Lake Burlington
Alamance County, North Carolina757 acresView mapDirections
NC DEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Lake Burlington. Here is what has been measured.
- Eutrophic
- Limited data
Lake Burlington in Alamance County, North Carolina has water-quality measurements published by NC DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2.1 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 30 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 28.5 µg/L. Surface area: 757 acres.
Lake Burlington is a 757-acre productive, nutrient-rich eutrophic lake in Alamance County, North Carolina. Compared to the 1 other monitored lakes in Alamance County, Lake Burlington ranks #1 for water quality.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, NCDEQ, last sampled 2023-09-06. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
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 Lake Burlington is safe to swim in today is a call for the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Lake Burlington
These are the measurements NC DEQ publishes for Lake Burlington, 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 2.1 ft of visibility. Phosphorus 30 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 28.5 µg/L. TSI 61.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 2.1ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 30µg/L | Fair GoodFairPoor |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | 28.5µg/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. | 61 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Surface area
757 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Lake Burlington, so its depth is not documented here.
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Lake Burlington is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Lake Cammack Dam, built primarily for other on the Stony Creek; concrete-type dam, 61 ft tall and 848 ft long.
- Surface area
- 757 ac
- Normal storage
- 23,000 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 36,000 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 46 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- City of Burlington
All listed purposes: Other;Recreation;Water Supply.
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID NC00739 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Lake Burlington
Where is Lake Burlington?
- Lake Burlington is a lake in Alamance County, North Carolina. Its water-quality measurements are published by NC DEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Lake Burlington?
- Lake Burlington in Alamance County, North Carolina has water-quality measurements published by NC DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2.1 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 30 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 28.5 µg/L. Surface area: 757 acres.
Is Lake Burlington 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
80 measurements from 4 monitoring stations, 2023. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- North Carolina Dept of Environmental Quality NCDEQ-DWR WQX
21NC03WQ80 samples · 2023
Analytical methods
- WSSSOP
- Phosphorus by Colorimetry
- 445.0 ~ EPA; Chlorophyll and Pheophytin in Algae by Fluorescence
- 2130 B ~ Nephelometric Method
Monitoring station identifiers (4)
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.