Thunderbird Lake Indianhills
Cleveland County, OklahomaView mapDirections
Oklahoma DEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Thunderbird Lake Indianhills. Here is what has been measured.
- Limited data
Thunderbird Lake Indianhills in Cleveland County, Oklahoma has water-quality measurements published by Oklahoma DEQ, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 68 µg/L.
Thunderbird Lake Indianhills is a lake in Cleveland County, Oklahoma. Overall water quality is declining over recent sampling years.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, ODEQ, last sampled 2016-09-29. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Thunderbird Lake Indianhills 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.
Water quality measurements for Thunderbird Lake Indianhills
These are the measurements Oklahoma DEQ publishes for Thunderbird Lake Indianhills, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
No clarity data. Phosphorus 68 µg/L. TSI 65.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | No reading How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. | |
| Total phosphorus | 68µg/L | Measured, not scored The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential. |
| 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. | 65 | Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity
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Water Quality Trend: Worsening
Based on 11 years of monitoring (2012–2022).
Water clarity
Improving11 years
Phosphorus
Worsening+2.52 µg/L/yr7 years
Chlorophyll-a
Worsening+0.68 µg/L/yr7 years
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Frequently asked questions about Thunderbird Lake Indianhills
Where is Thunderbird Lake Indianhills?
- Thunderbird Lake Indianhills is a lake in Cleveland County, Oklahoma. Its water-quality measurements are published by Oklahoma DEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Thunderbird Lake Indianhills?
- Thunderbird Lake Indianhills in Cleveland County, Oklahoma has water-quality measurements published by Oklahoma DEQ, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 68 µg/L.
Is Thunderbird Lake Indianhills 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
1 measurement from 1 monitoring station, 2016. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma (Tribal)
ABSHAWNEE1 sample · 2016
Analytical methods
- Phosphorus by Two Reagent 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.