What are eutrophic lakes in Kansas?

41 eutrophic lakes in Kansas. High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity.

What does eutrophic mean?

High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity.

Eutrophic Lakes in Kansas

Eutrophic lakes — TSI 50 to 70 — are nutrient-rich and productive, with persistent summer algal communities that drive visible reductions in clarity. These conditions are not failures; they reflect a lake doing what nutrient-loaded waters do. 41 Kansas 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	Lake Crawford	Crawford	B	5.1 ft	-	52
2	Geary Co State Fishing Lake	Geary	B	4.3 ft	-	55
3	Lake Wabaunsee	Wabaunsee	B	4.9 ft	-	53
4	Louisburg State Fishing Lake	Miami	B	3 ft	-	58
5	New Olathe Lake	Johnson	B	3.4 ft	-	55
6	Madison City Lake	Greenwood	B	4.1 ft	-	51
7	Parsons Lake	Neosho	B	2 ft	-	65
8	Bone Creek Lake	Crawford	B	5.8 ft	-	52
9	Olathe Lake	Johnson	C	3 ft	-	59
10	Hillsdale Lake	Miami	C	3.7 ft	-	56
11	Cedar Bluff Lake	Trego	C	5.9 ft	-	51
12	Clinton Lake	Douglas	C	3.8 ft	-	58
13	Kanopolis Lake	Ellsworth	C	2.6 ft	-	61
14	Leavenworth Co State Fishing Lake	Leavenworth	C	4.3 ft	-	55
15	Mission Lake	Brown	C	1 ft	-	69
16	El Dorado Lake	Butler	C	2.8 ft	-	58
17	Big Hill Lake	Labette	C	3.9 ft	-	55
18	Pleasanton Reservoir	Linn	C	4.3 ft	-	54
19	Richmond City Lake	Franklin	C	3.9 ft	-	56
20	Lenexa Lake	Johnson	C	-	-	55
21	Cheney Lake	Sedgwick	D	2.5 ft	-	65
22	Quivira Lake	Wyandotte	D	3 ft	-	61
23	Potter'S Lake	Douglas	D	4.4 ft	-	59
24	Wilson Co State Fishing Lake	Wilson	D	3.6 ft	-	57
25	Tuttle Creek Lake	Riley	D	2.9 ft	-	71
26	Mound City Lake	Linn	D	3.6 ft	-	60
27	Horsethief Canyon Lake	Hodgeman	D	2.3 ft	-	63
28	New Yates Center Lake	Woodson	D	5.2 ft	-	52
29	Scott State Fishing Lake	Scott	D	3.1 ft	-	62
30	Banner Creek Lake	Jackson	D	2.9 ft	-	61
31	Lone Star Lake	Douglas	D	3.1 ft	-	60
32	Council Grove Lake	Morris	D	1.7 ft	-	70
33	Fall River Lake	Greenwood	D	1.9 ft	-	63
34	Toronto Lake	Woodson	D	1 ft	-	70
35	Elk City Lake	Montgomery	D	1.5 ft	-	67
36	John Redmond Lake	Coffey	D	1.5 ft	-	73
37	Quivera Big Salt Marsh Lake	Stafford	D	0.8 ft	-	71
38	Waconda Lake	Mitchell	D	3.3 ft	-	62
39	Kirwin Lake	Phillips	D	5.5 ft	-	58
40	Strowbridge Reservoir	Osage	D	2.4 ft	-	63
41	Stoll Park Lake	Johnson	D	-	-	63

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 →Nebraska version →Nevada version →Arizona version →Idaho version →Montana version →New Mexico version →Tennessee version →Alabama 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 Kansas lakes →

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.