Honey Lake
Lassen County, CaliforniaView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from SWRCB for this lake.
- Impaired · Metals (other than mercury)
- Limited data
Honey Lake in Lassen County, California has water-quality measurements published by SWRCB, shown here as reported.
Honey Lake is a lake in Lassen County, California.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency, last sampled 2023-10-17. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingRecreation use not supported
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Honey Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for metals (other than mercury), salinity / chlorides. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Honey 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.
Water quality measurements for Honey Lake
These are the measurements SWRCB publishes for Honey 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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EPA Impairment Status
Honey Lake is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2024 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).
Causes of impairment
Designated uses not supporting: Recreation, Other.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit CAL6371006019980805165100 · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Honey Lake
Where is Honey Lake?
- Honey 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 Honey Lake?
- Honey Lake in Lassen County, California has water-quality measurements published by SWRCB, shown here as reported.
Is Honey Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Honey Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for metals (other than mercury), salinity / chlorides. Check local advisories before you swim.
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Where this data comes from
2 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2023. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-21.
Collected and reported by
- USGS Oregon Water Science Center
USGS-OR2 samples · 2023
Analytical methods
- YSI Environmental, sensor 6136
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.
Other records on this page
Impairment status from EPA ATTAINS 303(d) database