Holiday Lake Sta
Buckingham County, Virginia111 acresView mapDirections
This is the name Virginia DEQ records for this water. It can describe one sampling location rather than the water as a whole.
Virginia DEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Holiday Lake Sta. Here is what has been measured.
- Mesotrophic
Holiday Lake Sta in Buckingham County, Virginia has water-quality measurements published by Virginia DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 6.4 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 20 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 5.4 µg/L. Surface area: 111 acres.
Holiday Lake Sta is a 111-acre mesotrophic lake in Buckingham County, Virginia. Overall water quality is improving over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Virginia DEQ, last sampled 2026-06-11. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
Readings onlyModerate algae
Based on clarity and algae readings from past sampling — there is no live water temperature and a current cyanobacteria reading for this lake. Check your state or county health department before you swim.
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Holiday Lake Sta 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 Sta
These are the measurements Virginia DEQ publishes for Holiday Lake Sta, 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 6.4 ft. Phosphorus 20 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 5.4 µg/L. TSI 48.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 6.4ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 20µg/L | Fair GoodFairPoor |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | 5.4µg/L | Good GoodFairPoor |
| Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a. | 48 | Mesotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Moderate nutrients, good water quality
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Lake Details
Surface area
111 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Holiday Lake Sta, so its depth is not documented here.
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Fishing Holiday Lake Sta
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 Sta 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 (0.17 km)
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Frequently asked questions about Holiday Lake Sta
Where is Holiday Lake Sta?
- Holiday Lake Sta is in Buckingham County, Virginia. This is the name Virginia DEQ records for this water. It can describe one sampling location rather than the water as a whole. Its water-quality measurements are published by Virginia DEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Holiday Lake Sta?
- Holiday Lake Sta in Buckingham County, Virginia has water-quality measurements published by Virginia DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 6.4 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 20 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 5.4 µg/L. Surface area: 111 acres.
Is Holiday Lake Sta 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
180 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2013–2026. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
21VASWCB180 samples · 2013–2026
Analytical methods
- Tyler, John. 1968. The secchi disk, Limnology and Oceanograpy, 13(1):1-6.
- Total Phosphorus After Block Digestion
- 445.0 ~ EPA; Chlorophyll and Pheophytin in Algae by Fluorescence
- 446.0 ~ EPA; Chlorophylls and Pheopigments in Phytoplankton by Spectrophotometry
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.