Where is Horsehead Lake?

Horsehead Lake is a lake in Kidder County, North Dakota. Its water-quality measurements are published by ND DEQ and shown on this page as reported.

Horsehead Lake

Kidder County, North Dakota7,412 acresView map Directions

No nutrient or algae sampling on record from ND DEQ for this lake.

Area

7,412 acres

Surface area

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Horsehead Lake in Kidder County, North Dakota has water-quality measurements published by ND DEQ, shown here as reported. Surface area: 7412 acres.

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Horsehead Lake is a 7,412-acre lake in Kidder County, North Dakota.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, NDDEQ. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Horsehead Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Big water7,412 acres

Swimming conditions

No reading

Not rated

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

Whether Horsehead Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Horsehead Lake

These are the measurements ND DEQ publishes for Horsehead 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. TSI undefined.

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Lake Details

Surface area

7,412 acres

No bathymetric survey has been published for Horsehead Lake, so its depth is not documented here.

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Fishing Horsehead Lake

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Nearby Lakes in Kidder County

Cherry Lake2.2 ft clear · Eutrophic4.1 miView →Bird Lake5.5 miView →Sibley Lake6.8 miView →Buffalo Lake8.1 miView →McPhail Slough7 miView →Frettum Dam Lake2.6 ft clear · Eutrophic—View →

Frequently asked questions about Horsehead Lake

Where is Horsehead Lake?: Horsehead Lake is a lake in Kidder County, North Dakota. Its water-quality measurements are published by ND DEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Horsehead Lake?: Horsehead Lake in Kidder County, North Dakota has water-quality measurements published by ND DEQ, shown here as reported. Surface area: 7412 acres.
Is Horsehead Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.