Manitook Lake
Hartford County, Connecticut0 acresView mapDirections
CT DEEP publishes the water-quality measurements for Manitook Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Limited data
Manitook Lake in Hartford County, Connecticut has water-quality measurements published by CT DEEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 13.9 ft visibility. Surface area: 0.3 acres.
Manitook Lake is a 0-acre lake in Hartford County, Connecticut.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency, last sampled 2024-10-15. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Manitook Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Clear water13.9 ft of visibility
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Manitook 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 Manitook Lake
These are the measurements CT DEEP publishes for Manitook Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Good clarity, visible to about 13.9 ft. TSI 39.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 13.9ft | 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. | 39 | Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.
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Lake Details
Surface area
0 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Manitook Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Manitook Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Manitook Lake Dam, built primarily for recreation on the Salmom Brook; earth-type dam, 12 ft tall and 30 ft long.
- Surface area
- 0.3 ac
- Normal storage
- 0 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 1.59 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Significant
- Owner
- Radwillowicz
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID CT00918 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Manitook Lake
Where is Manitook Lake?
- Manitook Lake is a lake in Hartford County, Connecticut. Its water-quality measurements are published by CT DEEP and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Manitook Lake?
- Manitook Lake in Hartford County, Connecticut has water-quality measurements published by CT DEEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 13.9 ft visibility. Surface area: 0.3 acres.
Is Manitook 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
17 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2024. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-21.
Collected and reported by
- CT DEEP Volunteer Water Monitoring Program (Volunteer)
CTVOLMON17 samples · 2024
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.