Lake Bowles
Polk County, FloridaView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Florida DEP for this lake.
- Limited data
Lake Bowles in Polk County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported.
Lake Bowles is a lake in Polk County, Florida.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, FDEP, last sampled 2023-10-30. 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 Lake Bowles is safe to swim in today is a call for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Lake Bowles
These are the measurements Florida DEP publishes for Lake Bowles, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
No clarity data.
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Where is Lake Bowles?
- Lake Bowles is a lake in Polk County, Florida. Its water-quality measurements are published by Florida DEP and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Lake Bowles?
- Lake Bowles in Polk County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported.
Is Lake Bowles 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
1 measurement from 1 monitoring station, 2023. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
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- Submitting organization not recorded for these samples1 sample · 2023
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.