Lake Kiowa
Cooke County, Texas560 acresView mapDirections
TCEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Lake Kiowa. Here is what has been measured.
- 40 ft max depth
- Limited data
Lake Kiowa in Cooke County, Texas has water-quality measurements published by TCEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 0.8 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 49 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 47 µg/L. Surface area: 560 acres.
Lake Kiowa is a 560-acre lake in Cooke County, Texas with an estimated average depth of about 40 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, TCEQ, last sampled 2020-07-30. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Lake Kiowa is safe to swim in today is a call for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Lake Kiowa
These are the measurements TCEQ publishes for Lake Kiowa, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Very murky, less than 0.8 ft of visibility. Phosphorus 49 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 47 µg/L. TSI 70.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 0.8ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 49µg/L | Measured, not scored The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential. |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | 47µg/L | Measured, not scored 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. | 70 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
~40 ft est.
Surface area
560 acres
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Texas has not published bathymetry for Lake Kiowa.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
17 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
8.6 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
719 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 Kiowa is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Lake Kiowa Dam (completed 1970), built primarily for recreation on the Indian Creek; earth-type dam, 38 ft tall and 2,400 ft long.
- Surface area
- 560 ac
- Normal storage
- 7,000 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 16,000 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 16.6 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Significant
- Owner
- LAKE KIOWA PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION INC
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID TX00536 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Lake Kiowa
Where is Lake Kiowa?
- Lake Kiowa is a lake in Cooke County, Texas. Its water-quality measurements are published by TCEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Lake Kiowa?
- Lake Kiowa in Cooke County, Texas has water-quality measurements published by TCEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 0.8 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 49 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 47 µg/L. Surface area: 560 acres.
Is Lake Kiowa safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Lake Kiowa?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Lake Kiowa, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 40 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 560 acres.
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Where this data comes from
4 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2020. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- USGS Texas Water Science Center
USGS-TX4 samples · 2020
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)