Mboxsou Lake
Glades County, FloridaView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Florida DEP for this lake.
- Impaired · Mercury
- Limited data
Mboxsou Lake in Glades County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported.
Mboxsou Lake is a lake in Glades County, Florida.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, FDEP, last sampled 2025-02-04. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingRecreation use not supported
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Mboxsou Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 4A) for mercury, nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen), oxygen depletion (low DO). Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Mboxsou Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Mboxsou Lake
These are the measurements Florida DEP publishes for Mboxsou 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.
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Water Temperature
Mboxsou Lake typically sits around 81°F at the surface in October. Usually warmest in Oct (about 81°F) and coldest in Jan (about 65°F). These are typical values by month — not a live reading.
Column height runs from this lake’s coldest month (65°F) to its warmest (81°F).
Typical surface water temperature by month, from 20 field readings (2016–2025) via the EPA Water Quality Portal. See the full Mboxsou Lake water temperature breakdown →
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EPA Impairment Status
Mboxsou Lake is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2022 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 4A).
Causes of impairment
Designated uses not supporting: Aquatic life, Fish consumption, Recreation.
A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) plan has been approved.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit FL3212C · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Mboxsou Lake
Where is Mboxsou Lake?
- Mboxsou Lake is a lake in Glades County, Florida. Its water-quality measurements are published by Florida DEP and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Mboxsou Lake?
- Mboxsou Lake in Glades County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported.
Is Mboxsou Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Mboxsou Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 4A) for mercury, nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen), oxygen depletion (low DO). Check local advisories before you swim.
What is the water temperature of Mboxsou Lake?
- Mboxsou Lake typically sits around 81°F at the surface in October, from 20 EPA Water Quality Portal field readings (2016–2025). That is a typical value for the month, not a live reading.
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Where this data comes from
30 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2020–2025. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Submitting organization not recorded for these samples30 samples · 2020–2025
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.
Other records on this page
Impairment status from EPA ATTAINS 303(d) database