East Park Reservoir
Uintah County, UtahView mapDirections
Utah DWQ publishes the water-quality measurements for East Park Reservoir. Here is what has been measured.
- 23 ft max depth
- Limited data
East Park Reservoir in Uintah County, Utah has water-quality measurements published by Utah DWQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.6 ft visibility.
East Park Reservoir is a lake in Uintah County, Utah with an estimated average depth of about 23 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Utah DWQ, last sampled 2023-10-03. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
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What East Park Reservoir is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Camping1 public campground nearby
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether East Park Reservoir is safe to swim in today is a call for the Utah Division of Water Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for East Park Reservoir
These are the measurements Utah DWQ publishes for East Park Reservoir, 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 4.6 ft. TSI 55.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 4.6ft | 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. | 55 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
~23 ft est.
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Utah has not published bathymetry for East Park Reservoir.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
7 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Surface area
198 acres
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
3.1 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
9,029 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
Public campgrounds near East Park Reservoir
- East Park0.7 km
Nearest public campgrounds in the USGS National Map inventory, within about 3 miles. An empty list means USGS records no campground that close, which is not the same as camping being unavailable. Where the source gives an official reservation link, it is used; the cabin and hotel search does not cover campsites. More camping lakes
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
East Park Reservoir is a man-made reservoir impounded by the East Park (completed 1919), built primarily for irrigation on the Little Brush Creek; earth-type dam, 35 ft tall and 770 ft long.
- Normal storage
- 2,500 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 3,780 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 6.5 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID UT00098 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about East Park Reservoir
Where is East Park Reservoir?
- East Park Reservoir is a lake in Uintah County, Utah. Its water-quality measurements are published by Utah DWQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of East Park Reservoir?
- East Park Reservoir in Uintah County, Utah has water-quality measurements published by Utah DWQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.6 ft visibility.
Is East Park Reservoir safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is East Park Reservoir?
- No published bathymetric survey covers East Park Reservoir, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 23 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate.
Are there campgrounds on East Park Reservoir?
- East Park Reservoir has 1 public campground from USGS The National Map within 5 km, including East Park. This is a location join, not a booking. Cabins and hotels are listed separately; campsite reservations use the official link when the source provides one.
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Where this data comes from
15 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2017–2023. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Utah Department Of Environmental Quality
UTAHDWQ_WQX15 samples · 2017–2023
Analytical methods
- Field Measurements
- Phosphorus by Colorimetry
- 10200 H ~ Chlorophyll a-b-c Determination
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)
Public campgrounds from USGS The National Map Structures, within about 3 miles