Chautauqua Lake
Copiah County, Mississippi25 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from MDEQ for this lake.
- Public access
- Limited data
Chautauqua Lake in Copiah County, Mississippi has water-quality measurements published by MDEQ, shown here as reported. Surface area: 25 acres.
Chautauqua Lake is a 25-acre lake in Copiah County, Mississippi. Limited fish-species data available. Public access is available with 1 public boat landing.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency, last sampled 2022-05-17. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Chautauqua Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Boat launch1 documented ramp
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Chautauqua Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Chautauqua Lake
These are the measurements MDEQ publishes for Chautauqua Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
No clarity data.
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Lake Details
Surface area
25 acres
Public access
Yes
Listed by MDEQ
No bathymetric survey has been published for Chautauqua Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
Recreation & Access
- Crystal Springs ParkPublic
Named access points in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory, within about 3 miles. More lakes with boat ramps
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Fishing Chautauqua Lake
Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Chautauqua Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Lake Chautauqua Dam (completed 1925), built primarily for recreation on the Clear Creek; earth-type dam, 20 ft tall and 462 ft long.
- Surface area
- 25 ac
- Normal storage
- 190 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 242 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 0.39 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Undetermined
- Owner
- CITY OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID MS00494 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Chautauqua Lake
Where is Chautauqua Lake?
- Chautauqua Lake is a lake in Copiah County, Mississippi. Its water-quality measurements are published by MDEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Chautauqua Lake?
- Chautauqua Lake in Copiah County, Mississippi has water-quality measurements published by MDEQ, shown here as reported. Surface area: 25 acres.
Is Chautauqua Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Are there boat ramps on Chautauqua Lake?
- Chautauqua Lake has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Named access points include Crystal Springs Park. Public access is listed as yes.
Can I fish at Chautauqua Lake?
- Chautauqua Lake has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Seasons, size and bag limits, and whether you need a license are set by Mississippi's fish and wildlife agency, so check its current regulations before you go.
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Where this data comes from
8 measurements from 2 monitoring stations, 2022. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-21.
Collected and reported by
- MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
21MSWQ_WQX8 samples · 2022
Analytical methods
- Phosphorus by Colorimetry
- 445.0 ~ EPA; Chlorophyll and Pheophytin in Algae by Fluorescence
Monitoring station identifiers (2)
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
Named boat-access points from the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory