Where is Powerton Cooling Lake?

Powerton Cooling Lake is a lake in Tazewell County, Illinois. Its water-quality measurements are published by Illinois EPA and shown on this page as reported.

Powerton Cooling Lake

Tazewell County, Illinois1,411 acresView map Directions

No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Illinois EPA for this lake.

Area

1,411 acres

Surface area

Shoreline

11.1 mi

Measured length

Impaired · Pesticides

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Powerton Cooling Lake in Tazewell County, Illinois has water-quality measurements published by Illinois EPA, shown here as reported. Surface area: 1411 acres.

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Powerton Cooling Lake is a 1,411-acre lake in Tazewell County, Illinois.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Illinois EPA. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Powerton Cooling Lake is good for

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Big water1,411 acres

Swimming conditions

No reading

Not rated

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Powerton Cooling Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for pesticides. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Powerton Cooling Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Powerton Cooling Lake

These are the measurements Illinois EPA publishes for Powerton Cooling 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. TSI undefined.

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Lake Details

Surface area

1,411 acres

Shoreline

11.1 mi

No bathymetric survey has been published for Powerton Cooling Lake, so its depth is not documented here.

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EPA Impairment Status

Powerton Cooling Lake is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2024 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).

Causes of impairment

Pesticides

Designated uses not supporting: Fish consumption.

Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit IL_SDZE · Official waterbody report

Nearby Lakes in Tazewell County

Pekin Lake3.5 miView →Worley Lake3.9 miView →Meyers Lake3.8 miView →Lutticken Lake6.3 miView →Lake Wildwood8 miView →Maraldo Lake—View →

Frequently asked questions about Powerton Cooling Lake

Where is Powerton Cooling Lake?: Powerton Cooling Lake is a lake in Tazewell County, Illinois. Its water-quality measurements are published by Illinois EPA and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Powerton Cooling Lake?: Powerton Cooling Lake in Tazewell County, Illinois has water-quality measurements published by Illinois EPA, shown here as reported. Surface area: 1411 acres.
Is Powerton Cooling Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Powerton Cooling Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for pesticides. Check local advisories before you swim.