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Foxboro Lake

Franklin County, Missouri4 acresView mapDirections

No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Missouri DNR for this lake.

Area
4 acres
Surface area
  • Impaired · Mercury
  • Limited data

Foxboro Lake in Franklin County, Missouri has water-quality measurements published by Missouri DNR, shown here as reported. Surface area: 4 acres.

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Foxboro Lake is a 4-acre lake in Franklin County, Missouri.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Missouri DNR, last sampled 2021-10-12. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Foxboro Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for mercury. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Foxboro Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Foxboro Lake

These are the measurements Missouri DNR publishes for Foxboro 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

4 acres

No bathymetric survey has been published for Foxboro Lake, so its depth is not documented here.

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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)

Foxboro Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Foxboro Lake Dam (completed 1974), built primarily for fish and wildlife pond on the TR-KRIETE CREEK; earth-type dam, 33 ft tall and 810 ft long.

Surface area
4 ac
Normal storage
84 ac-ft
Max storage
132 ac-ft
Drainage area
108.8 sq mi
Hazard class
Significant
Owner
WILLIAM KRUMMEL

All listed purposes: Fish and Wildlife Pond;Recreation.

Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID MO31298 · Operator website

EPA Impairment Status

Foxboro Lake is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2022 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).

Causes of impairment

Mercury

Designated uses not supporting: Fish consumption.

Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit MO_7382.00 · Official waterbody report

Regulated Pollution Sources Nearby

8 EPA-permitted facilities operate within about 5 miles of Foxboro Lake under Clean Water Act (NPDES) discharge permits. 4 facilities have a reported Clean Water Act violation in the past three years.

  • Mfa Feed Mill
    Gerald · 1.2 mi away · NPDES MONX00579
    Recent violation
  • Gerald Wwtf
    Gerald · 2.5 mi away · NPDES MO0045420
    Recent violation
  • Rosebud North Lagoon
    Rosebud · 3.4 mi away · NPDES MO0091367
    Recent violation
  • Rosebud South Lagoon
    Rosebud · 3.6 mi away · NPDES MO0091375
    Recent violation
  • Gerald
    Gerald · 1.3 mi away · NPDES MO0045390
  • Newly Weds Foods
    Gerald · 1.5 mi away · NPDES MONX00935

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 Foxboro Lake

Where is Foxboro Lake?

Foxboro Lake is a lake in Franklin County, Missouri. Its water-quality measurements are published by Missouri DNR and shown on this page as reported.

What is the water quality of Foxboro Lake?

Foxboro Lake in Franklin County, Missouri has water-quality measurements published by Missouri DNR, shown here as reported. Surface area: 4 acres.

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Is Foxboro Lake safe to swim in?

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Foxboro Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for mercury. Check local advisories before you swim.

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Where this data comes from

2 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2021. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.

Collected and reported by

  • Missouri Dept. of Natural ResourcesMDNR2 samples · 2021

Analytical methods

  • Depth, Secchi disk in meters
  • 445.0 ~ EPA; Chlorophyll and Pheophytin in Algae by Fluorescence
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)