellmans Home is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for mercury, oxygen depletion (low DO). Check local advisories before you swim.

Are there boat ramps on Caddo Lake Dwight Shellmans Home?

Caddo Lake Dwight Shellmans Home has 7 documented boat landings in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Named access points include Cypress Village Road, Big Cypress Bayou Landing, Caddo Lake State Park, Big Cypress Tours, among others. Public access is listed as yes.

Where this data comes from

1 measurement from 1 monitoring station, 2025. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.

Collected and reported by

  • Texas Commission on Environmental QualityTCEQMAIN1 sample · 2025
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.

Other records on this page

Impairment status from EPA ATTAINS 303(d) database

Named boat-access points from the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory