Lake June
Lafayette County, Arkansas60 acresView mapDirections
Arkansas DEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Lake June. Here is what has been measured.
- Hypereutrophic
- 36 ft max depth
- Limited data
Lake June in Lafayette County, Arkansas has water-quality measurements published by Arkansas DEQ, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 160 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 99.5 µg/L. Surface area: 59.8 acres.
Lake June is a 60-acre highly nutrient-loaded hypereutrophic lake in Lafayette County, Arkansas with an estimated average depth of about 36 feet. Overall water quality is declining over recent sampling years. Compared to the 1 other monitored lakes in Lafayette County, Lake June ranks #2 for water quality.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, ADEQ, last sampled 2025-10-27. 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 June 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 June
These are the measurements Arkansas DEQ publishes for Lake June, 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 160 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 99.5 µg/L. TSI 77.
| 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 | 160µg/L | Measured, not scored The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential. |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | 99.5µg/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. | 77 | Hypereutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Very high nutrients, dense algae, poor clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
~36 ft est.
Surface area
60 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 June.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
7 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
1.6 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
272 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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Fishing Lake June
Water quality readings over time
3 seasons of samples on record (2023–2025). Calling a direction takes at least 4 years of the same measurement.
Phosphorus
Worsening+40 µg/L/yr2 years
Chlorophyll-a
Worsening+18.5 µg/L/yr3 years
Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Lake June is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Lake June Dam (completed 1951), built primarily for recreation on the Crooked Branch; rockfill-type dam, 11 ft tall and 1,100 ft long.
- Surface area
- 59.8 ac
- Normal storage
- 186 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 394 ac-ft
- Hazard class
- Low
- Owner
- City of Stamps
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID AR00865 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Lake June
Where is Lake June?
- Lake June is a lake in Lafayette 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 June?
- Lake June in Lafayette County, Arkansas has water-quality measurements published by Arkansas DEQ, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 160 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 99.5 µg/L. Surface area: 59.8 acres.
Is Lake June safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Lake June?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Lake June, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 36 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 59.8 acres.
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Where this data comes from
34 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2023–2025. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
ARDEQH2O_WQX34 samples · 2023–2025
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)