Fain Lake
Yavapai County, Arizona5 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from ADEQ for this lake.
- Limited data
Fain Lake in Yavapai County, Arizona has water-quality measurements published by ADEQ, shown here as reported. Surface area: 5 acres.
Fain Lake is a 5-acre lake in Yavapai County, Arizona.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, ADEQ, last sampled 2022-04-12. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Fain Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Fain Lake
These are the measurements ADEQ publishes for Fain 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.
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Lake Details
Surface area
5 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Fain Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Fain Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Lynx Creek (completed 1927), built primarily for recreation on the Lynx Creek; arch-type dam, 62 ft tall and 126 ft long.
- Surface area
- 5 ac
- Normal storage
- 21 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 21 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 34 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Low
- Owner
- TOWN OF PRESCOTT VALLEY
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID AZ00118 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.08 km)
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Frequently asked questions about Fain Lake
Where is Fain Lake?
- Fain Lake is a lake in Yavapai County, Arizona. Its water-quality measurements are published by ADEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Fain Lake?
- Fain Lake in Yavapai County, Arizona has water-quality measurements published by ADEQ, shown here as reported. Surface area: 5 acres.
Is Fain 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
4 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2022. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Great Lakes Environmental Center
GLEC4 samples · 2022
Analytical methods
- 4500 P E ~ Phosphorus in Water by Colorimetry- Ascorbic Acid 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.