Snow Lake
Benton County, Mississippi130 acresView mapDirections
MDEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Snow Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Hypereutrophic
Snow Lake in Benton County, Mississippi has water-quality measurements published by MDEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.3 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 50 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 35 µg/L. Surface area: 130 acres.
Snow Lake is a 130-acre highly nutrient-loaded hypereutrophic lake in Benton County, Mississippi.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency, last sampled 2025-10-02. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
Readings onlyAlgae risk
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 Snow Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Snow Lake
These are the measurements MDEQ publishes for Snow 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 3.3 ft of visibility. Phosphorus 50 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 35 µg/L. TSI 62.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 3.3ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 50µg/L | Fair GoodFairPoor |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | 35µg/L | Poor GoodFairPoor |
| Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a. | 62 | Hypereutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Very high nutrients, dense algae, poor clarity
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Lake Details
Surface area
130 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Snow Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Snow Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Big Snow Lake Dam, built primarily for recreation; earth-type dam, 20 ft tall.
- Surface area
- 130 ac
- Max storage
- 1,800 ac-ft
- Hazard class
- Low
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID MS01840 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.33 km)
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Frequently asked questions about Snow Lake
Where is Snow Lake?
- Snow Lake is a lake in Benton County, Mississippi. Its water-quality measurements are published by MDEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Snow Lake?
- Snow Lake in Benton County, Mississippi has water-quality measurements published by MDEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.3 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 50 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 35 µg/L. Surface area: 130 acres.
Is Snow 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
95 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2020–2025. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-21.
Collected and reported by
- MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
21MSWQ_WQX95 samples · 2020–2025
Analytical methods
- Phosphorus by Colorimetry
- 445.0 ~ EPA; Chlorophyll and Pheophytin in Algae by Fluorescence
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.