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Jackson County, Missouri · Water Quality Report Card

Longview Lake

Grade Not rated
Limited Data

Longview Lake in Jackson County, Missouri is not rated for water quality — its monitoring record does not meet the evidence bar.

Mean depth
~58 ft est.
Trend
Declining

Longview Lake is a lake in Jackson County, Missouri with an estimated average depth of about 58 feet. Overall water quality is declining over recent sampling years.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Missouri DNR, last sampled 2022-10-19. Grade methodology: LakeGrade methodology.

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Swimming Safety

Not rated for swimming — there is not enough monitoring data to judge this lake

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Water Quality Grade: Not rated

No clarity data.

MetricValueGrade
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)No data
PhosphorusNo data
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No data

Lake Details

CharacteristicValue
Average Depth~58 ft est.

Depth marked “est.” is a modeled estimate from HydroLAKES, not a measured survey. Missouri has not published bathymetry for Longview Lake.

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Water Quality Trend: Declining

Based on 5 years of monitoring data (2020-2025).

MetricTrendChange/YearYears
Water Clarity Declining-0.037 m/yr5
Phosphorus Declining+0.97 µg/L/yr5
Chlorophyll-a Stable+0.08 µg/L/yr5
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EPA Impairment Status

Longview Lake is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2022 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).

Causes of impairment

Mercury

Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit MO_7097.00 · Official waterbody report

Lake Size & Watershed

Watershed (drainage) area
49 sq mi
Surface area
808 acres
Mean depth (modeled estimate)
~58 ft est.
Shoreline
9.5 mi
Elevation
886 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.

Where this data comes from

3 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2022. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.

Collected and reported by

  • Missouri Dept. of Natural ResourcesMDNR3 samples · 2022

Analytical methods

  • Depth, Secchi disk in meters
  • Nitrogen and Phosphorus, Total, Whole-water, Alkaline Persulfate Digest
  • 445.0 ~ EPA; Chlorophyll and Pheophytin in Algae by Fluorescence
Monitoring station identifiers (1)

Grade thresholds come from the U.S. EPA National Lakes Assessment 2022 Technical Support Document (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion. See how grades are calculated.

Data Sources

Water quality data from the EPA Water Quality Portal

Impairment status from EPA ATTAINS 303(d) database

Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)

Grade thresholds from the EPA National Lakes Assessment (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion

Most recent sample: 2022-10-19

Monitoring stations: 1

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