Hurds Lake
Tolland County, Connecticut15 acresView mapDirections
CT DEEP publishes the water-quality measurements for Hurds Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Limited data
Hurds Lake in Tolland County, Connecticut has water-quality measurements published by CT DEEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.8 ft visibility. Surface area: 15 acres.
Hurds Lake is a 15-acre lake in Tolland County, Connecticut.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency, last sampled 2021-11-14. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Hurds Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Hurds Lake
These are the measurements CT DEEP publishes for Hurds Lake, 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 4.8 ft. TSI 55.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 4.8ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | No reading 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. | 55 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Surface area
15 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Hurds Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Hurds Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Hurds Lake Dam (completed 1934), built primarily for recreation on the Gillettes Brook Trib; earth-type dam, 15 ft tall and 260 ft long.
- Surface area
- 15 ac
- Normal storage
- 15 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 90 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 0.35 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Significant
- Owner
- Town of Somers
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID CT00272 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Hurds Lake
Where is Hurds Lake?
- Hurds Lake is a lake in Tolland County, Connecticut. Its water-quality measurements are published by CT DEEP and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Hurds Lake?
- Hurds Lake in Tolland County, Connecticut has water-quality measurements published by CT DEEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.8 ft visibility. Surface area: 15 acres.
Is Hurds 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
9 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2021. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-21.
Collected and reported by
- North American Lake Management Society
NALMS9 samples · 2021
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.