Parker City Lake
Linn County, KansasView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from KDHE for this lake.
- Limited data
Parker City Lake in Linn County, Kansas has water-quality measurements published by KDHE, shown here as reported.
Parker City Lake is a lake in Linn County, Kansas.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, KDHE, last sampled 2018-05-29. 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 Parker City 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 Parker City Lake
These are the measurements KDHE publishes for Parker City 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)
Parker City Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Parker City Dam (completed 1962), built primarily for water supply on the Goodrich Creek-Tr; earth-type dam, 37 ft tall and 600 ft long.
- Normal storage
- 104 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 134 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 0.23 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Low
- Owner
- PARKER, CITY OF
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID KS02496 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Parker City Lake
Where is Parker City Lake?
- Parker City Lake is a lake in Linn County, Kansas. Its water-quality measurements are published by KDHE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Parker City Lake?
- Parker City Lake in Linn County, Kansas has water-quality measurements published by KDHE, shown here as reported.
Is Parker City 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
2 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2018. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Kansas Department Of Health And Environment
21KAN001_WQX2 samples · 2018
Analytical methods
- Depth, Secchi disk depth
- 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.