Clinton Lake
Marion County, TexasView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from TCEQ for this lake.
- Impaired · Mercury
- 28 ft max depth
- Limited data
Clinton Lake in Marion County, Texas has water-quality measurements published by TCEQ, shown here as reported.
Clinton Lake is a lake in Marion County, Texas with an estimated average depth of about 28 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, TCEQ, last sampled 2024-05-20. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Clinton Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for mercury, oxygen depletion (low DO). Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Clinton Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Clinton Lake
These are the measurements TCEQ publishes for Clinton 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
Max depth
~28 ft est.
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Texas has not published bathymetry for Clinton Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
2,247 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Surface area
371 acres
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
7.1 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
184 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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EPA Impairment Status
Clinton Lake is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2024 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).
Causes of impairment
Designated uses not supporting: Aquatic life, Fish consumption.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit TX-0401_05 · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Clinton Lake
Where is Clinton Lake?
- Clinton Lake is a lake in Marion County, Texas. Its water-quality measurements are published by TCEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Clinton Lake?
- Clinton Lake in Marion County, Texas has water-quality measurements published by TCEQ, shown here as reported.
Is Clinton Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Clinton Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for mercury, oxygen depletion (low DO). Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Clinton Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Clinton Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 28 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
1 measurement from 1 monitoring station, 2024. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
TCEQMAIN1 sample · 2024
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
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)