Willow Springs Lake
Coconino County, Arizona150 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from ADEQ for this lake.
- 28 ft max depth
- Limited data
Willow Springs Lake in Coconino County, Arizona has water-quality measurements published by ADEQ, shown here as reported. Surface area: 150 acres.
Willow Springs Lake is a 150-acre lake in Coconino County, Arizona with an estimated average depth of about 28 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, ADEQ, last sampled 2026-03-11. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Willow Springs Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Camping2 public campgrounds nearby
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Willow Springs Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Willow Springs Lake
These are the measurements ADEQ publishes for Willow Springs 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.
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Lake Details
Max depth
~28 ft est.
Surface area
150 acres
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Arizona has not published bathymetry for Willow Springs Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
4 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
3.3 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
7,526 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.
Recreation & Access
Public campgrounds near Willow Springs Lake
- Fr 1712.0 km
- Canyon Point4.6 kmReserve
Nearest public campgrounds in the USGS National Map inventory, within about 3 miles. An empty list means USGS records no campground that close, which is not the same as camping being unavailable. Where the source gives an official reservation link, it is used; the cabin and hotel search does not cover campsites. More camping lakes
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Willow Springs Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Willow Springs (completed 1970), built primarily for recreation on the Willow Springs; rockfill-type dam, 80 ft tall and 700 ft long.
- Surface area
- 150 ac
- Normal storage
- 3,654 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 4,230 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 3.89 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Low
- Owner
- ARIZONA GAME & FISH DEPARTMENT
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID AZ00088 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Willow Springs Lake
Where is Willow Springs Lake?
- Willow Springs Lake is a lake in Coconino County, Arizona. Its water-quality measurements are published by ADEQ and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Willow Springs Lake?
- Willow Springs Lake in Coconino County, Arizona has water-quality measurements published by ADEQ, shown here as reported. Surface area: 150 acres.
Is Willow Springs Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Willow Springs Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Willow Springs Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 28 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 150 acres.
Are there campgrounds on Willow Springs Lake?
- Willow Springs Lake has 2 public campgrounds from USGS The National Map within 5 km, including Fr 171, Canyon Point. This is a location join, not a booking. Cabins and hotels are listed separately; campsite reservations use the official link when the source provides one.
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Where this data comes from
6 measurements from 2 monitoring stations, 2025–2026. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Great Lakes Environmental Center
GLEC5 samples · 2025 - AZDEQ_SW
AZDEQ_SW1 sample · 2026
Analytical methods
- 4500 P E ~ Phosphorus in Water by Colorimetry- Ascorbic Acid Method
- 300.0 ~ EPA; Determination of Inorganic Anions by Ion Chromatography
- SM 4500-P-F
Monitoring station identifiers (2)
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)
Public campgrounds from USGS The National Map Structures, within about 3 miles