Gordon Inlet Lake
Rolette County, North DakotaView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from ND DEQ for this lake.
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Gordon Inlet Lake in Rolette County, North Dakota has water-quality measurements published by ND DEQ, shown here as reported.
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Gordon Inlet Lake is a lake in Rolette County, North Dakota. Overall water quality is declining over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, NDDEQ, last sampled 2020-05-26. Grade methodology: LakeQuality methodology.
Swimming conditions
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Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Gordon Inlet Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Gordon Inlet Lake
These are the measurements ND DEQ publishes for Gordon Inlet 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.
| Metric | Value | EPA condition class |
|---|---|---|
| Water Clarity (Secchi Depth) | No recent samples | |
| Phosphorus | No recent samples | |
| Chlorophyll-a (Algae) | No recent samples |
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Water Quality Trend: ↓ Declining
Based on 5 years of monitoring data (2020-2025).
| Metric | Trend | Change/Year | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water Clarity | → Stable | +0.01 m/yr | 5 |
| Phosphorus | ↓ Declining | +8.3 µg/L/yr | 5 |
| Chlorophyll-a | ↓ Declining | +0.39 µg/L/yr | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions about Gordon Inlet Lake
Where is Gordon Inlet Lake?
- Gordon Inlet Lake is a lake in Rolette County, North Dakota. Its water-quality measurements are published by ND DEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Gordon Inlet Lake?
- Gordon Inlet Lake in Rolette County, North Dakota has water-quality measurements published by ND DEQ, shown here as reported.
Is Gordon Inlet 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
1 measurement from 1 monitoring station, 2020. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Turtle Mountain Environmental Office (Tribal)
TURTLEMT1 sample · 2020
Analytical methods
- Phosphorus by Colorimetry
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.