Murray Gill Lake
Chautauqua County, Kansas473 acresView mapDirections
KDHE publishes the water-quality measurements for Murray Gill Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Limited data
Murray Gill Lake in Chautauqua County, Kansas has water-quality measurements published by KDHE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 7.2 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 47.5 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 4.7 µg/L. Surface area: 473 acres.
Murray Gill Lake is a 473-acre lake in Chautauqua County, Kansas. Water clarity is improving over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, KDHE, last sampled 2017-06-26. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
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Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Murray Gill Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Murray Gill Lake
These are the measurements KDHE publishes for Murray Gill Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Moderate clarity, visible to about 7.2 ft. Phosphorus 47.5 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 4.7 µg/L. TSI 51.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 7.2ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 47.5µg/L | Measured, not scored The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential. |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | 4.7µg/L | Measured, not scored 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. | 51 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Surface area
473 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Murray Gill Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
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Fishing Murray Gill Lake
Water quality readings over time
2 seasons of samples on record (2012–2017). Calling a direction takes at least 4 years of the same measurement.
Water clarity
Improving2 years
Phosphorus
Stable-0.16 µg/L/yr2 years
Chlorophyll-a
Worsening+0.2 µg/L/yr2 years
Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Murray Gill Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Dam No 18-26 (Boy Scout Lake) (completed 1965), built primarily for flood risk reduction on the North Caney Creek; earth-type dam, 76 ft tall and 1,900 ft long.
- Surface area
- 473 ac
- Normal storage
- 9,572 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 16,020 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 26.8 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- TWIN CANEY WJD NO 34
All listed purposes: Flood Risk Reduction;Recreation.
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID KS02201 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.26 km)
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Frequently asked questions about Murray Gill Lake
Where is Murray Gill Lake?
- Murray Gill Lake is a lake in Chautauqua County, Kansas. Its water-quality measurements are published by KDHE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Murray Gill Lake?
- Murray Gill Lake in Chautauqua County, Kansas has water-quality measurements published by KDHE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 7.2 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 47.5 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 4.7 µg/L. Surface area: 473 acres.
Is Murray Gill 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
5 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2017. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Kansas Department Of Health And Environment
21KAN001_WQX5 samples · 2017
Analytical methods
- Depth, Secchi disk depth
- Phosphorus by Colorimetry
- 10200 H ~ Chlorophyll a-b-c Determination
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.