Kinnikinick Lake
Coconino County, Arizona145 acresView mapDirections
ADEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Kinnikinick Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- 13 ft max depth
- Limited data
Kinnikinick Lake in Coconino County, Arizona has water-quality measurements published by ADEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 0.5 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 210 µg/L. Surface area: 145 acres.
Kinnikinick Lake is a 145-acre lake in Coconino County, Arizona with an estimated average depth of about 13 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, ADEQ, last sampled 2023-05-13. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Kinnikinick Lake covers about 150 acres in Coconino County. If you are planning to stay, you can search lake houses and cabins around Kinnikinick Lake on Vrbo, or look for a hotel room near the lake on Booking.com or Expedia.
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Kinnikinick Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Kinnikinick Lake
These are the measurements ADEQ publishes for Kinnikinick 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 0.5 ft of visibility. Phosphorus 210 µg/L. TSI 84.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 0.5ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 210µg/L | Measured, not scored 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. | 84 | Hypereutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Very high nutrients, dense algae, poor clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
~13 ft est.
Surface area
145 acres
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Arizona has not published bathymetry for Kinnikinick Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
2 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
2 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
7,057 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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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Kinnikinick Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Kinnikinick (completed 1956), built primarily for fish and wildlife pond on the Little Colorado River - Tr; earth-type dam, 18 ft tall and 860 ft long.
- Surface area
- 145 ac
- Normal storage
- 2,532 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 3,124 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 12.1 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Low
- Owner
- ARIZONA GAME & FISH DEPARTMENT
All listed purposes: Fish and Wildlife Pond;Recreation.
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID AZ00040 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Kinnikinick Lake
Where is Kinnikinick Lake?
- Kinnikinick Lake is a lake in Coconino County, Arizona. Its water-quality measurements are published by ADEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Kinnikinick Lake?
- Kinnikinick Lake in Coconino County, Arizona has water-quality measurements published by ADEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 0.5 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 210 µg/L. Surface area: 145 acres.
Is Kinnikinick Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Kinnikinick Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Kinnikinick Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 13 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate. The lake covers 145 acres.
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Where this data comes from
6 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2022–2023. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Great Lakes Environmental Center
GLEC6 samples · 2022–2023
Analytical methods
- 4500 P E ~ Phosphorus in Water by Colorimetry- Ascorbic Acid Method
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)