Massacre Lake
Washoe County, Nevada3,715 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from NDEP for this lake.
Massacre Lake in Washoe County, Nevada has water-quality measurements published by NDEP, shown here as reported. Surface area: 3715 acres.
Massacre Lake is a 3,715-acre lake in Washoe County, Nevada.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, NDEP. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Massacre Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Big water3,715 acres
Swimming conditions
No readingNot rated
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Massacre Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Massacre Lake
These are the measurements NDEP publishes for Massacre Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
No clarity data. TSI undefined.
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Lake Details
Surface area
3,715 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Massacre Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
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Frequently asked questions about Massacre Lake
Where is Massacre Lake?
- Massacre Lake is a lake in Washoe County, Nevada. Its water-quality measurements are published by NDEP and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Massacre Lake?
- Massacre Lake in Washoe County, Nevada has water-quality measurements published by NDEP, shown here as reported. Surface area: 3715 acres.
Is Massacre 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
Measurements for Massacre Lake come from the EPA Water Quality Portal. Per-sample source details are not recorded for this lake.