Driver Creek Lake
Van Buren County, ArkansasView mapDirections
Arkansas DEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Driver Creek Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Eutrophic
- Impaired · pH / acidity
Driver Creek Lake in Van Buren County, Arkansas has water-quality measurements published by Arkansas DEQ, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 27 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 13 µg/L.
Driver Creek Lake is a productive, nutrient-rich eutrophic lake in Van Buren County, Arkansas. Overall water quality is improving over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, ADEQ, last sampled 2023-02-21. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
Readings onlyModerate algae
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. Driver Creek Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for pH / acidity. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Driver Creek Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Driver Creek Lake
These are the measurements Arkansas DEQ publishes for Driver Creek 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. Phosphorus 27 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 13 µg/L. TSI 54.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | No reading How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. | |
| Total phosphorus | 27µg/L | Fair GoodFairPoor |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | 13µg/L | Fair GoodFairPoor |
| Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a. | 54 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Water Quality Trend: Improving
Based on 7 years of monitoring (2012–2022).
Phosphorus
Improving-1.6 µg/L/yr6 years
Chlorophyll-a
Stable-0.21 µg/L/yr7 years
EPA Impairment Status
Driver Creek Lake is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2022 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).
Causes of impairment
Designated uses not supporting: Other.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit AR_11110203_4020 · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Driver Creek Lake
Where is Driver Creek Lake?
- Driver Creek Lake is a lake in Van Buren County, Arkansas. Its water-quality measurements are published by Arkansas DEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Driver Creek Lake?
- Driver Creek Lake in Van Buren County, Arkansas has water-quality measurements published by Arkansas DEQ, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 27 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 13 µg/L.
Is Driver Creek Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Driver Creek Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for pH / acidity. Check local advisories before you swim.
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Where this data comes from
74 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2012–2023. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
ARDEQH2O_WQX74 samples · 2012–2023
Analytical methods
- 4500 P J ~ Persulfate Method for Simultaneous Determination of Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorus
- 445.0 ~ EPA; Chlorophyll and Pheophytin in Algae by Fluorescence
- Turbidity by Nephelometry
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