Marceline City Lake New
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Missouri DNR publishes the water-quality measurements for Marceline City Lake New. Here is what has been measured.
- Eutrophic
- Impaired · Algal growth
- 28 ft max depth
Marceline City Lake New in Chariton County, Missouri has water-quality measurements published by Missouri DNR, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.5 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 45.7 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 15.6 µg/L.
Marceline City Lake New is a productive, nutrient-rich eutrophic lake in Chariton County, Missouri with an estimated average depth of about 28 feet. Overall water quality is declining over recent sampling years. Compared to the 2 other monitored lakes in Chariton County, Marceline City Lake New ranks #2 for water quality.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Missouri DNR, last sampled 2024-09-10. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
Readings onlyAlgae risk
Based on clarity and algae readings from past sampling — there is no live water temperature and a current cyanobacteria reading for this lake. Check your state or county health department before you swim.
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Marceline City Lake New is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for algal growth. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Marceline City Lake New is safe to swim in today is a call for the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Marceline City Lake New
These are the measurements Missouri DNR publishes for Marceline City Lake New, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Murky, only visible to about 3.5 ft. Phosphorus 45.7 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 15.6 µg/L. TSI 59.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 3.5ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 45.7µg/L | Fair GoodFairPoor |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | 15.6µg/L | Fair GoodFairPoor |
| Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a. | 59 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
~28 ft est.
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Missouri has not published bathymetry for Marceline City Lake New.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
4 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Surface area
131 acres
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
3.2 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
768 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.
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Fishing Marceline City Lake New
Water quality readings over time
3 seasons of samples on record (2022–2024). Calling a direction takes at least 4 years of the same measurement.
Water clarity
Worsening2 years
Phosphorus
Worsening+3.2 µg/L/yr3 years
Chlorophyll-a
Worsening+2.3 µg/L/yr3 years
EPA Impairment Status
Marceline City Lake New is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2022 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).
Causes of impairment
Designated uses not supporting: Aquatic life.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit MO_7136.00 · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Marceline City Lake New
Where is Marceline City Lake New?
- Marceline City Lake New is a lake in Chariton County, Missouri. Its water-quality measurements are published by Missouri DNR and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Marceline City Lake New?
- Marceline City Lake New in Chariton County, Missouri has water-quality measurements published by Missouri DNR, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.5 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 45.7 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 15.6 µg/L.
Is Marceline City Lake New safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Marceline City Lake New is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for algal growth. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Marceline City Lake New?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Marceline City Lake New, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 28 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate.
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Where this data comes from
43 measurements from 2 monitoring stations, 2022–2024. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Univ. of Missouri, Columbia
UMC40 samples · 2022–2024 - Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources
MDNR3 samples · 2023
Analytical methods
- Depth, Secchi disk in meters
- 4500 P E ~ Phosphorus in Water by Colorimetry- Ascorbic Acid Method
- 445.0 ~ EPA; Chlorophyll and Pheophytin in Algae by Fluorescence
- Nitrogen and Phosphorus, Total, Whole-water, Alkaline Persulfate Digest
Monitoring station identifiers (2)
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.
Other records on this page
Impairment status from EPA ATTAINS 303(d) database
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)