Lake Buckeye @ Ramp
Polk County, Florida19 acresView mapDirections
This is the name Florida DEP records for this water. It can describe one sampling location rather than the water as a whole.
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Florida DEP for this lake.
- Limited data
Lake Buckeye @ Ramp in Polk County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported. Surface area: 19 acres.
Lake Buckeye @ Ramp is a 19-acre lake in Polk County, Florida. Water clarity is declining over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, FDEP, last sampled 2024-04-22. 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 Lake Buckeye @ Ramp 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 Buckeye @ Ramp
These are the measurements Florida DEP publishes for Lake Buckeye @ Ramp, 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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Lake Details
Surface area
19 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Lake Buckeye @ Ramp, so its depth is not documented here.
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Fishing Lake Buckeye @ Ramp
Water Quality Trend: Stable
Based on 6 years of monitoring (2020–2025).
Water clarity
Worsening6 years
Phosphorus
Improving-0.91 µg/L/yr6 years
Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Lake Buckeye @ Ramp is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Lake Idyl Dam, built primarily for flood risk reduction on the Trib Buckeye Lake; earth-type dam, 9 ft tall and 26 ft long.
- Surface area
- 19 ac
- Normal storage
- 32 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 121 ac-ft
- Hazard class
- Low
- Owner
- ROE WILLARD TRUST
All listed purposes: Flood Risk Reduction;Recreation.
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID FL13404 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.58 km)
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Frequently asked questions about Lake Buckeye @ Ramp
Where is Lake Buckeye @ Ramp?
- Lake Buckeye @ Ramp is in Polk County, Florida. This is the name Florida DEP records for this water. It can describe one sampling location rather than the water as a whole. Its water-quality measurements are published by Florida DEP and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Lake Buckeye @ Ramp?
- Lake Buckeye @ Ramp in Polk County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported. Surface area: 19 acres.
Is Lake Buckeye @ Ramp 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
4 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2022–2024. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Submitting organization not recorded for these samples4 samples · 2022–2024
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.