Highland Springs Reservoir
Lake County, California72 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from SWRCB for this lake.
- Limited data
Highland Springs Reservoir in Lake County, California has water-quality measurements published by SWRCB, shown here as reported. Surface area: 72 acres.
Highland Springs Reservoir is a 72-acre lake in Lake County, California.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency, last sampled 2023-10-05. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Highland Springs Reservoir is safe to swim in today is a call for the California State Water Resources Control Board and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Highland Springs Reservoir
These are the measurements SWRCB publishes for Highland Springs Reservoir, 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
72 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Highland Springs Reservoir, so its depth is not documented here.
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Highland Springs Reservoir is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Hland Creek (completed 1962), built primarily for flood risk reduction on the Hland Creek; earth-type dam, 75 ft tall and 625 ft long.
- Surface area
- 72 ac
- Max storage
- 3,500 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 14.15 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- Lake County Watershed Protection District
All listed purposes: Flood Risk Reduction;Recreation;Water Supply.
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID CA00828 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.28 km)
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Frequently asked questions about Highland Springs Reservoir
Where is Highland Springs Reservoir?
- Highland Springs Reservoir is a lake in Lake County, California. Its water-quality measurements are published by SWRCB and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Highland Springs Reservoir?
- Highland Springs Reservoir in Lake County, California has water-quality measurements published by SWRCB, shown here as reported. Surface area: 72 acres.
Is Highland Springs Reservoir 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, 2023. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-21.
Collected and reported by
- USGS California Water Science Center
USGS-CA1 sample · 2023
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.