Lake Rogers
Granville County, North CarolinaView mapDirections
NC DEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Lake Rogers. Here is what has been measured.
- Hypereutrophic
- Impaired · Algal growth
- 19 ft max depth
Lake Rogers in Granville County, North Carolina has water-quality measurements published by NC DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1.4 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 105 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 60.5 µg/L.
Lake Rogers is a highly nutrient-loaded hypereutrophic lake in Granville County, North Carolina with an estimated average depth of about 19 feet. Overall water quality is improving over recent sampling years. Compared to the 2 other monitored lakes in Granville County, Lake Rogers ranks #3 for water quality.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, NCDEQ, last sampled 2025-09-25. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
Readings onlyAlgae risk
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. Lake Rogers is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for algal growth. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Lake Rogers is safe to swim in today is a call for the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Lake Rogers
These are the measurements NC DEQ publishes for Lake Rogers, 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 1.4 ft of visibility. Phosphorus 105 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 60.5 µg/L. TSI 71.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 1.4ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 105µg/L | Poor GoodFairPoor |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | 60.5µg/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. | 71 | Hypereutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Very high nutrients, dense algae, poor clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
~19 ft est.
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. North Carolina has not published bathymetry for Lake Rogers.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
18 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Surface area
124 acres
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
2.1 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
292 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 Rogers
Water quality readings over time
2 seasons of samples on record (2020–2025). Calling a direction takes at least 4 years of the same measurement.
Phosphorus
Improving-7 µg/L/yr2 years
Chlorophyll-a
Improving-11.7 µg/L/yr2 years
Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Lake Rogers is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Lake Rogers Dam, built primarily for recreation on the Ledge Creek; earth-type dam, 20 ft tall.
- Max storage
- 900 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 17.58 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- City of Creedmoor
All listed purposes: Recreation;Water Supply.
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID NC01003 · Operator website
EPA Impairment Status
Lake Rogers is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2022 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).
Causes of impairment
Designated uses not supporting: Aquatic life.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit NC27-10-(1)c · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Lake Rogers
Where is Lake Rogers?
- Lake Rogers is a lake in Granville County, North Carolina. Its water-quality measurements are published by NC DEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Lake Rogers?
- Lake Rogers in Granville County, North Carolina has water-quality measurements published by NC DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1.4 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 105 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 60.5 µg/L.
Is Lake Rogers safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Lake Rogers is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for algal growth. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Lake Rogers?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Lake Rogers, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 19 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
35 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2020–2025. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- North Carolina Dept of Environmental Quality NCDEQ-DWR WQX
21NC03WQ35 samples · 2020–2025
Analytical methods
- WSSSOP
- Phosphorus by Colorimetry
- 445.0 ~ EPA; Chlorophyll and Pheophytin in Algae by Fluorescence
- 2130 B ~ Nephelometric Method
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)