Hillsborough-Chapman Lake
Hillsborough County, FloridaView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Florida DEP for this lake.
- Impaired · Algal growth
- 52 ft max depth
- Limited data
Hillsborough-Chapman Lake in Hillsborough County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported.
Hillsborough-Chapman Lake is a lake in Hillsborough County, Florida with an estimated average depth of about 52 feet. Overall water quality is declining over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, FDEP, last sampled 2023-12-29. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingRecreation use not supported
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Hillsborough-Chapman Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for algal growth, impaired biota (cause unknown). Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Hillsborough-Chapman 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.
Water quality measurements for Hillsborough-Chapman Lake
These are the measurements Florida DEP publishes for Hillsborough-Chapman 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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Water Temperature
Hillsborough-Chapman Lake typically sits around 78°F at the surface in October. Summer average is about 86°F. Usually warmest in Jul (about 88°F) and coldest in Feb (about 64°F). These are typical values by month — not a live reading.
Column height runs from this lake’s coldest month (64°F) to its warmest (88°F).
Typical surface water temperature by month, from 39 field readings (2010–2017) via the EPA Water Quality Portal. See the full Hillsborough-Chapman Lake water temperature breakdown →
Lake Details
Max depth
~52 ft est.
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Florida has not published bathymetry for Hillsborough-Chapman Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
0 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Surface area
27 acres
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
1 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
72 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.
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Fishing Hillsborough-Chapman Lake
Water Quality Trend: Worsening
Based on 5 years of monitoring (2020–2024).
Water clarity
Worsening5 years
Phosphorus
Worsening+2.7 µg/L/yr5 years
EPA Impairment Status
Hillsborough-Chapman Lake is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2022 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).
Causes of impairment
Designated uses not supporting: Aquatic life, Recreation.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit FL1502C · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Hillsborough-Chapman Lake
Where is Hillsborough-Chapman Lake?
- Hillsborough-Chapman Lake is a lake in Hillsborough County, Florida. Its water-quality measurements are published by Florida DEP and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Hillsborough-Chapman Lake?
- Hillsborough-Chapman Lake in Hillsborough County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported.
Is Hillsborough-Chapman Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Hillsborough-Chapman Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for algal growth, impaired biota (cause unknown). Check local advisories before you swim.
What is the water temperature of Hillsborough-Chapman Lake?
- Hillsborough-Chapman Lake typically sits around 78°F at the surface in October, from 39 EPA Water Quality Portal field readings (2010–2017). That is a typical value for the month, not a live reading.
How deep is Hillsborough-Chapman Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Hillsborough-Chapman Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 52 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate.
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Where this data comes from
12 measurements from 3 monitoring stations, 2023. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
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- FLORIDA LAKEWATCH
21FLKWAT_WQX12 samples · 2023
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.
Other records on this page
Impairment status from EPA ATTAINS 303(d) database
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)