Oquaga Lake
Broome County, New York134 acresView mapDirections
NY DEC publishes the water-quality measurements for Oquaga Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- 29 ft max depth
- Limited data
Oquaga Lake in Broome County, New York has water-quality measurements published by NY DEC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 26.2 ft visibility. Surface area: 134 acres.
Oquaga Lake is a 134-acre lake in Broome County, New York with an estimated average depth of about 29 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, NYSDEC, last sampled 2020-09-13. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
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What Oquaga Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Clear water26.2 ft of visibility
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Oquaga Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the New York Department of Environmental Conservation and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Oquaga Lake
These are the measurements NY DEC publishes for Oquaga Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Crystal clear, you can see 26.2 ft down. TSI 30.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 26.2ft | 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. | 30 | Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.
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Lake Details
Max depth
~29 ft est.
Surface area
134 acres
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. New York has not published bathymetry for Oquaga Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
1 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
1.9 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
1,568 ft
Size, shoreline, and watershed area from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS). Mean depth here is modelled, not surveyed — HydroLAKES v1.0 estimates lake depth from surrounding terrain rather than from soundings. Treat it as an approximation, and prefer a state bathymetric survey where one exists.
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Oquaga Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Oquaga Lake Dam, built primarily for recreation on the STARBOARD CREEK; concrete-type dam, 7 ft tall and 33 ft long.
- Surface area
- 134 ac
- Normal storage
- 168 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 838 ac-ft
- Hazard class
- Low
- Owner
- G HOLDREGE
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID NY01479 · Operator website
Regulated Pollution Sources Nearby
7 EPA-permitted facilities operate within about 5 miles of Oquaga Lake under Clean Water Act (NPDES) discharge permits. 3 facilities have a reported Clean Water Act violation in the past three years.
- Sanford (T) - Oquaga Lake StpDeposit · 0.9 mi away · NPDES NY0110795Recent violation
- Deposit (V) WpcpDeposit · 3.1 mi away · NPDES NY0029211Recent violation
- Reddon Ghost Mtn QuarrySusquehanna · 4.8 mi away · NPDES PA0226289Recent violation
- Superior Plus Energy Services (Deposit)Deposit · 2.4 mi away · NPDES NY0244384
- Coleman Sherman QuarrySusquehanna · 2.8 mi away · NPDES PA0225045
- Cox 1 Stevens Point QuarrySusquehanna · 4 mi away · NPDES PA0225363
Facilities permitted to discharge under the Clean Water Act within ~5 miles; proximity does not by itself mean a facility affects this lake. Source: EPA ECHO (ICIS-NPDES), as of 2026-07.
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Frequently asked questions about Oquaga Lake
Where is Oquaga Lake?
- Oquaga Lake is a lake in Broome County, New York. Its water-quality measurements are published by NY DEC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Oquaga Lake?
- Oquaga Lake in Broome County, New York has water-quality measurements published by NY DEC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 26.2 ft visibility. Surface area: 134 acres.
Is Oquaga Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Oquaga Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Oquaga Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 29 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate. The lake covers 134 acres.
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Where this data comes from
8 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2020. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- North American Lake Management Society
NALMS8 samples · 2020
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
Regulated discharger data from EPA ECHO (ICIS-NPDES)
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)