Whites Creek Lake
Webster County, Mississippi287 acresView mapDirections
MDEQ publishes the water-quality measurements for Whites Creek Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Hypereutrophic
Whites Creek Lake in Webster County, Mississippi has water-quality measurements published by MDEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2.2 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 30 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 36.4 µg/L. Surface area: 287 acres.
Whites Creek Lake is a 287-acre highly nutrient-loaded hypereutrophic lake in Webster County, Mississippi.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency, last sampled 2021-10-21. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
Readings onlyAlgae risk
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 Whites Creek Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Whites Creek Lake
These are the measurements MDEQ publishes for Whites Creek 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 2.2 ft of visibility. Phosphorus 30 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 36.4 µg/L. TSI 62.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 2.2ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 30µg/L | Good GoodFairPoor |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | 36.4µg/L | Poor GoodFairPoor |
| Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a. | 62 | Hypereutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Very high nutrients, dense algae, poor clarity
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Lake Details
Surface area
287 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Whites Creek Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Whites Creek Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Whites Creek Number 1 Dam (completed 1992), built primarily for water supply on the Whites Creek; earth-type dam, 35 ft tall and 2,215 ft long.
- Surface area
- 287 ac
- Normal storage
- 1,807 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 3,965 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 6.13 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- CITY OF EUPORA
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID MS03277 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.13 km)
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Frequently asked questions about Whites Creek Lake
Where is Whites Creek Lake?
- Whites Creek Lake is a lake in Webster County, Mississippi. Its water-quality measurements are published by MDEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Whites Creek Lake?
- Whites Creek Lake in Webster County, Mississippi has water-quality measurements published by MDEQ, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2.2 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 30 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 36.4 µg/L. Surface area: 287 acres.
Is Whites Creek 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
65 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2020–2021. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-21.
Collected and reported by
- MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
21MSWQ_WQX65 samples · 2020–2021
Analytical methods
- Phosphorus by Colorimetry
- 445.0 ~ EPA; Chlorophyll and Pheophytin in Algae by Fluorescence
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.