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Shawnee Twin Lake

Pottawatomie County, OklahomaView mapDirections

Oklahoma DEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Shawnee Twin Lake. Here is what has been measured.

Clarity
3 ft
Secchi · sampled 2024
Trend
Improving
5 years of samples
  • Limited data

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Shawnee Twin Lake in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma has water-quality measurements published by Oklahoma DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3 ft visibility.

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Shawnee Twin Lake is a lake in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. Overall water quality is improving over recent sampling years.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, ODEQ, last sampled 2024-11-13. Grade methodology: LakeQuality methodology.

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

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

Whether Shawnee Twin Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Shawnee Twin Lake

These are the measurements Oklahoma DEQ publishes for Shawnee Twin Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

Very murky, less than 3 ft of visibility. TSI 62.

MetricValueEPA condition class
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)3 ftMeasured, not scored
PhosphorusNo recent samples
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No recent samples
Trophic State Index (TSI)62Eutrophic

High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity

Fishing Shawnee Twin Lake

Based on 5 years of monitoring data (2020-2025).

MetricTrendChange/YearYears
Water Clarity Improving+4.188 m/yr5
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Frequently asked questions about Shawnee Twin Lake

Where is Shawnee Twin Lake?

Shawnee Twin Lake is a lake in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. Its water-quality measurements are published by Oklahoma DEQ and shown on this page as reported.

What is the water quality of Shawnee Twin Lake?

Shawnee Twin Lake in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma has water-quality measurements published by Oklahoma DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3 ft visibility.

Is Shawnee Twin Lake safe to swim in?

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

Where this data comes from

115 measurements from 7 monitoring stations, 2016–2024. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.

Collected and reported by

  • OWRB Lakes MonitoringOKWRB-LAKES_WQX115 samples · 2016–2024

Analytical methods

  • OWRB Lakes Field Data Collection
  • Determination of Turbidity
Monitoring station identifiers (7)

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.