Holiday Lake Outside Swimming Area
Appomattox County, Virginia111 acresView mapDirections
Virginia DEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Holiday Lake Outside Swimming Area. Here is what has been measured.
- Limited data
Holiday Lake Outside Swimming Area in Appomattox County, Virginia has water-quality measurements published by Virginia DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.3 ft visibility. Surface area: 111 acres.
Holiday Lake Outside Swimming Area is a 111-acre lake in Appomattox County, Virginia. Overall water quality is improving over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Virginia DEQ, last sampled 2025-08-19. 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 Holiday Lake Outside Swimming Area is safe to swim in today is a call for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Holiday Lake Outside Swimming Area
These are the measurements Virginia DEQ publishes for Holiday Lake Outside Swimming Area, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Murky, only visible to about 4.3 ft. TSI 56.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 4.3ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | No reading The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential. | |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | No reading The green pigment in algae — a direct measure of how much algae is in the water. | |
| Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a. | 56 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Surface area
111 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Holiday Lake Outside Swimming Area, so its depth is not documented here.
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Fishing Holiday Lake Outside Swimming Area
Water Quality Trend: Improving
Based on 7 years of monitoring (2013–2026).
Water clarity
Improving7 years
Phosphorus
Improving-1.11 µg/L/yr7 years
Chlorophyll-a
Improving-0.53 µg/L/yr7 years
Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Holiday Lake Outside Swimming Area is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Holliday Lake Dam, built primarily for recreation on the Holiday Creek; gravity-type dam, 48 ft tall and 177 ft long.
- Surface area
- 111 ac
- Normal storage
- 1,375 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 1,375 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 19.5 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Significant
- Owner
- Department of Conservation & Recreation - Division of State Parks
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID VA011001 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.49 km)
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Frequently asked questions about Holiday Lake Outside Swimming Area
Where is Holiday Lake Outside Swimming Area?
- Holiday Lake Outside Swimming Area is a lake in Appomattox County, Virginia. Its water-quality measurements are published by Virginia DEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Holiday Lake Outside Swimming Area?
- Holiday Lake Outside Swimming Area in Appomattox County, Virginia has water-quality measurements published by Virginia DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.3 ft visibility. Surface area: 111 acres.
Is Holiday Lake Outside Swimming Area 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, 2025. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
21VASWCB1 sample · 2025
Analytical methods
- Tyler, John. 1968. The secchi disk, Limnology and Oceanograpy, 13(1):1-6.
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.