Fogle Lake
Shelby County, Alabama38 acresView mapDirections
ADEM publishes the water-quality measurements for Fogle Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Limited data
Fogle Lake in Shelby County, Alabama has water-quality measurements published by ADEM, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1.9 ft visibility. Surface area: 38 acres.
Fogle Lake is a 38-acre lake in Shelby County, Alabama. Overall water quality is improving over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, ADEM, last sampled 2014-07-18. 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 Fogle Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Alabama Department of Environmental Management and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Fogle Lake
These are the measurements ADEM publishes for Fogle Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Very murky, less than 1.9 ft of visibility. TSI 68.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 1.9ft | 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. | 68 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Surface area
38 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Fogle Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
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Fishing Fogle Lake
Water quality readings over time
3 seasons of samples on record (2012–2014). Calling a direction takes at least 4 years of the same measurement.
Water clarity
Improving3 years
Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Fogle Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Lake Thacker, built primarily for recreation on the Tr-Big Creek, 24 ft tall and 1,300 ft long.
- Surface area
- 38 ac
- Normal storage
- 0 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 458 ac-ft
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- ROBERT & JAMIE THACKER
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID AL83501 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.53 km)
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Frequently asked questions about Fogle Lake
Where is Fogle Lake?
- Fogle Lake is a lake in Shelby County, Alabama. Its water-quality measurements are published by ADEM and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Fogle Lake?
- Fogle Lake in Shelby County, Alabama has water-quality measurements published by ADEM, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1.9 ft visibility. Surface area: 38 acres.
Is Fogle 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
18 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2012–2014. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Alabama Water Watch
AWW_WQX18 samples · 2012–2014
Analytical methods
- AWW QAPP
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.