Howes Grazing Lake
Meade County, South Dakota56 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from SD DANR for this lake.
Howes Grazing Lake in Meade County, South Dakota has water-quality measurements published by SD DANR, shown here as reported. Surface area: 56 acres.
Howes Grazing Lake is a 56-acre lake in Meade County, South Dakota.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, SD DANR. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
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Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Howes Grazing Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Howes Grazing Lake
These are the measurements SD DANR publishes for Howes Grazing 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
56 acres
Shoreline
3.2 mi
No bathymetric survey has been published for Howes Grazing Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
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Where is Howes Grazing Lake?
- Howes Grazing Lake is a lake in Meade County, South Dakota. Its water-quality measurements are published by SD DANR and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Howes Grazing Lake?
- Howes Grazing Lake in Meade County, South Dakota has water-quality measurements published by SD DANR, shown here as reported. Surface area: 56 acres.
Is Howes Grazing 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
Measurements for Howes Grazing Lake come from the EPA Water Quality Portal. Per-sample source details are not recorded for this lake.