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Volusia-North Talmadge Lake

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

Clarity
4.5 ft
Typical for Florida
Secchi · sampled 2025
Phosphorus
22 µg/L
Typical for Florida
Measured by Florida DEP
Type
Eutrophic
Trophic class
Trend
Improving
5 years of samples
  • Eutrophic

Volusia-North Talmadge Lake in Volusia County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.5 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 22 µg/L.

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Volusia-North Talmadge Lake is a productive, nutrient-rich eutrophic 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-North Talmadge Lake ranks #1 for water quality.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, FDEP, last sampled 2025-02-07. 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-North Talmadge 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-North Talmadge Lake

These are the measurements Florida DEP publishes for Volusia-North Talmadge Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

Murky, only visible to about 4.5 ft. Phosphorus 22 µg/L. TSI 52.

Water quality readings
MeasureReadingWhere it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)4.5ftMeasured, not scored

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

Total phosphorus22µg/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.52Eutrophic
OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity

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Fishing Volusia-North Talmadge Lake

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

  • Water clarity

    Improving

    5 years

  • Phosphorus

    Improving

    -3.03 µg/L/yr5 years

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Frequently asked questions about Volusia-North Talmadge Lake

Where is Volusia-North Talmadge Lake?

Volusia-North Talmadge 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-North Talmadge Lake?

Volusia-North Talmadge Lake in Volusia County, Florida has water-quality measurements published by Florida DEP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.5 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 22 µg/L.

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Is Volusia-North Talmadge Lake safe to swim in?

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

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Planning a trip around Canaveral?

Volusia-North Talmadge Lake is about 36 miles from Canaveral National Seashore. Crowds there swing hard by season, so the month you pick changes both how busy the park is and what lodging costs.

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Where this data comes from

318 measurements from 3 monitoring stations, 2020–2025. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.

Collected and reported by

  • FLORIDA LAKEWATCH21FLKWAT_WQX318 samples · 2020–2025
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.