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Pulaski County, Arkansas · Water Quality Report Card

Lake Maumelle Raw Water Intake

Grade Not rated
Limited Data

Lake Maumelle Raw Water Intake in Pulaski County, Arkansas is not rated for water quality — its monitoring record does not meet the evidence bar.

Mean depth
~26 ft est.
Trend
Improving

Lake Maumelle Raw Water Intake is a lake in Pulaski County, Arkansas with an estimated average depth of about 26 feet. Overall water quality is improving over recent sampling years.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, ADEQ, last sampled 2021-01-26. Grade methodology: LakeGrade methodology.

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Swimming Safety

Not rated for swimming — there is not enough monitoring data to judge this lake

Water Quality Grade: Not rated

No clarity data.

MetricValueGrade
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)No data
PhosphorusNo data
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No data

Lake Details

CharacteristicValue
Average Depth~26 ft est.

Depth marked “est.” is a modeled estimate from HydroLAKES, not a measured survey. Arkansas has not published bathymetry for Lake Maumelle Raw Water Intake.

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Water Quality Trend: Improving

Based on 11 years of monitoring data (2020-2025).

MetricTrendChange/YearYears
Water Clarity Improving+1.26 m/yr11
Phosphorus Declining+1.2 µg/L/yr11
Chlorophyll-a Improving-0.09 µg/L/yr11
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Nearby Lakes in Pulaski County

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Lake Maumelle Raw Water Intake is about 40 miles from Hot Springs National Park. Crowds there swing hard by season, so the month you pick changes both how busy the park is and what lodging costs.

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Lake Size & Watershed

Watershed (drainage) area
136 sq mi
Surface area
8,646 acres
Mean depth (modeled estimate)
~26 ft est.
Shoreline
46.6 mi
Elevation
285 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.

Where this data comes from

2 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2020–2021. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.

Collected and reported by

  • USGS Arkansas Water Science CenterUSGS-AR2 samples · 2020–2021

Analytical methods

  • YSI Environmental, sensor 6136
  • Other NTU instrument
Monitoring station identifiers (1)

Grade thresholds come from the U.S. EPA National Lakes Assessment 2022 Technical Support Document (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion. See how grades are calculated.

Data Sources

Water quality data from the EPA Water Quality Portal

Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)

Grade thresholds from the EPA National Lakes Assessment (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion

Most recent sample: 2021-01-26

Monitoring stations: 1

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