Jamestown Wildlife Area Lake
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KDHE publishes the water-quality measurements for Jamestown Wildlife Area Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Hypereutrophic
- 38 ft max depth
- Limited data
Jamestown Wildlife Area Lake in Cloud County, Kansas has water-quality measurements published by KDHE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 0.4 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 445 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 150 µg/L.
Jamestown Wildlife Area Lake is a highly nutrient-loaded hypereutrophic lake in Cloud County, Kansas with an estimated average depth of about 38 feet. Water clarity is declining over recent sampling years. Compared to the 1 other monitored lakes in Cloud County, Jamestown Wildlife Area Lake ranks #2 for water quality.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, KDHE, last sampled 2016-08-22. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
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Swimming conditions
Readings onlyLimited data
Based on clarity and algae readings from past sampling — there is no live water temperature and a current cyanobacteria reading for this lake. Check your state or county health department before you swim.
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Jamestown Wildlife Area Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Jamestown Wildlife Area Lake
These are the measurements KDHE publishes for Jamestown Wildlife Area Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Very murky, less than 0.4 ft of visibility. Phosphorus 445 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 150 µg/L. TSI 87.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 0.4ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 445µg/L | Poor GoodFairPoor |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | 150µg/L | Poor GoodFairPoor |
| Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a. | 87 | Hypereutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Very high nutrients, dense algae, poor clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
~38 ft est.
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Kansas has not published bathymetry for Jamestown Wildlife Area Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
149 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Surface area
524 acres
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
4.8 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
1,391 ft
Size, shoreline, and watershed area from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS). Mean depth here is modelled, not surveyed — HydroLAKES v1.0 estimates lake depth from surrounding terrain rather than from soundings. Treat it as an approximation, and prefer a state bathymetric survey where one exists.
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Water quality readings over time
2 seasons of samples on record (2014–2016). Calling a direction takes at least 4 years of the same measurement.
Water clarity
Worsening2 years
Phosphorus
Stable+2.5 µg/L/yr2 years
Chlorophyll-a
Improving-15 µg/L/yr2 years
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Frequently asked questions about Jamestown Wildlife Area Lake
Where is Jamestown Wildlife Area Lake?
- Jamestown Wildlife Area Lake is a lake in Cloud County, Kansas. Its water-quality measurements are published by KDHE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Jamestown Wildlife Area Lake?
- Jamestown Wildlife Area Lake in Cloud County, Kansas has water-quality measurements published by KDHE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 0.4 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 445 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 150 µg/L.
Is Jamestown Wildlife Area Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Jamestown Wildlife Area Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Jamestown Wildlife Area Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 38 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate.
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Where this data comes from
10 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2014–2016. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Kansas Department Of Health And Environment
21KAN001_WQX10 samples · 2014–2016
Analytical methods
- Depth, Secchi disk depth
- Phosphorus by Colorimetry
- 10200 H ~ Chlorophyll a-b-c Determination
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
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)