Off South Shore Lake
Richmond city County, VirginiaView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Virginia DEQ for this lake.
- Limited data
Off South Shore Lake in Richmond city County, Virginia has water-quality measurements published by Virginia DEQ, shown here as reported.
Off South Shore Lake is a lake in Richmond city County, Virginia.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Virginia DEQ, last sampled 2014-04-16. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
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Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Off South Shore Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Off South Shore Lake
These are the measurements Virginia DEQ publishes for Off South Shore 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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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Off South Shore Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Upper Shields Lake Dam, built primarily for recreation on the Tr-James River; earth-type dam, 20 ft tall and 1,000 ft long.
- Normal storage
- 46 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 320 ac-ft
- Hazard class
- Undetermined
- Owner
- City of Richmond
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID VA760004 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.67 km)
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Frequently asked questions about Off South Shore Lake
Where is Off South Shore Lake?
- Off South Shore Lake is a lake in Richmond city County, Virginia. Its water-quality measurements are published by Virginia DEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Off South Shore Lake?
- Off South Shore Lake in Richmond city County, Virginia has water-quality measurements published by Virginia DEQ, shown here as reported.
Is Off South Shore 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
1 measurement from 1 monitoring station, 2014. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
21VASWCB1 sample · 2014
Analytical methods
- Total Phosphorus After Block Digestion
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.