Echo Canyon Reservoir
Lincoln County, Nevada64 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from NDEP for this lake.
- Impaired · Mercury
- Public access
- Limited data
Echo Canyon Reservoir in Lincoln County, Nevada has water-quality measurements published by NDEP, shown here as reported. Surface area: 64 acres.
Echo Canyon Reservoir is a 64-acre lake in Lincoln County, Nevada. Overall water quality is improving over recent sampling years. Limited fish-species data available. Public access is available with 1 public boat landing.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, NDEP, last sampled 2025-02-19. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Echo Canyon Reservoir covers about 64 acres in Lincoln County. It has one public boat landing. For a place on the water, look through cabin and lake-house rentals near Echo Canyon Reservoir on Vrbo. For a hotel or motel room, Booking.com and Expedia both search around the lake.
What Echo Canyon Reservoir 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. Echo Canyon Reservoir is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for mercury, temperature. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Echo Canyon Reservoir is safe to swim in today is a call for the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Echo Canyon Reservoir
These are the measurements NDEP publishes for Echo Canyon Reservoir, 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
Surface area
64 acres
Public access
Yes
Listed by NDEP
No bathymetric survey has been published for Echo Canyon Reservoir, so its depth is not documented here.
Recreation & Access
- Echo Canyon State ParkPublic
Named access points in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory, within about 3 miles. More lakes with boat ramps
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Fishing Echo Canyon Reservoir
Water quality readings over time
2 seasons of samples on record (2012–2017). Calling a direction takes at least 4 years of the same measurement.
Phosphorus
Improving-20.2 µg/L/yr2 years
Chlorophyll-a
Improving-0.18 µg/L/yr2 years
Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Echo Canyon Reservoir is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Echo Canyon Dam (completed 1970), built primarily for recreation on the Meadow Valley Wash; earth-type dam, 58 ft tall and 1,500 ft long.
- Surface area
- 64 ac
- Normal storage
- 1,500 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 1,750 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 200 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- NEVADA DCNR PARKS
All listed purposes: Recreation;Fish and Wildlife Pond.
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID NV00117 · Operator website
EPA Impairment Status
Echo Canyon Reservoir 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: Aquatic life, Fish consumption.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit NV13-CL-25-C_00 · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Echo Canyon Reservoir
Where is Echo Canyon Reservoir?
- Echo Canyon Reservoir is a lake in Lincoln County, Nevada. Its water-quality measurements are published by NDEP and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Echo Canyon Reservoir?
- Echo Canyon Reservoir in Lincoln County, Nevada has water-quality measurements published by NDEP, shown here as reported. Surface area: 64 acres.
Is Echo Canyon Reservoir safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Echo Canyon Reservoir is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for mercury, temperature. Check local advisories before you swim.
Are there boat ramps on Echo Canyon Reservoir?
- Echo Canyon Reservoir has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Named access points include Echo Canyon State Park. Public access is listed as yes.
Can I fish at Echo Canyon Reservoir?
- Echo Canyon Reservoir 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 Nevada's fish and wildlife agency, so check its current regulations before you go.
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Where this data comes from
7 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2024–2025. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Nevada Division of Environmental Protection
21NEV1_WQX7 samples · 2024–2025
Analytical methods
- Phosphorus by Two Reagent Colorimetry
- 10200 H ~ Chlorophyll a-b-c Determination
- 2130 B ~ Nephelometric 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
Impairment status from EPA ATTAINS 303(d) database
Named boat-access points from the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory