Chattooga Lake
Oconee County, South Carolina45 acresView mapDirections
SCDHEC publishes the water-quality measurements for Chattooga Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Limited data
Chattooga Lake in Oconee County, South Carolina has water-quality measurements published by SCDHEC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 10.2 ft visibility. Surface area: 44.9 acres.
Chattooga Lake is a 45-acre lake in Oconee County, South Carolina.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, SCDES, last sampled 2020-07-25. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Chattooga Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Clear water10.2 ft of visibility
- Camping1 public campground nearby
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Chattooga Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Chattooga Lake
These are the measurements SCDHEC publishes for Chattooga Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Good clarity, visible to about 10.2 ft. TSI 44.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 10.2ft | 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. | 44 | Mesotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Moderate nutrients, good water quality
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Lake Details
Surface area
45 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Chattooga Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
Recreation & Access
Public campgrounds near Chattooga Lake
- Long Bottom Ford2.9 km
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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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Chattooga Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Chattooga Lake Dam (completed 1954), built primarily for recreation on the Taylor Creek, 55 ft tall.
- Surface area
- 44.9 ac
- Normal storage
- 0 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 793 ac-ft
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- CHATTOOGA LAKE CLUB
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID SCD01637 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Chattooga Lake
Where is Chattooga Lake?
- Chattooga Lake is a lake in Oconee County, South Carolina. Its water-quality measurements are published by SCDHEC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Chattooga Lake?
- Chattooga Lake in Oconee County, South Carolina has water-quality measurements published by SCDHEC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 10.2 ft visibility. Surface area: 44.9 acres.
Is Chattooga Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Are there campgrounds on Chattooga Lake?
- Chattooga Lake has 1 public campground from USGS The National Map within 5 km, including Long Bottom Ford. 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.
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Where this data comes from
1 measurement from 1 monitoring station, 2020. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
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NALMS1 sample · 2020
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
Public campgrounds from USGS The National Map Structures, within about 3 miles