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Lake-Dorr

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Florida DEP publishes the water-quality measurements for Lake-Dorr. Here is what has been measured.

Clarity
3.5 ft
Typical for Florida
Secchi · sampled 2025
Phosphorus
19 µg/L
Typical for Florida
Measured by Florida DEP
Type
Eutrophic
Trophic class
Trend
Worsening
6 years of samples
  • Eutrophic
  • Impaired · Mercury

Lake-Dorr in Lake County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.5 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 19 µg/L.

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Lake-Dorr is a productive, nutrient-rich eutrophic lake in Lake County, Florida. Overall water quality is declining over recent sampling years. Compared to the 127 other monitored lakes in Lake County, Lake-Dorr ranks #8 for water quality.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, FDEP, last sampled 2025-03-27. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

Swimming conditions

Readings only

Low algae

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. Lake-Dorr is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 4A) for mercury. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Lake-Dorr 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.

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Water quality measurements for Lake-Dorr

These are the measurements Florida DEP publishes for Lake-Dorr, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

Murky, only visible to about 3.5 ft. Phosphorus 19 µg/L. TSI 53.

Water quality readings
MeasureReadingWhere it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)3.5ftMeasured, not scored

How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.

Total phosphorus19µg/LGood
GoodFairPoor
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.53Eutrophic
OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity

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Fishing Lake-Dorr

Based on 6 years of monitoring (2020–2025).

  • Water clarity

    Worsening

    6 years

  • Phosphorus

    Stable

    -0.11 µg/L/yr6 years

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EPA Impairment Status

Lake-Dorr is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2022 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 4A).

Causes of impairment

Mercury

Designated uses not supporting: Fish consumption.

A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) plan has been approved.

Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit FL2929C · Official waterbody report

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Frequently asked questions about Lake-Dorr

Where is Lake-Dorr?

Lake-Dorr is a lake in Lake 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-Dorr?

Lake-Dorr in Lake County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.5 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 19 µg/L.

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Is Lake-Dorr safe to swim in?

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Lake-Dorr is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 4A) for mercury. Check local advisories before you swim.

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Where this data comes from

201 measurements from 3 monitoring stations, 2020–2025. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.

Collected and reported by

  • FLORIDA LAKEWATCH21FLKWAT_WQX201 samples · 2020–2025
Monitoring station identifiers (3)

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

Impairment status from EPA ATTAINS 303(d) database