Lake Fisher
Cabarrus County, North Carolina169 acresView mapDirections
NC DEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Lake Fisher. Here is what has been measured.
- Eutrophic
- 49 ft max depth
- Limited data
Lake Fisher in Cabarrus County, North Carolina has water-quality measurements published by NC DEQ, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 40 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 24.5 µg/L. Surface area: 169 acres.
Lake Fisher is a 169-acre productive, nutrient-rich eutrophic lake in Cabarrus County, North Carolina with an estimated average depth of about 49 feet. Compared to the 2 other monitored lakes in Cabarrus County, Lake Fisher ranks #1 for water quality.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, NCDEQ, last sampled 2021-08-30. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Lake Fisher covers about 170 acres in Cabarrus County. If you are planning to stay, you can search lake houses and cabins around Lake Fisher on Vrbo, or look for a hotel room near the lake on Booking.com or Expedia.
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 Fisher 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 Fisher
These are the measurements NC DEQ publishes for Lake Fisher, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
No clarity data. Phosphorus 40 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 24.5 µg/L. TSI 60.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | No reading How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. | |
| Total phosphorus | 40µg/L | Poor GoodFairPoor |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | 24.5µg/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. | 60 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
~49 ft est.
Surface area
169 acres
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. North Carolina has not published bathymetry for Lake Fisher.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
20 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
4.4 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
659 ft
Size, shoreline, and watershed area from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS). Mean depth here is modelled, not surveyed — HydroLAKES v1.0 estimates lake depth from surrounding terrain rather than from soundings. Treat it as an approximation, and prefer a state bathymetric survey where one exists.
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Lake Fisher is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Lake Fisher Dam (completed 1948), built primarily for water supply on the Cold Water Creek; concrete-type dam, 50 ft tall and 390 ft long.
- Surface area
- 169 ac
- Normal storage
- 2,813 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 6,511 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 18.9 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- City of Concord
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID NC00520 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Lake Fisher
Where is Lake Fisher?
- Lake Fisher is a lake in Cabarrus 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 Fisher?
- Lake Fisher in Cabarrus County, North Carolina has water-quality measurements published by NC DEQ, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 40 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 24.5 µg/L. Surface area: 169 acres.
Is Lake Fisher safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Lake Fisher?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Lake Fisher, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 49 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate. The lake covers 169 acres.
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Where this data comes from
39 measurements from 3 monitoring stations, 2021. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- North Carolina Dept of Environmental Quality NCDEQ-DWR WQX
21NC03WQ39 samples · 2021
Analytical methods
- Phosphorus by Colorimetry
- 445.0 ~ EPA; Chlorophyll and Pheophytin in Algae by Fluorescence
- 2130 B ~ Nephelometric Method
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
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)