Xenia Lake
Bourbon County, Kansas64 acresView mapDirections
KDHE publishes the water-quality measurements for Xenia Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- 29 ft max depth
- Limited data
Xenia Lake in Bourbon County, Kansas has water-quality measurements published by KDHE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 5.9 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 20 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 4.9 µg/L. Surface area: 64.03 acres.
Xenia Lake is a 64-acre lake in Bourbon County, Kansas with an estimated average depth of about 29 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, KDHE, last sampled 2016-07-11. 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 Xenia Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Xenia Lake
These are the measurements KDHE publishes for Xenia 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 5.9 ft. Phosphorus 20 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 4.9 µg/L. TSI 48.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 5.9ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 20µg/L | Measured, not scored The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential. |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | 4.9µg/L | Measured, not scored 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. | 48 | Mesotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Moderate nutrients, good water quality
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Lake Details
Max depth
~29 ft est.
Surface area
64 acres
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Kansas has not published bathymetry for Xenia Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
4 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
1.1 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
928 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)
Xenia Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Bourbon Co. Water Supply Res. (completed 1997), built primarily for water supply on the Limestone Creek-Tr, 54 ft tall and 1,800 ft long.
- Surface area
- 64.03 ac
- Normal storage
- 1,224.3 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 3,204 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 4.84 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Significant
- Owner
- BOURBON COUNTY RWD NO 4
All listed purposes: Water Supply;Flood Risk Reduction.
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID KS07776 · Operator website
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Frequently asked questions about Xenia Lake
Where is Xenia Lake?
- Xenia Lake is a lake in Bourbon County, Kansas. Its water-quality measurements are published by KDHE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Xenia Lake?
- Xenia Lake in Bourbon County, Kansas has water-quality measurements published by KDHE, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 5.9 ft visibility. Phosphorus: 20 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 4.9 µg/L. Surface area: 64.03 acres.
Is Xenia Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Xenia Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Xenia Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 29 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 64.03 acres.
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Where this data comes from
5 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2016. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- Kansas Department Of Health And Environment
21KAN001_WQX5 samples · 2016
Analytical methods
- Depth, Secchi disk depth
- Phosphorus by Colorimetry
- 10200 H ~ Chlorophyll a-b-c Determination
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)