Lake Jack Nolan
Sebastian County, Arkansas207 acresView mapDirections
Arkansas DEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Lake Jack Nolan. Here is what has been measured.
- Hypereutrophic
- 33 ft max depth
- Limited data
Lake Jack Nolan in Sebastian County, Arkansas has water-quality measurements published by Arkansas DEQ, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 35 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 31.8 µg/L. Surface area: 207 acres.
Lake Jack Nolan is a 207-acre highly nutrient-loaded hypereutrophic lake in Sebastian County, Arkansas with an estimated average depth of about 33 feet. Overall water quality is improving over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, ADEQ, last sampled 2023-02-21. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
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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 Jack Nolan is safe to swim in today is a call for the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Lake Jack Nolan
These are the measurements Arkansas DEQ publishes for Lake Jack Nolan, 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 35 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 31.8 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 | 35µg/L | Poor GoodFairPoor |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | 31.8µg/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 | Hypereutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Very high nutrients, dense algae, poor clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
~33 ft est.
Surface area
207 acres
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Arkansas has not published bathymetry for Lake Jack Nolan.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
4 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
2.4 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
528 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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Water quality readings over time
3 seasons of samples on record (2020–2022). Calling a direction takes at least 4 years of the same measurement.
Phosphorus
Improving-5 µg/L/yr3 years
Chlorophyll-a
Improving-14.8 µg/L/yr3 years
Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Lake Jack Nolan is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Jack Nolen Lake Dam (completed 1991), built primarily for fish and wildlife pond on the Hog Creek Trib Vasche Creek; earth-type dam, 34 ft tall and 2,350 ft long.
- Surface area
- 207 ac
- Normal storage
- 2,400 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 4,600 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 4 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Significant
- Owner
- Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID AR01500 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.47 km)
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Frequently asked questions about Lake Jack Nolan
Where is Lake Jack Nolan?
- Lake Jack Nolan is a lake in Sebastian County, Arkansas. Its water-quality measurements are published by Arkansas DEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Lake Jack Nolan?
- Lake Jack Nolan in Sebastian County, Arkansas has water-quality measurements published by Arkansas DEQ, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 35 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 31.8 µg/L. Surface area: 207 acres.
Is Lake Jack Nolan safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Lake Jack Nolan?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Lake Jack Nolan, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 33 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 207 acres.
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Where this data comes from
38 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2020–2023. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
ARDEQH2O_WQX38 samples · 2020–2023
Analytical methods
- 4500 P J ~ Persulfate Method for Simultaneous Determination of Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorus
- 445.0 ~ EPA; Chlorophyll and Pheophytin in Algae by Fluorescence
- Turbidity by Nephelometry
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.
Other records on this page
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)