Concho Lake
Apache County, Arizona155 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from ADEQ for this lake.
- 15 ft max depth
- Public access
- Limited data
Concho Lake in Apache County, Arizona has water-quality measurements published by ADEQ, shown here as reported. Surface area: 155 acres.
Concho Lake is a 155-acre lake in Apache County, Arizona with an estimated average depth of about 15 feet. Limited fish-species data available. Public access is available with 1 public boat landing.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, ADEQ, last sampled 2022-04-18. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Concho Lake covers about 160 acres in Apache County. It has one public boat landing. If you are planning to stay, you can search lake houses and cabins around Concho Lake on Vrbo, or look for a hotel room near the lake on Booking.com or Expedia.
What Concho 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 Concho Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Concho Lake
These are the measurements ADEQ publishes for Concho 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
~15 ft est.
Surface area
155 acres
Public access
Yes
Listed by ADEQ
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Arizona has not published bathymetry for Concho Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
8 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
1.8 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
6,302 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.
Recreation & Access
- Conch Lake Recreation AreaPublic
Named access points in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory, within about 3 miles. More lakes with boat ramps
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Fishing Concho Lake
Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Concho Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Concho Springs (completed 1927), built primarily for irrigation on the Concho Springs; rockfill-type dam, 26 ft tall and 310 ft long.
- Surface area
- 155 ac
- Normal storage
- 1,198 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 1,560 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 7.04 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Significant
- Owner
- CONCHO WATER CO., INC.
All listed purposes: Irrigation;Recreation.
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID AZ00032 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Concho Lake
Where is Concho Lake?
- Concho Lake is a lake in Apache County, Arizona. Its water-quality measurements are published by ADEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Concho Lake?
- Concho Lake in Apache County, Arizona has water-quality measurements published by ADEQ, shown here as reported. Surface area: 155 acres.
Is Concho Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Concho Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Concho Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 15 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate. The lake covers 155 acres.
Are there boat ramps on Concho Lake?
- Concho Lake has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Named access points include Conch Lake Recreation Area. Public access is listed as yes.
Can I fish at Concho Lake?
- Concho 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 Arizona's fish and wildlife agency, so check its current regulations before you go.
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Where this data comes from
4 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2022. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Great Lakes Environmental Center
GLEC4 samples · 2022
Analytical methods
- 4500 P E ~ Phosphorus in Water by Colorimetry- Ascorbic Acid Method
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)
Named boat-access points from the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory