Laurel Lake
Litchfield County, Connecticut15 acresView mapDirections
CT DEEP publishes the water-quality measurements for Laurel Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Limited data
Laurel Lake in Litchfield County, Connecticut has water-quality measurements published by CT DEEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 18.7 ft visibility. Surface area: 15 acres.
Laurel Lake is a 15-acre lake in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency, last sampled 2020-09-18. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Laurel Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Clear water18.7 ft of visibility
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Laurel Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Laurel Lake
These are the measurements CT DEEP publishes for Laurel Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Crystal clear, you can see 18.7 ft down. TSI 35.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 18.7ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | No reading The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential. | |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | No reading 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. | 35 | Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.
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Lake Details
Surface area
15 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Laurel Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Laurel Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Laurel Lake Dam (completed 1965), built primarily for recreation on the Morgan Brook Trib; earth-type dam, 29 ft tall and 595 ft long.
- Surface area
- 15 ac
- Normal storage
- 118 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 176 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 0.27 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Significant
- Owner
- Amenta;Bailey;Keefe;Lake Lausanne Homeowners Association
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID CT00372 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Laurel Lake
Where is Laurel Lake?
- Laurel Lake is a lake in Litchfield County, Connecticut. Its water-quality measurements are published by CT DEEP and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Laurel Lake?
- Laurel Lake in Litchfield County, Connecticut has water-quality measurements published by CT DEEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 18.7 ft visibility. Surface area: 15 acres.
Is Laurel Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
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Where this data comes from
1 measurement from 1 monitoring station, 2020. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-21.
Collected and reported by
- North American Lake Management Society
NALMS1 sample · 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.