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Homer Lake

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SWRCB publishes the water-quality measurements for Homer Lake. Here is what has been measured.

Phosphorus
5 µg/L
Less phosphorus than most
Measured by SWRCB
  • Limited data

Homer Lake in Lassen County, California has water-quality measurements published by SWRCB, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 5 µg/L.

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Homer Lake is a lake in Lassen County, California.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency, last sampled 2020-09-30. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Homer Lake 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.

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Water quality measurements for Homer Lake

These are the measurements SWRCB publishes for Homer 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. Phosphorus 5 µg/L. TSI 27.

Water quality readings
MeasureReadingWhere it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)No reading

How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.

Total phosphorus5µg/LMeasured, not scored

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.27Oligotrophic
OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.

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Where is Homer Lake?

Homer Lake is a lake in Lassen County, California. Its water-quality measurements are published by SWRCB and shown on this page as reported.

What is the water quality of Homer Lake?

Homer Lake in Lassen County, California has water-quality measurements published by SWRCB, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 5 µg/L.

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Is Homer 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

1 measurement from 1 monitoring station, 2020. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-21.

Collected and reported by

  • California State Water Resources Control BoardCEDEN1 sample · 2020

Analytical methods

  • EPA 365.3
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.