Campbellsville City Reservoir
Taylor County, Kentucky63 acresView mapDirections
Kentucky DOW publishes the water-quality measurements for Campbellsville City Reservoir. Here is what has been measured.
- Eutrophic
- Impaired · Nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen)
- 26 ft max depth
- Limited data
Campbellsville City Reservoir in Taylor County, Kentucky has water-quality measurements published by Kentucky DOW, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 74.8 µg/L. Surface area: 63 acres.
Campbellsville City Reservoir is a 63-acre productive, nutrient-rich eutrophic lake in Taylor County, Kentucky with an estimated average depth of about 26 feet. Overall water quality is improving over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, KY DOW, last sampled 2016-10-18. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
Readings onlyLimited data
Based on clarity and algae readings from past sampling — there is no live water temperature and a current cyanobacteria reading for this lake. Check your state or county health department before you swim.
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Campbellsville City Reservoir is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen). Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Campbellsville City Reservoir is safe to swim in today is a call for the Kentucky Division of Water and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Campbellsville City Reservoir
These are the measurements Kentucky DOW publishes for Campbellsville City 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. Phosphorus 74.8 µg/L. TSI 66.
| 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 | 74.8µg/L | Poor GoodFairPoor |
| 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. | 66 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
~26 ft est.
Surface area
63 acres
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Kentucky has not published bathymetry for Campbellsville City Reservoir.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
8 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
1.8 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
801 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.
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Fishing Campbellsville City Reservoir
Water quality readings over time
3 seasons of samples on record (2012–2016). Calling a direction takes at least 4 years of the same measurement.
Phosphorus
Improving-6.73 µg/L/yr3 years
Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Campbellsville City Reservoir is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Campbellsville Reservoir Dam (completed 1951), built primarily for water supply on the Big Pitman Creek; earth-type dam, 49 ft tall and 1,070 ft long.
- Surface area
- 63 ac
- Normal storage
- 949 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 1,516 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 7.3 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Significant
- Owner
- CITY OF CAMPBELLSVILLE
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID KY00155 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.2 km)
EPA Impairment Status
Campbellsville City Reservoir is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2024 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).
Causes of impairment
Designated uses not supporting: Aquatic life.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit KY-54 · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Campbellsville City Reservoir
Where is Campbellsville City Reservoir?
- Campbellsville City Reservoir is a lake in Taylor County, Kentucky. Its water-quality measurements are published by Kentucky DOW and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Campbellsville City Reservoir?
- Campbellsville City Reservoir in Taylor County, Kentucky has water-quality measurements published by Kentucky DOW, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 74.8 µg/L. Surface area: 63 acres.
Is Campbellsville City Reservoir safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Campbellsville City Reservoir is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen). Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Campbellsville City Reservoir?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Campbellsville City Reservoir, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 26 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate. The lake covers 63 acres.
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Where this data comes from
9 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2012–2016. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- KY WQX
21KY_WQX9 samples · 2012–2016
Analytical methods
- Phosphorus by Colorimetry
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
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)