Severy City Lake
Greenwood County, Kansas10 acresView mapDirections
KDHE publishes the water-quality measurements for Severy City Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Impaired · Nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen)
- Limited data
Severy City Lake in Greenwood County, Kansas has water-quality measurements published by KDHE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.6 ft visibility. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 16.3 µg/L. Surface area: 10 acres.
Severy City Lake is a 10-acre lake in Greenwood County, Kansas.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, KDHE, last sampled 2018-07-23. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Severy City Lake covers about 10 acres in Greenwood County. If you are planning to stay, you can search lake houses and cabins around Severy City Lake on Vrbo, or look for a hotel room near the lake on Booking.com or Expedia.
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Severy City Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen), salinity / chlorides. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Severy 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 Severy City Lake
These are the measurements KDHE publishes for Severy City Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Murky, only visible to about 3.6 ft. Chlorophyll-a 16.3 µg/L. TSI 58.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 3.6ft | 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) | 16.3µg/L | Measured, not scored 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. | 58 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Lake Details
Surface area
10 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Severy City Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Severy City Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Severy City Dam (completed 1938), built primarily for water supply on the Salt Creek-Tr; earth-type dam, 25 ft tall and 1,000 ft long.
- Surface area
- 10 ac
- Normal storage
- 70 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 124 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 1.35 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Significant
- Owner
- SEVERY, CITY OF
All listed purposes: Water Supply;Recreation.
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID KS02480 · Operator website
EPA Impairment Status
Severy City Lake is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2024 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 5).
Causes of impairment
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit KS-LM072101 · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Severy City Lake
Where is Severy City Lake?
- Severy City Lake is a lake in Greenwood County, Kansas. Its water-quality measurements are published by KDHE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Severy City Lake?
- Severy City Lake in Greenwood County, Kansas has water-quality measurements published by KDHE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.6 ft visibility. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 16.3 µg/L. Surface area: 10 acres.
Is Severy City Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Severy City Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 5) for nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen), salinity / chlorides. Check local advisories before you swim.
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Where this data comes from
3 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_WQX3 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.
Other records on this page
Impairment status from EPA ATTAINS 303(d) database