Frye Lake
Fremont County, Wyoming134 acresView mapDirections
Wyoming DEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Frye Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Mesotrophic
- 17 ft max depth
- Limited data
Frye Lake in Fremont County, Wyoming has water-quality measurements published by Wyoming DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 8.4 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 10 µg/L. Surface area: 134 acres.
Frye Lake is a 134-acre mesotrophic lake in Fremont County, Wyoming with an estimated average depth of about 17 feet. Compared to the 17 other monitored lakes in Fremont County, Frye Lake ranks #11 for water quality.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Wyoming DEQ, last sampled 2021-09-08. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Frye Lake covers about 130 acres in Fremont County. For a place on the water, look through cabin and lake-house rentals near Frye Lake on Vrbo. For a hotel or motel room, Booking.com and Expedia both search around the lake.
What Frye Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Camping1 public campground nearby
Swimming conditions
Readings onlyLimited data
Based on clarity and algae readings from past sampling — there is no live water temperature and a current cyanobacteria reading for this lake. Check your state or county health department before you swim.
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Frye Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Frye Lake
These are the measurements Wyoming DEQ publishes for Frye Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Moderate clarity, visible to about 8.4 ft. Phosphorus 10 µg/L. TSI 42.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 8.4ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 10µg/L | Good GoodFairPoor |
| 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. | 42 | Mesotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Moderate nutrients, good water quality
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Lake Details
Max depth
~17 ft est.
Surface area
134 acres
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Wyoming has not published bathymetry for Frye Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
1 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
2.3 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
8,514 ft
Size, shoreline, and watershed area from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS). Mean depth here is modelled, not surveyed — HydroLAKES v1.0 estimates lake depth from surrounding terrain rather than from soundings. Treat it as an approximation, and prefer a state bathymetric survey where one exists.
Recreation & Access
Public campgrounds near Frye Lake
- Sinks Canyon4.2 km
Nearest public campgrounds in the USGS National Map inventory, within about 3 miles. An empty list means USGS records no campground that close, which is not the same as camping being unavailable. Where the source gives an official reservation link, it is used; the cabin and hotel search does not cover campsites. More camping lakes
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Frye Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Enterprise (completed 1940), built primarily for irrigation on the Townsend Creek; earth-type dam, 29 ft tall and 1,665 ft long.
- Surface area
- 134 ac
- Normal storage
- 1,698 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 2,409 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 18.9 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- ENTERPRISE DITCH CO. (BOB THOMSEN)
All listed purposes: Irrigation;Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond.
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID WY01057 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Frye Lake
Where is Frye Lake?
- Frye Lake is a lake in Fremont County, Wyoming. Its water-quality measurements are published by Wyoming DEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Frye Lake?
- Frye Lake in Fremont County, Wyoming has water-quality measurements published by Wyoming DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 8.4 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 10 µg/L. Surface area: 134 acres.
Is Frye Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Frye Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Frye Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 17 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate. The lake covers 134 acres.
Are there campgrounds on Frye Lake?
- Frye Lake has 1 public campground from USGS The National Map within 5 km, including Sinks Canyon. This is a location join, not a booking. Cabins and hotels are listed separately; campsite reservations use the official link when the source provides one.
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Where this data comes from
6 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2021. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- State of Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Watershed Program
WYDEQ_WATERSHED6 samples · 2021
Analytical methods
- Secchi
- Total Phosphorus After Block Digestion
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
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)
Public campgrounds from USGS The National Map Structures, within about 3 miles