New Beggs Lake
Okmulgee County, Oklahoma54 acresView mapDirections
Oklahoma DEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for New Beggs Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Limited data
New Beggs Lake in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma has water-quality measurements published by Oklahoma DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 5.3 ft visibility. Surface area: 54 acres.
New Beggs Lake is a 54-acre lake in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. Overall water quality is improving over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, ODEQ, last sampled 2020-08-11. 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 New Beggs Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for New Beggs Lake
These are the measurements Oklahoma DEQ publishes for New Beggs Lake, 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 5.3 ft. TSI 53.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 5.3ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | No reading The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential. | |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | No reading 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. | 53 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Surface area
54 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for New Beggs Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
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Fishing New Beggs Lake
Water quality readings over time
2 seasons of samples on record (2017–2020). Calling a direction takes at least 4 years of the same measurement.
Water clarity
Improving2 years
Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
New Beggs Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the New Beggs (completed 1965), built primarily for water supply on the Tr-Adams Creek; earth-type dam, 43 ft tall and 750 ft long.
- Surface area
- 54 ac
- Normal storage
- 939 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 1,424 ac-ft
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- City of Beggs
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID OK11078 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about New Beggs Lake
Where is New Beggs Lake?
- New Beggs Lake is a lake in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. Its water-quality measurements are published by Oklahoma DEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of New Beggs Lake?
- New Beggs Lake in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma has water-quality measurements published by Oklahoma DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 5.3 ft visibility. Surface area: 54 acres.
Is New Beggs 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
10 measurements from 2 monitoring stations, 2019–2020. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- OWRB Lakes Monitoring
OKWRB-LAKES_WQX10 samples · 2019–2020
Analytical methods
- OWRB Lakes Field Data Collection
- Determination of Turbidity
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.