Shelby Lake
Ballard County, KentuckyView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from Kentucky DOW for this lake.
- Limited data
Shelby Lake in Ballard County, Kentucky has water-quality measurements published by Kentucky DOW, shown here as reported.
Shelby Lake is a lake in Ballard County, Kentucky.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, KY DOW, last sampled 2015-05-12. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
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Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Shelby 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 Shelby Lake
These are the measurements Kentucky DOW publishes for Shelby 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.
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Frequently asked questions about Shelby Lake
Where is Shelby Lake?
- Shelby Lake is a lake in Ballard County, Kentucky. Its water-quality measurements are published by Kentucky DOW and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Shelby Lake?
- Shelby Lake in Ballard County, Kentucky has water-quality measurements published by Kentucky DOW, shown here as reported.
Is Shelby Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
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Where this data comes from
2 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2015. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- KY WQX
21KY_WQX2 samples · 2015
Analytical methods
- Phosphorus by Colorimetry
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.