Cheneypoint Lake
Chautauqua County, New YorkView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from NY DEC for this lake.
- Impaired · Nuisance exotic species
- Limited data
Cheneypoint Lake in Chautauqua County, New York has water-quality measurements published by NY DEC, shown here as reported.
Cheneypoint Lake is a lake in Chautauqua County, New York.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, NYSDEC, last sampled 2025-05-08. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Cheneypoint Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 4A) for nuisance exotic species, nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen). Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Cheneypoint Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the New York Department of Environmental Conservation and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Cheneypoint Lake
These are the measurements NY DEC publishes for Cheneypoint 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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EPA Impairment Status
Cheneypoint Lake is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2022 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 4A).
Causes of impairment
Designated uses not supporting: Aquatic life.
A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) plan has been approved.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit NY0202-0020 · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Cheneypoint Lake
Where is Cheneypoint Lake?
- Cheneypoint Lake is a lake in Chautauqua County, New York. Its water-quality measurements are published by NY DEC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Cheneypoint Lake?
- Cheneypoint Lake in Chautauqua County, New York has water-quality measurements published by NY DEC, shown here as reported.
Is Cheneypoint Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Cheneypoint Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 4A) for nuisance exotic species, nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen). Check local advisories before you swim.
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Where this data comes from
9 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2025. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
RPI9 samples · 2025
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