Green Valley Lake
Gila County, Arizona10 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from ADEQ for this lake.
- Limited data
Green Valley Lake in Gila County, Arizona has water-quality measurements published by ADEQ, shown here as reported. Surface area: 10 acres.
Green Valley Lake is a 10-acre lake in Gila County, Arizona.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, ADEQ, last sampled 2022-04-19. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Green Valley Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Camping3 public campgrounds nearby
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Green Valley Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Green Valley Lake
These are the measurements ADEQ publishes for Green Valley 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
10 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Green Valley Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
Recreation & Access
Public campgrounds near Green Valley Lake
- Houston Mesa Campground4.9 km
- Houston Mesa Horse5.0 km
- Houston Mesa Group5.0 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)
Green Valley Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Green Valley Park (completed 1996), built primarily for other on the American Gulch; earth-type dam, 13 ft tall and 1,005 ft long.
- Surface area
- 10 ac
- Normal storage
- 138 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 180 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 3.1 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- TOWN OF PAYSON
All listed purposes: Other;Recreation.
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID AZ00223 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.08 km)
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Frequently asked questions about Green Valley Lake
Where is Green Valley Lake?
- Green Valley Lake is a lake in Gila County, Arizona. Its water-quality measurements are published by ADEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Green Valley Lake?
- Green Valley Lake in Gila County, Arizona has water-quality measurements published by ADEQ, shown here as reported. Surface area: 10 acres.
Is Green Valley Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Are there campgrounds on Green Valley Lake?
- Green Valley Lake has 3 public campgrounds from USGS The National Map within 5 km, including Houston Mesa Campground, Houston Mesa Horse, Houston Mesa Group. 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
4 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2022. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Great Lakes Environmental Center
GLEC4 samples · 2022
Analytical methods
- 4500 P E ~ Phosphorus in Water by Colorimetry- Ascorbic Acid Method
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
Public campgrounds from USGS The National Map Structures, within about 3 miles