Will Hall Creek Lake
Dickson County, Tennessee50 acresView mapDirections
TDEC publishes the water-quality measurements for Will Hall Creek Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- 33 ft max depth
- Limited data
Will Hall Creek Lake in Dickson County, Tennessee has water-quality measurements published by TDEC, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 18 µg/L. Surface area: 50 acres.
Will Hall Creek Lake is a 50-acre lake in Dickson County, Tennessee with an estimated average depth of about 33 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, TDEC, last sampled 2012-08-22. 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 Will Hall Creek Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Will Hall Creek Lake
These are the measurements TDEC publishes for Will Hall Creek Lake, 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 18 µg/L. TSI 46.
| 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 | 18µg/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. | 46 | Mesotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Moderate nutrients, good water quality
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Lake Details
Max depth
~33 ft est.
Surface area
50 acres
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Tennessee has not published bathymetry for Will Hall Creek Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
5 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
1.2 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
669 ft
Size, shoreline, and watershed area from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS). Mean depth here is modelled, not surveyed — HydroLAKES v1.0 estimates lake depth from surrounding terrain rather than from soundings. Treat it as an approximation, and prefer a state bathymetric survey where one exists.
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Will Hall Creek Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Woodhaven Dam (completed 1935) on the Will Hall Creek; earth-type dam, 40 ft tall and 550 ft long.
- Surface area
- 50 ac
- Normal storage
- 800 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 1,400 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 4.75 sq mi
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- Tdec
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID TN04304 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.1 km)
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Frequently asked questions about Will Hall Creek Lake
Where is Will Hall Creek Lake?
- Will Hall Creek Lake is a lake in Dickson County, Tennessee. Its water-quality measurements are published by TDEC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Will Hall Creek Lake?
- Will Hall Creek Lake in Dickson County, Tennessee has water-quality measurements published by TDEC, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 18 µg/L. Surface area: 50 acres.
Is Will Hall Creek Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Will Hall Creek Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Will Hall Creek Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 33 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate. The lake covers 50 acres.
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Where this data comes from
1 measurement from 1 monitoring station, 2012. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- TDEC Division of Water Resources
TDECWR_WQX1 sample · 2012
Analytical methods
- 4500 P E ~ Phosphorus in Water by Colorimetry- Ascorbic Acid Method
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.
Other records on this page
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)