What are eutrophic lakes in Alabama?

53 eutrophic lakes in Alabama. High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity.

What does eutrophic mean?

High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity.

Eutrophic Lakes in Alabama

A eutrophic lake is a productive ecosystem with the trade-offs that come with productivity: more food at the base of the food web, more clarity reduction by mid-summer, more dissolved-oxygen variability near the bottom. 53 Alabama lakes register as eutrophic. Only 0% are deep — eutrophy correlates with shallowness, agricultural watersheds, and the kind of nutrient-input history that takes decades to shift.

Eutrophic lakes typically grade C or D on our A–F scale. The same nutrient richness that defines the trophic class drives the lower grade.

#	Lake	County	Grade	Clarity	Depth	TSI
1	Warg Lake	Hale	B	2.8 ft	-	56
2	Olit Lake	Tuscaloosa	B	4.3 ft	-	51
3	Ptac Lake	Covington	B	3.6 ft	-	52
4	Fjac Lake	Covington	B	3.9 ft	-	50
5	Gntc Lake	Covington	B	3.7 ft	-	53
6	Danw Lake	Dallas	B	3.1 ft	-	55
7	Danw Lake	Wilcox	B	2.9 ft	-	54
8	Danw Lake	Wilcox	B	2.9 ft	-	55
9	Danw Lake	Dallas	B	3 ft	-	55
10	Wdfa Lake	Montgomery	B	3.7 ft	-	53
11	Wdfa Lake	Lowndes	B	3.3 ft	-	56
12	Cofc Lake	Choctaw	B	2.4 ft	-	58
13	Cofc Lake	Choctaw	B	1.9 ft	-	60
14	Warg Lake	Hale	C	2.1 ft	-	60
15	Warg Lake	Tuscaloosa	C	2.4 ft	-	57
16	Warg Lake	Hale	C	2.4 ft	-	58
17	Holt Lake	Tuscaloosa	C	4.5 ft	-	53
18	Tenr Lake	Marshall	C	5.1 ft	-	53
19	Rlhr Lake	Randolph	C	5 ft	-	53
20	Jore Lake	Elmore	C	5.7 ft	-	52
21	Layc Lake	Shelby	C	3.4 ft	-	56
22	Wdfa Lake	Lowndes	C	3.3 ft	-	58
23	Mitc Lake	Chilton	C	5.4 ft	-	52
24	Gaig Lake	Sumter	C	3 ft	-	56
25	Gaig Lake	Pickens	C	2.8 ft	-	58
26	Gaig Lake	Greene	C	3.1 ft	-	56
27	Dems Lake	Greene	C	2.4 ft	-	58
28	Dems Lake	Sumter	C	2.7 ft	-	56
29	Dems Lake	Greene	C	2.4 ft	-	57
30	Cofc Lake	Marengo	C	2 ft	-	60
31	Alip Lake	Pickens	C	2.4 ft	-	58
32	Bant Lake	Walker	D	3.3 ft	-	57
33	Purs Lake	Jefferson	D	3.6 ft	-	55
34	Weic Lake	Cherokee	D	2.6 ft	-	59
35	Weic Lake	Cherokee	D	3.3 ft	-	58
36	Holt Lake	Tuscaloosa	D	4.5 ft	-	54
37	Holt Lake	Tuscaloosa	D	4.7 ft	-	53
38	Tennessee River Lake	Jackson	D	6.5 ft	-	53
39	Tenr Lake	Lauderdale	D	4.2 ft	-	56
40	Logs Lake	Talladega	D	2.6 ft	-	59
41	Layc Lake	Shelby	D	3.7 ft	-	56
42	Nees Lake	St. Clair	D	2.7 ft	-	60
43	Nees Lake	Cherokee	D	2.4 ft	-	61
44	Ducc Lake	Cullman	D	4.1 ft	-	57
45	Turl Lake	Lawrence	D	5 ft	-	55
46	Ctmc Lake	Cullman	D	5.4 ft	-	54
47	Albd Lake	DeKalb	D	6.5 ft	-	52
48	Hilc Lake	Calhoun	D	3.8 ft	-	53
49	Bwcd Lake	DeKalb	D	4.3 ft	-	57
50	Fncc Lake	Chambers	D	3.1 ft	-	54
51	Ogll Lake	Lee	D	4.1 ft	-	56
52	Berw Lake	Winston	D	5 ft	-	55
53	Butl Lake	Marion	D	-	-	57

All eutrophic lakes →Minnesota version →Wisconsin version →Illinois version →Michigan version →Iowa version →Ohio version →Pennsylvania version →New York version →Missouri version →Indiana version →North Dakota version →South Dakota version →Florida version →Colorado version →North Carolina version →Vermont version →Texas version →Oregon version →Arkansas version →Oklahoma version →Kansas version →Nebraska version →Nevada version →Arizona version →Idaho version →Montana version →New Mexico version →Tennessee version →Virginia version →Kentucky version →Utah version →Washington version →Wyoming version →Georgia version →Massachusetts version →Ontario version →Québec version →Nova Scotia version →British Columbia version →Newfoundland and Labrador version →All Alabama lakes →

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.