Salt Lake is a lake in Inyo County, California. Its water-quality measurements are published by SWRCB and shown on this page as reported.

Salt Lake

Inyo County, California1,207 acresView map Directions

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

Area

1,207 acres

Surface area

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Salt Lake in Inyo County, California has water-quality measurements published by SWRCB, shown here as reported. Surface area: 1207 acres.

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Salt Lake is a 1,207-acre lake in Inyo County, California.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Salt Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Big water1,207 acres

Swimming conditions

No reading

Not rated

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Salt Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the California State Water Resources Control Board and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Salt Lake

These are the measurements SWRCB publishes for Salt 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

1,207 acres

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

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Fishing Salt Lake

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Frequently asked questions about Salt Lake

Where is Salt Lake?: Salt Lake is a lake in Inyo County, California. Its water-quality measurements are published by SWRCB and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Salt Lake?: Salt Lake in Inyo County, California has water-quality measurements published by SWRCB, shown here as reported. Surface area: 1207 acres.
Is Salt Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.