Tallavana Lake
Gadsden County, Florida206 acresView mapDirections
Florida DEP publishes the water-quality measurements for Tallavana Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Hypereutrophic
Tallavana Lake in Gadsden County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 258.5 µg/L. Surface area: 206 acres.
Tallavana Lake is a 206-acre highly nutrient-loaded hypereutrophic lake in Gadsden County, Florida. Overall water quality is improving over recent sampling years. Compared to the 2 other monitored lakes in Gadsden County, Tallavana Lake ranks #3 for water quality.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, FDEP, last sampled 2022-11-21. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
Readings onlyElevated nutrients
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 Tallavana Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Tallavana Lake
These are the measurements Florida DEP publishes for Tallavana 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 1 ft of visibility. Phosphorus 258.5 µg/L. TSI 81.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 1ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 259µg/L | Poor GoodFairPoor |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | No reading 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. | 81 | Hypereutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Very high nutrients, dense algae, poor clarity
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Lake Details
Surface area
206 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Tallavana Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
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Fishing Tallavana Lake
Water Quality Trend: Improving
Based on 5 years of monitoring (2020–2025).
Water clarity
Improving3 years
Phosphorus
Improving-31.41 µg/L/yr4 years
Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Tallavana Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Tallavana Dam (completed 1971), built primarily for recreation on the Hurricane Creek; earth-type dam, 27 ft tall and 1,000 ft long.
- Surface area
- 206 ac
- Normal storage
- 950 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 1,250 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 0 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- TALLAVANA HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
All listed purposes: Recreation;Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond.
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID FL00109 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Tallavana Lake
Where is Tallavana Lake?
- Tallavana Lake is a lake in Gadsden County, Florida. Its water-quality measurements are published by Florida DEP and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Tallavana Lake?
- Tallavana Lake in Gadsden County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 258.5 µg/L. Surface area: 206 acres.
Is Tallavana 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
46 measurements from 5 monitoring stations, 2020–2022. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Submitting organization not recorded for these samples44 samples · 2020–2022
- Submitting organization not recorded for these samples2 samples · 2021
Monitoring station identifiers (5)
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.