Cheyenne Bottoms Pool
Barton County, KansasView mapDirections
KDHE publishes the water-quality measurements for Cheyenne Bottoms Pool. Here is what has been measured.
- Hypereutrophic
- 23 ft max depth
- Limited data
Cheyenne Bottoms Pool in Barton County, Kansas has water-quality measurements published by KDHE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 0.4 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 420.5 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 173.5 µg/L.
Cheyenne Bottoms Pool is a highly nutrient-loaded hypereutrophic lake in Barton County, Kansas with an estimated average depth of about 23 feet. Water clarity is improving over recent sampling years. Compared to the 1 other monitored lakes in Barton County, Cheyenne Bottoms Pool ranks #2 for water quality.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, KDHE, last sampled 2018-07-16. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
Readings onlyLimited data
Based on clarity and algae readings from past sampling — there is no live water temperature and a current cyanobacteria reading for this lake. Check your state or county health department before you swim.
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Cheyenne Bottoms Pool is safe to swim in today is a call for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Cheyenne Bottoms Pool
These are the measurements KDHE publishes for Cheyenne Bottoms Pool, 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 0.4 ft of visibility. Phosphorus 420.5 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 173.5 µg/L. TSI 87.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 0.4ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 421µg/L | Poor GoodFairPoor |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | 174µg/L | Poor GoodFairPoor |
| Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a. | 87 | Hypereutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Very high nutrients, dense algae, poor clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
~23 ft est.
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Kansas has not published bathymetry for Cheyenne Bottoms Pool.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
232 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Surface area
2,718 acres
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
8.9 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
1,801 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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Water quality readings over time
2 seasons of samples on record (2014–2018). Calling a direction takes at least 4 years of the same measurement.
Water clarity
Improving2 years
Phosphorus
Stable+15 µg/L/yr2 years
Chlorophyll-a
Worsening+83.07 µg/L/yr2 years
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Frequently asked questions about Cheyenne Bottoms Pool
Where is Cheyenne Bottoms Pool?
- Cheyenne Bottoms Pool is a lake in Barton County, Kansas. Its water-quality measurements are published by KDHE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Cheyenne Bottoms Pool?
- Cheyenne Bottoms Pool in Barton County, Kansas has water-quality measurements published by KDHE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 0.4 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 420.5 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 173.5 µg/L.
Is Cheyenne Bottoms Pool safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Cheyenne Bottoms Pool?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Cheyenne Bottoms Pool, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 23 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate.
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Where this data comes from
10 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2014–2018. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Kansas Department Of Health And Environment
21KAN001_WQX10 samples · 2014–2018
Analytical methods
- Depth, Secchi disk depth
- Phosphorus by Colorimetry
- 10200 H ~ Chlorophyll a-b-c Determination
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
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)