Cottonwood Lake
Vernon County, Missouri31 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Missouri DNR for this lake.
Cottonwood Lake in Vernon County, Missouri has water-quality measurements published by Missouri DNR, shown here as reported. Surface area: 31 acres.
Cottonwood Lake is a 31-acre lake in Vernon County, Missouri.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Missouri DNR. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
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Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Cottonwood Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Cottonwood Lake
These are the measurements Missouri DNR publishes for Cottonwood 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. TSI undefined.
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Lake Details
Surface area
31 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Cottonwood Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
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Where is Cottonwood Lake?
- Cottonwood Lake is a lake in Vernon County, Missouri. Its water-quality measurements are published by Missouri DNR and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Cottonwood Lake?
- Cottonwood Lake in Vernon County, Missouri has water-quality measurements published by Missouri DNR, shown here as reported. Surface area: 31 acres.
Is Cottonwood Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
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Where this data comes from
Measurements for Cottonwood Lake come from the EPA Water Quality Portal. Per-sample source details are not recorded for this lake.