Sand Lick Creek Lake
Fleming County, Kentucky74 acresView mapDirections
Kentucky DOW publishes the water-quality measurements for Sand Lick Creek Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Eutrophic
- 30 ft max depth
- Public access
Sand Lick Creek Lake in Fleming County, Kentucky has water-quality measurements published by Kentucky DOW, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 30 µg/L. Surface area: 74.3 acres.
Sand Lick Creek Lake is a 74-acre productive, nutrient-rich eutrophic lake in Fleming County, Kentucky with an estimated average depth of about 30 feet. Overall water quality is declining over recent sampling years. Limited fish-species data available. Public access is available with 1 public boat landing.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, KY DOW, last sampled 2023-09-27. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Sand Lick Creek Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Boat launch1 documented ramp
Swimming conditions
Readings onlyModerate algae
Based on clarity and algae readings from past sampling — there is no live water temperature and a current cyanobacteria reading for this lake. Check your state or county health department before you swim.
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Sand Lick Creek Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Kentucky Division of Water and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Sand Lick Creek Lake
These are the measurements Kentucky DOW publishes for Sand Lick Creek 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. Phosphorus 30 µg/L. TSI 53.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | No reading How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. | |
| Total phosphorus | 30µg/L | Fair GoodFairPoor |
| 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. | 53 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Max depth
~30 ft est.
Surface area
74 acres
Public access
Yes
Listed by Kentucky DOW
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Kentucky has not published bathymetry for Sand Lick Creek Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
8 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
2.8 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
774 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.
Recreation & Access
- Sand Lick (Fox Valley Lake)Public
Named access points in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory, within about 3 miles. More lakes with boat ramps
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Fishing Sand Lick Creek Lake
Water quality readings over time
2 seasons of samples on record (2014–2023). Calling a direction takes at least 4 years of the same measurement.
Phosphorus
Worsening+2.22 µg/L/yr2 years
Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Sand Lick Creek Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Fox Creek Mps 4 (completed 1968), built primarily for flood risk reduction on the Fox Creek; earth-type dam, 43 ft tall and 500 ft long.
- Surface area
- 74.3 ac
- Normal storage
- 523 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 3,909 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 7.31 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- FOX CREEK WATERSHED CONSERVANCY DISTRICT
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID KY00258 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.54 km)
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Frequently asked questions about Sand Lick Creek Lake
Where is Sand Lick Creek Lake?
- Sand Lick Creek Lake is a lake in Fleming County, Kentucky. Its water-quality measurements are published by Kentucky DOW and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Sand Lick Creek Lake?
- Sand Lick Creek Lake in Fleming County, Kentucky has water-quality measurements published by Kentucky DOW, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 30 µg/L. Surface area: 74.3 acres.
Is Sand Lick Creek Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Sand Lick Creek Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Sand Lick Creek Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 30 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 74.3 acres.
Are there boat ramps on Sand Lick Creek Lake?
- Sand Lick Creek Lake has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Named access points include Sand Lick (Fox Valley Lake). Public access is listed as yes.
Can I fish at Sand Lick Creek Lake?
- Sand Lick Creek Lake has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Seasons, size and bag limits, and whether you need a license are set by Kentucky's fish and wildlife agency, so check its current regulations before you go.
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Where this data comes from
24 measurements from 3 monitoring stations, 2014–2023. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- KY WQX
21KY_WQX24 samples · 2014–2023
Analytical methods
- Phosphorus by Colorimetry
- Total Phosphorus After Block Digestion
- Turbidity by Nephelometry
Monitoring station identifiers (3)
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
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)
Named boat-access points from the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory