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Volusia-Lindley Lake

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Florida DEP publishes the water-quality measurements for Volusia-Lindley Lake. Here is what has been measured.

Clarity
8 ft
Clearer than most
Secchi · sampled 2025
Phosphorus
15.5 µg/L
Typical for Florida
Measured by Florida DEP
Type
Mesotrophic
Trophic class
Trend
Improving
5 years of samples
  • Mesotrophic

Volusia-Lindley Lake in Volusia County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 8 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 15.5 µg/L.

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Volusia-Lindley Lake is a mesotrophic lake in Volusia County, Florida. Overall water quality is improving over recent sampling years. Compared to the 29 other monitored lakes in Volusia County, Volusia-Lindley Lake ranks #16 for water quality.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, FDEP, last sampled 2025-02-28. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

Swimming conditions

Readings only

Low 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 Volusia-Lindley 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.

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Water quality measurements for Volusia-Lindley Lake

These are the measurements Florida DEP publishes for Volusia-Lindley Lake, 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 8 ft. Phosphorus 15.5 µg/L. TSI 45.

Water quality readings
MeasureReadingWhere it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)8ftMeasured, not scored

How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.

Total phosphorus15.5µg/LGood
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.45Mesotrophic
OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

Moderate nutrients, good water quality

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Fishing Volusia-Lindley Lake

Based on 5 years of monitoring (2020–2024).

  • Water clarity

    Improving

    5 years

  • Phosphorus

    Improving

    -2.3 µg/L/yr5 years

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Frequently asked questions about Volusia-Lindley Lake

Where is Volusia-Lindley Lake?

Volusia-Lindley Lake is a lake in Volusia County, Florida. Its water-quality measurements are published by Florida DEP and shown on this page as reported.

What is the water quality of Volusia-Lindley Lake?

Volusia-Lindley Lake in Volusia County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 8 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 15.5 µg/L.

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Is Volusia-Lindley 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

149 measurements from 3 monitoring stations, 2023–2025. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.

Collected and reported by

  • FLORIDA LAKEWATCH21FLKWAT_WQX149 samples · 2023–2025
Monitoring station identifiers (3)

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.