Foxboro Lake
Franklin County, Missouri4 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Missouri DNR for this lake.
- 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.
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 readingLimited 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.
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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Fishing Foxboro Lake
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
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 MillGerald · 1.2 mi away · NPDES MONX00579Recent violation
- Gerald WwtfGerald · 2.5 mi away · NPDES MO0045420Recent violation
- Rosebud North LagoonRosebud · 3.4 mi away · NPDES MO0091367Recent violation
- Rosebud South LagoonRosebud · 3.6 mi away · NPDES MO0091375Recent violation
- GeraldGerald · 1.3 mi away · NPDES MO0045390
- Newly Weds FoodsGerald · 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.
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 Resources
MDNR2 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)