Leatherwood Lake
Carroll County, Arkansas85 acresView mapDirections
Arkansas DEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Leatherwood Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Limited data
Leatherwood Lake in Carroll County, Arkansas has water-quality measurements published by Arkansas DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 7 ft visibility. Surface area: 85 acres.
Leatherwood Lake is a 85-acre lake in Carroll County, Arkansas. Overall water quality is improving over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, ADEQ, last sampled 2023-06-06. 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 Leatherwood Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Leatherwood Lake
These are the measurements Arkansas DEQ publishes for Leatherwood Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Moderate clarity, visible to about 7 ft. TSI 49.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 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. | 49 | Mesotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Moderate nutrients, good water quality
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Lake Details
Surface area
85 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Leatherwood Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
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Water Quality Trend: Improving
Based on 6 years of monitoring (2012–2024).
Phosphorus
Stable+0.25 µg/L/yr5 years
Chlorophyll-a
Improving-0.11 µg/L/yr6 years
Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Leatherwood Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Leatherwood (completed 1939), built primarily for recreation on the West Leatherwood Creek; other-type dam, 55 ft tall and 660 ft long.
- Surface area
- 85 ac
- Normal storage
- 800 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 1,680 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 13 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- City of Eureka Springs
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID AR00238 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Leatherwood Lake
Where is Leatherwood Lake?
- Leatherwood Lake is a lake in Carroll County, Arkansas. Its water-quality measurements are published by Arkansas DEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Leatherwood Lake?
- Leatherwood Lake in Carroll County, Arkansas has water-quality measurements published by Arkansas DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 7 ft visibility. Surface area: 85 acres.
Is Leatherwood 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
3 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2023. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
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NALMS3 samples · 2023
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.