Chandler Lake
Lincoln County, Oklahoma192 acresView mapDirections
Oklahoma DEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Chandler Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- 45 ft max depth
- Limited data
Chandler Lake in Lincoln County, Oklahoma has water-quality measurements published by Oklahoma DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2.2 ft visibility. Surface area: 192 acres.
Chandler Lake is a 192-acre lake in Lincoln County, Oklahoma with an estimated average depth of about 45 feet. Overall water quality is improving over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, ODEQ, last sampled 2023-09-20. 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 Chandler 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 Chandler Lake
These are the measurements Oklahoma DEQ publishes for Chandler Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Very murky, less than 2.2 ft of visibility. TSI 66.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 2.2ft | 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. | 66 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
~45 ft est.
Surface area
192 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 Chandler Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
5 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
3 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
902 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 Chandler Lake
Water Quality Trend: Improving
Based on 5 years of monitoring (2017–2024).
Water clarity
Improving5 years
Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Chandler Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Chandler City Lake (completed 1954), built primarily for water supply on the Bellcalf Cr; earth-type dam, 44 ft tall and 990 ft long.
- Surface area
- 192 ac
- Normal storage
- 2,778 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 4,334 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 5.26 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- City of Chandler
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID OK02149 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.79 km)
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Frequently asked questions about Chandler Lake
Where is Chandler Lake?
- Chandler Lake is a lake in Lincoln County, Oklahoma. Its water-quality measurements are published by Oklahoma DEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Chandler Lake?
- Chandler Lake in Lincoln County, Oklahoma has water-quality measurements published by Oklahoma DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2.2 ft visibility. Surface area: 192 acres.
Is Chandler Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Chandler Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Chandler Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 45 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 192 acres.
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Where this data comes from
20 measurements from 3 monitoring stations, 2016–2023. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- OWRB Lakes Monitoring
OKWRB-LAKES_WQX20 samples · 2016–2023
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)