Hillsborough-Simmons Lake
Hillsborough County, Florida25 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Florida DEP for this lake.
- Limited data
Hillsborough-Simmons Lake in Hillsborough County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported. Surface area: 25 acres.
Hillsborough-Simmons Lake is a 25-acre lake in Hillsborough County, Florida.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, FDEP, last sampled 2025-04-28. 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 Hillsborough-Simmons 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-Simmons Lake
These are the measurements Florida DEP publishes for Hillsborough-Simmons 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
25 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Hillsborough-Simmons Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Hillsborough-Simmons Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Simmons Lake, built primarily for recreation on the Cypress Creek; earth-type dam, 10 ft tall and 95 ft long.
- Surface area
- 25 ac
- Normal storage
- 58 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 119 ac-ft
- Hazard class
- Significant
- Owner
- HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID FL12040 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.33 km)
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Frequently asked questions about Hillsborough-Simmons Lake
Where is Hillsborough-Simmons Lake?
- Hillsborough-Simmons 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-Simmons Lake?
- Hillsborough-Simmons Lake in Hillsborough County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported. Surface area: 25 acres.
Is Hillsborough-Simmons 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
3 measurements from 3 monitoring stations, 2025. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
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21FLKWAT_WQX3 samples · 2025
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.