Mckellar Lake Inlet
Shelby County, TennesseeView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from TDEC for this lake.
- Limited data
Mckellar Lake Inlet in Shelby County, Tennessee has water-quality measurements published by TDEC, shown here as reported.
Mckellar Lake Inlet is a lake in Shelby County, Tennessee. Overall water quality is improving over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, TDEC, last sampled 2016-04-27. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Mckellar Lake Inlet is safe to swim in today is a call for the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Mckellar Lake Inlet
These are the measurements TDEC publishes for Mckellar Lake Inlet, 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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Fishing Mckellar Lake Inlet
Water quality readings over time
2 seasons of samples on record (2015–2016). Calling a direction takes at least 4 years of the same measurement.
Phosphorus
Improving-7 µg/L/yr2 years
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Frequently asked questions about Mckellar Lake Inlet
Where is Mckellar Lake Inlet?
- Mckellar Lake Inlet is a lake in Shelby County, Tennessee. Its water-quality measurements are published by TDEC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Mckellar Lake Inlet?
- Mckellar Lake Inlet in Shelby County, Tennessee has water-quality measurements published by TDEC, shown here as reported.
Is Mckellar Lake Inlet 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
10 measurements from 2 monitoring stations, 2016. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- TDEC Division of Water Resources
TDECWR_WQX10 samples · 2016
Analytical methods
- 4500 P E ~ Phosphorus in Water by Colorimetry- Ascorbic Acid Method
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.