Duane Lake
Schenectady County, New York120 acresView mapDirections
NY DEC publishes the water-quality measurements for Duane Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Impaired · Nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen)
- 32 ft max depth
- Limited data
Duane Lake in Schenectady County, New York has water-quality measurements published by NY DEC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.8 ft visibility. Surface area: 120 acres.
Duane Lake is a 120-acre lake in Schenectady County, New York with an estimated average depth of about 32 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, NYSDEC, last sampled 2020-09-15. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
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Swimming conditions
No readingRecreation use not supported
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Duane Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen). Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Duane Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the New York Department of Environmental Conservation and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Duane Lake
These are the measurements NY DEC publishes for Duane Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Murky, only visible to about 3.8 ft. TSI 58.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 3.8ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | No reading The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential. | |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | No reading The green pigment in algae — a direct measure of how much algae is in the water. | |
| Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a. | 58 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
~32 ft est.
Surface area
120 acres
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. New York has not published bathymetry for Duane Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
0 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
1.7 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
886 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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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Duane Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Duane Lake Dam (completed 1926), built primarily for recreation on the TR-BOZENKILL; earth-type dam, 20 ft tall and 120 ft long.
- Surface area
- 120 ac
- Normal storage
- 10 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 250 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 1.25 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Low
- Owner
- PAUL M. CALLAHAN
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID NY00510 · Operator website
EPA Impairment Status
Duane 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: Recreation.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit NY1311-0006 · Official waterbody report
Regulated Pollution Sources Nearby
7 EPA-permitted facilities operate within about 5 miles of Duane Lake under Clean Water Act (NPDES) discharge permits. 2 facilities have a reported Clean Water Act violation in the past three years.
- Mikey Mart IiDuanesburg · 1.1 mi away · NPDES NY0268275Recent violation
- Duanesburg Sd#1 StpDuanesburg · 3.4 mi away · NPDES NY0261271Recent violation
- Hillcrest Mobile Home ParkDuanesburg · 0.9 mi away · NPDES NY0224855
- Stewart'S Shop - Duanesburg #250Duanesburg · 1.3 mi away · NPDES NY0205559
- Hillcrest Commons Mobile Home ParkDuanesburg · 2.1 mi away · NPDES NY0269018
- Kountry Knolls Trailer CourtKnox · 2.9 mi away · NPDES NY0103179
Facilities permitted to discharge under the Clean Water Act within ~5 miles; proximity does not by itself mean a facility affects this lake. Source: EPA ECHO (ICIS-NPDES), as of 2026-07.
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Frequently asked questions about Duane Lake
Where is Duane Lake?
- Duane Lake is a lake in Schenectady County, New York. Its water-quality measurements are published by NY DEC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Duane Lake?
- Duane Lake in Schenectady County, New York has water-quality measurements published by NY DEC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.8 ft visibility. Surface area: 120 acres.
Is Duane Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Duane Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen). Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Duane Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Duane Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 32 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 120 acres.
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Where this data comes from
8 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2020. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- North American Lake Management Society
NALMS8 samples · 2020
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
Regulated discharger data from EPA ECHO (ICIS-NPDES)
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)