Lake Hide-A-Way
Pearl River County, Mississippi191 acresView mapDirections
MDEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Lake Hide-A-Way. Here is what has been measured.
- Eutrophic
- Limited data
Lake Hide-A-Way in Pearl River County, Mississippi has water-quality measurements published by MDEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.3 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 80 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 9.9 µg/L. Surface area: 190.6 acres.
Lake Hide-A-Way is a 191-acre productive, nutrient-rich eutrophic lake in Pearl River County, Mississippi.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency, last sampled 2025-10-29. 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 Hide-A-Way is safe to swim in today is a call for the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Lake Hide-A-Way
These are the measurements MDEQ publishes for Lake Hide-A-Way, 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 4.3 ft. Phosphorus 80 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 9.9 µg/L. TSI 59.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 4.3ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 80µg/L | Poor GoodFairPoor |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | 9.9µg/L | Good GoodFairPoor |
| Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a. | 59 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Surface area
191 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Lake Hide-A-Way, so its depth is not documented here.
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Lake Hide-A-Way is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Hide-A-Way Lake Dam (completed 1971), built primarily for recreation on the Mill Creek; earth-type dam, 38 ft tall and 1,170 ft long.
- Surface area
- 190.6 ac
- Normal storage
- 1,447 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 4,409 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 12.15 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- LAKE HIDE-A-WAY CLUB, INC.
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID MS00637 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Lake Hide-A-Way
Where is Lake Hide-A-Way?
- Lake Hide-A-Way is a lake in Pearl River County, Mississippi. Its water-quality measurements are published by MDEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Lake Hide-A-Way?
- Lake Hide-A-Way in Pearl River County, Mississippi has water-quality measurements published by MDEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.3 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 80 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 9.9 µg/L. Surface area: 190.6 acres.
Is Lake Hide-A-Way 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
43 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2025. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-21.
Collected and reported by
- MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
21MSWQ_WQX43 samples · 2025
Analytical methods
- Phosphorus by Colorimetry
- 445.0 ~ EPA; Chlorophyll and Pheophytin in Algae by Fluorescence
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.