Lake Mohave
Mohave County, ArizonaView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from ADEQ for this lake.
- Impaired · Metals (other than mercury)
- 122 ft max depth
- Limited data
Lake Mohave in Mohave County, Arizona has water-quality measurements published by ADEQ, shown here as reported.
Lake Mohave is a lake in Mohave County, Arizona with an estimated average depth of about 122 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, ADEQ, last sampled 2026-03-26. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
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Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Lake Mohave is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for metals (other than mercury). Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Lake Mohave is safe to swim in today is a call for the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Lake Mohave
These are the measurements ADEQ publishes for Lake Mohave, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
No clarity data.
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Lake Details
Max depth
~122 ft est.
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Arizona has not published bathymetry for Lake Mohave.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
164,650 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Surface area
24,384 acres
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
117 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
650 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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EPA Impairment Status
Lake Mohave is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2024 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).
Causes of impairment
Designated uses not supporting: Aquatic life.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit AZL15030101-0960_00 · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Lake Mohave
Where is Lake Mohave?
- Lake Mohave is a lake in Mohave County, Arizona. Its water-quality measurements are published by ADEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Lake Mohave?
- Lake Mohave in Mohave County, Arizona has water-quality measurements published by ADEQ, shown here as reported.
Is Lake Mohave safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Lake Mohave is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for metals (other than mercury). Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Lake Mohave?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Lake Mohave, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 122 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate.
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Where this data comes from
3 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2026. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Great Lakes Environmental Center
GLEC3 samples · 2026
Analytical methods
- 4500 P E ~ Phosphorus in Water by Colorimetry- Ascorbic Acid Method
- 300.0 ~ EPA; Determination of Inorganic Anions by Ion Chromatography
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
Impairment status from EPA ATTAINS 303(d) database
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)