Carl Albert Lake
Latimer County, Oklahoma183 acresView mapDirections
Oklahoma DEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Carl Albert Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- 33 ft max depth
- Limited data
Carl Albert Lake in Latimer County, Oklahoma has water-quality measurements published by Oklahoma DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.4 ft visibility. Surface area: 183 acres.
Carl Albert Lake is a 183-acre lake in Latimer County, Oklahoma with an estimated average depth of about 33 feet. Overall water quality is improving over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, ODEQ, last sampled 2024-08-28. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Carl Albert Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Carl Albert Lake
These are the measurements Oklahoma DEQ publishes for Carl Albert Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Murky, only visible to about 4.4 ft. TSI 56.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 4.4ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | No reading The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential. | |
| 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. | 56 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
~33 ft est.
Surface area
183 acres
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Oklahoma has not published bathymetry for Carl Albert Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
6 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
2.6 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
774 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 Carl Albert Lake
Water quality readings over time
3 seasons of samples on record (2017–2024). Calling a direction takes at least 4 years of the same measurement.
Water clarity
Improving3 years
Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Carl Albert Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the SCS-Rock Creek Site-02 (completed 1964), built primarily for flood risk reduction on the Rock Creek; earth-type dam, 60 ft tall and 1,520 ft long.
- Surface area
- 183 ac
- Normal storage
- 2,739 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 5,414 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 6.03 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- TALIHINA CONSERVATION DISTRICT
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID OK02157 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Carl Albert Lake
Where is Carl Albert Lake?
- Carl Albert Lake is a lake in Latimer County, Oklahoma. Its water-quality measurements are published by Oklahoma DEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Carl Albert Lake?
- Carl Albert Lake in Latimer County, Oklahoma has water-quality measurements published by Oklahoma DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.4 ft visibility. Surface area: 183 acres.
Is Carl Albert Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Carl Albert Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Carl Albert Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 33 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 183 acres.
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Where this data comes from
30 measurements from 3 monitoring stations, 2016–2024. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- OWRB Lakes Monitoring
OKWRB-LAKES_WQX30 samples · 2016–2024
Analytical methods
- OWRB Lakes Field Data Collection
- Determination of Turbidity
Monitoring station identifiers (3)
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
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)