Lake Chelton
Orange County, FloridaView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Florida DEP for this lake.
- Limited data
Lake Chelton in Orange County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported.
Lake Chelton is a lake in Orange County, Florida. Overall water quality is declining over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, FDEP, last sampled 2022-03-21. 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 Chelton 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 Chelton
These are the measurements Florida DEP publishes for Lake Chelton, 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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Water Temperature
Lake Chelton typically sits around 63°F at the surface in January. Usually warmest in May (about 83°F) and coldest in Jan (about 63°F). These are typical values by month — not a live reading.
Column height runs from this lake’s coldest month (63°F) to its warmest (83°F).
Typical surface water temperature by month, from 15 field readings (2021–2023) via the EPA Water Quality Portal. See the full Lake Chelton water temperature breakdown →
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Fishing Lake Chelton
Water Quality Trend: Worsening
Based on 6 years of monitoring (2020–2025).
Water clarity
Worsening6 years
Phosphorus
Worsening+1 µg/L/yr6 years
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Frequently asked questions about Lake Chelton
Where is Lake Chelton?
- Lake Chelton is a lake in Orange 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 Chelton?
- Lake Chelton in Orange County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported.
Is Lake Chelton safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
What is the water temperature of Lake Chelton?
- Lake Chelton typically sits around 63°F at the surface in January, from 15 EPA Water Quality Portal field readings (2021–2023). That is a typical value for the month, not a live reading.
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Lake Chelton is about 39 miles from Canaveral National Seashore. Crowds there swing hard by season, so the month you pick changes both how busy the park is and what lodging costs.
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Where this data comes from
14 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2021–2022. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Submitting organization not recorded for these samples14 samples · 2021–2022
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.