Station A-Chris Green Lake Sta A Alberm
Albemarle County, Virginia52 acresView mapDirections
This is the name Virginia DEQ records for this water. It can describe one sampling location rather than the water as a whole.
Virginia DEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Station A-Chris Green Lake Sta A Alberm. Here is what has been measured.
- Mesotrophic
- 40 ft max depth
Station A-Chris Green Lake Sta A Alberm in Albemarle County, Virginia has water-quality measurements published by Virginia DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 7.5 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 10 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 6 µg/L. Surface area: 51.8 acres.
Station A-Chris Green Lake Sta A Alberm is a 52-acre mesotrophic lake in Albemarle County, Virginia with an estimated average depth of about 40 feet. Overall water quality is improving over recent sampling years. Compared to the 7 other monitored lakes in Albemarle County, Station A-Chris Green Lake Sta A Alberm ranks #4 for water quality.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, Virginia DEQ, last sampled 2022-10-24. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
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 Station A-Chris Green Lake Sta A Alberm is safe to swim in today is a call for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Station A-Chris Green Lake Sta A Alberm
These are the measurements Virginia DEQ publishes for Station A-Chris Green Lake Sta A Alberm, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Moderate clarity, visible to about 7.5 ft. Phosphorus 10 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 6 µg/L. TSI 44.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 7.5ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 10µg/L | Good GoodFairPoor |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | 6µg/L | Fair GoodFairPoor |
| Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a. | 44 | Mesotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Moderate nutrients, good water quality
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Lake Details
Max depth
~40 ft est.
Surface area
52 acres
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Virginia has not published bathymetry for Station A-Chris Green Lake Sta A Alberm.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
6 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
1.2 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
433 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.
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Fishing Station A-Chris Green Lake Sta A Alberm
Water Quality Trend: Improving
Based on 4 years of monitoring (2015–2022).
Water clarity
Stable4 years
Phosphorus
Stable0 µg/L/yr4 years
Chlorophyll-a
Improving-0.52 µg/L/yr4 years
Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Station A-Chris Green Lake Sta A Alberm is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Chris Greene Dam, built primarily for recreation on the Jacobs Run; earth-type dam, 65 ft tall and 400 ft long.
- Surface area
- 51.8 ac
- Normal storage
- 828 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 2,124 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 6.05 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- Albemarle County
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID VA003128 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.1 km)
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Frequently asked questions about Station A-Chris Green Lake Sta A Alberm
Where is Station A-Chris Green Lake Sta A Alberm?
- Station A-Chris Green Lake Sta A Alberm is in Albemarle County, Virginia. This is the name Virginia DEQ records for this water. It can describe one sampling location rather than the water as a whole. Its water-quality measurements are published by Virginia DEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Station A-Chris Green Lake Sta A Alberm?
- Station A-Chris Green Lake Sta A Alberm in Albemarle County, Virginia has water-quality measurements published by Virginia DEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 7.5 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 10 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 6 µg/L. Surface area: 51.8 acres.
Is Station A-Chris Green Lake Sta A Alberm safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Station A-Chris Green Lake Sta A Alberm?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Station A-Chris Green Lake Sta A Alberm, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 40 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 51.8 acres.
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Where this data comes from
124 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2015–2022. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
21VASWCB124 samples · 2015–2022
Analytical methods
- Tyler, John. 1968. The secchi disk, Limnology and Oceanograpy, 13(1):1-6.
- Total Phosphorus After Block Digestion
- 445.0 ~ EPA; Chlorophyll and Pheophytin in Algae by Fluorescence
- 2130 B ~ Nephelometric Method
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
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)