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Little Sage Creek Reservoir

Carbon County, Wyoming132 acresView mapDirections

NR
Not rated

Not enough samples to grade — no nutrient or algae measurement meets the evidence bar (at least 3 samples within 10 years). No letter yet. Here is what we do have.

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Little Sage Creek Reservoir in Carbon County, Wyoming is not rated for water quality — its monitoring record does not meet the evidence bar. Phosphorus: 75 µg/L. Surface area: 132.3 acres.

Area
132 acres
Phosphorus
75 µg/L
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Why Little Sage Creek Reservoir has no grade

We grade a lake only when the monitoring record supports a letter: at least three phosphorus or chlorophyll-a samples in the last ten years, scored against EPA National Lakes Assessment thresholds for this lake’s ecoregion. For Little Sage Creek Reservoir, no nutrient or algae measurement meets the evidence bar (at least 3 samples within 10 years). Sampling here has recorded phosphorus, but not water clarity and algae (chlorophyll-a).

Not Rated is not an F. It is EPA Integrated Reporting Category 3 — insufficient information. The water here may be excellent or poor; nobody has measured enough of it to say. Everything below that has been measured is still reported on this page.

Sampling is run by Wyoming DEQ and volunteer programs, and published through the EPA Water Quality Portal. Read the full grading methodology.

Little Sage Creek Reservoir is a 132-acre lake in Carbon County, Wyoming.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Wyoming DEQ, last sampled 2013-07-23. Grade methodology: LakeQuality methodology.

Swimming Safety

Not rated

Limited data

The letter is not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

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Water quality measurements for Little Sage Creek Reservoir

These readings exist but are not enough for an A–F grade — see why.

No clarity data. Phosphorus 75 µg/L. TSI 66.

MetricValueGrade
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)No recent samples
Phosphorus75 µg/LNot graded
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No recent samples
Trophic State Index (TSI)66Eutrophic

High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity

Lake Details

CharacteristicValue
Surface Area132 acres

No bathymetric survey has been published for Little Sage Creek Reservoir, so its depth is not documented here.

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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)

Little Sage Creek Reservoir is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Little Sage Creek Reservoir (completed 1969), built primarily for debris control on the Little Sage Creek; gravity-type dam, 26 ft tall and 934 ft long.

Surface area
132.3 ac
Normal storage
0.51 ac-ft
Max storage
380 ac-ft
Hazard class
High
Owner
DOI BLM

Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID WY01479 · Operator website

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Little Sage Creek Reservoir has no grade, but these lakes within a short drive do.

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Frequently asked questions about Little Sage Creek Reservoir

Where is Little Sage Creek Reservoir?

Little Sage Creek Reservoir is a lake in Carbon County, Wyoming. LakeQuality has not rated this lake (UNRATED) — no nutrient or algae measurement meets the evidence bar (at least 3 samples within 10 years).

What is the water quality grade for Little Sage Creek Reservoir?

Little Sage Creek Reservoir in Carbon County, Wyoming is not rated for water quality — its monitoring record does not meet the evidence bar. Phosphorus: 75 µg/L. Surface area: 132.3 acres.

Is Little Sage Creek Reservoir safe to swim in?

The letter is not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

Where this data comes from

2 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2013. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.

Collected and reported by

  • State of Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Watershed ProgramWYDEQ_WATERSHED2 samples · 2013

Analytical methods

  • Total Phosphorus After Block Digestion
Monitoring station identifiers (1)

Grade thresholds from the EPA National Lakes Assessment (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion. See how grades are calculated and data sources.