Linganore Creek Lake
Frederick County, Maryland12 acresView mapDirections
MDE publishes the water-quality measurements for Linganore Creek Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Limited data
Linganore Creek Lake in Frederick County, Maryland has water-quality measurements published by MDE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2.6 ft visibility. Surface area: 12 acres.
Linganore Creek Lake is a 12-acre lake in Frederick County, Maryland. Overall water quality is declining over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency, last sampled 2016-10-18. 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 Linganore Creek Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Maryland Department of the Environment and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Linganore Creek Lake
These are the measurements MDE publishes for Linganore Creek Lake, 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 2.6 ft of visibility. TSI 63.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 2.6ft | 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. | 63 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Surface area
12 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Linganore Creek Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
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Fishing Linganore Creek Lake
Water quality readings over time
3 seasons of samples on record (2014–2016). Calling a direction takes at least 4 years of the same measurement.
Water clarity
Worsening3 years
Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Linganore Creek Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Lake Merle Dam (completed 1971), built primarily for recreation on the Linganore Creek-TR; earth-type dam, 44 ft tall and 400 ft long.
- Surface area
- 12 ac
- Normal storage
- 141 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 303 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Significant
- Owner
- Lake Linganore Association
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID MD00072 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.91 km)
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Frequently asked questions about Linganore Creek Lake
Where is Linganore Creek Lake?
- Linganore Creek Lake is a lake in Frederick County, Maryland. Its water-quality measurements are published by MDE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Linganore Creek Lake?
- Linganore Creek Lake in Frederick County, Maryland has water-quality measurements published by MDE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2.6 ft visibility. Surface area: 12 acres.
Is Linganore Creek 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
617 measurements from 4 monitoring stations, 2014–2016. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Submitting organization not recorded for these samples617 samples · 2014–2016
Monitoring station identifiers (4)
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.