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Hernando-Spring Lake

Hernando County, Florida54 acresView mapDirections

No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Florida DEP for this lake.

Area
54 acres
Surface area
  • Limited data

Hernando-Spring Lake in Hernando County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported. Surface area: 54 acres.

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Hernando-Spring Lake is a 54-acre lake in Hernando County, Florida.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, FDEP, last sampled 2020-10-06. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Hernando-Spring Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Hernando-Spring Lake

These are the measurements Florida DEP publishes for Hernando-Spring 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

54 acres

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

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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)

Hernando-Spring Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Spring Lake Dam, built primarily for recreation on the Spring Lake; earth-type dam, 26 ft tall and 331 ft long.

Surface area
54 ac
Normal storage
311 ac-ft
Max storage
880 ac-ft
Drainage area
0.27 sq mi
Hazard class
High
Owner
ROBERT & LYNN KAZMIERSKI

Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID FL17002 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.39 km)

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Frequently asked questions about Hernando-Spring Lake

Where is Hernando-Spring Lake?

Hernando-Spring Lake is a lake in Hernando County, Florida. Its water-quality measurements are published by Florida DEP and shown on this page as reported.

What is the water quality of Hernando-Spring Lake?

Hernando-Spring Lake in Hernando County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported. Surface area: 54 acres.

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Is Hernando-Spring 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

30 measurements from 3 monitoring stations, 2020. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.

Collected and reported by

  • FLORIDA LAKEWATCH21FLKWAT_WQX30 samples · 2020
Monitoring station identifiers (3)

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.