Eutrophic Lakes in North Carolina

115 eutrophic lakes in North Carolina. High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity.

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. 115 {{stateName}} 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 the LakeGrade rubric. The same nutrient richness that defines the trophic class drives the lower grade.

#	Lake	County	Grade	Clarity	Depth	TSI
1	Lake James	Burke	B	-	-	51
2	Lake Norman	Iredell	B	-	-	51
3	Lake Adger	Polk	B	-	-	50
4	Blowing Rock Town Pond	Watauga	B	11.6 ft	-	51
5	Lake Butner	Granville	B	-	-	52
6	Lake Ben Johnson	Orange	B	-	-	53
7	Pages Lake	Moore	B	-	-	53
8	Hamlet City Lake	Richmond	B	-	-	51
9	Rockingham City Lake	Richmond	B	-	-	51
10	Bunch Lake	Randolph	B	-	-	53
11	Kings Mountain Reservoir	Cleveland	B	-	-	51
12	Lake Junaluska	Haywood	B	-	-	52
13	Old Town Reservoir	Moore	C	6.9 ft	-	52
14	Lake Sequoyah	Macon	C	5.4 ft	-	51
15	Mayo Reservoir	Person	C	5.9 ft	-	52
16	Hanging Rock Lake	Stokes	C	5.9 ft	-	50
17	Kerr Scott Reservoir	Wilkes	C	4.9 ft	-	53
18	Corporation Lake	Orange	C	-	-	59
19	Lake Tillery	Montgomery	C	-	-	55
20	Lake Rhodhiss	Caldwell	C	-	-	54
21	Lake Wylie	Gaston	C	-	-	54
22	Lake Hickory	Catawba	C	-	-	55
23	South Deep Creek @ Swains Church Lake	Yadkin	C	-	-	57
24	South Deep Creek @ Wagoner Lake	Yadkin	C	-	-	57
25	Cliffs of the Neuse Lake	Wayne	C	-	-	53
26	West Fk Eno R Reservoir	Orange	C	3.8 ft	-	57
27	Cane Creek Reservoir	Orange	C	3.6 ft	-	59
28	Catawba Creek Lake	Gaston	C	3.6 ft	-	58
29	S Fork Catawba Riv Lake	Gaston	C	3.9 ft	-	57
30	Lake Mackintosh	Guilford	C	3.9 ft	-	56
31	Bay Tree Lake	Bladen	C	2.4 ft	-	57
32	John H Kerr Reservoir	Vance	C	4.9 ft	-	54
33	White Lake	Bladen	C	3.9 ft	-	56
34	Carthage City Lake	Moore	C	4.9 ft	-	56
35	Jones Lake	Bladen	C	2.1 ft	-	59
36	Lake Gaston	Northampton	C	5.4 ft	-	53
37	Lake Gaston	Warren	C	4.1 ft	-	56
38	Hyco Lake	Person	C	5.6 ft	-	54
39	Lake Raleigh	Wake	C	-	-	59
40	Toisnot Reservoir	Wilson	C	-	-	60
41	Lake Johnson	Wake	C	-	-	57
42	Bass Lake	Wake	C	-	-	61
43	Merchants Millpond	Gates	C	-	-	69
44	Badin Lake	Montgomery	C	-	-	57
45	City Pond	Anson	C	-	-	61
46	Tuckertown Reservoir	Rowan	C	-	-	62
47	Back Creek Lake	Randolph	C	-	-	60
48	Lake Fisher	Cabarrus	C	-	-	60
49	Kannapolis Lake	Rowan	C	-	-	57
50	Salem Lake	Forsyth	C	-	-	58
51	Roberdel Lake	Richmond	C	-	-	58
52	Falls Lake Bayleaf Church	Wake	C	-	-	57
53	Waterville Lake	Haywood	C	-	-	61
54	Lake Devin	Granville	C	-	-	59
55	Lake Hunt	Rockingham	D	3.3 ft	-	57
56	Lake Townsend	Guilford	D	3.5 ft	-	60
57	Randleman Lake	Randolph	D	3.2 ft	-	59
58	Hope Mills Lake	Cumberland	D	3.3 ft	-	57
59	Greenfield Lake	New Hanover	D	4.7 ft	-	59
60	Great Lake	Craven	D	0.7 ft	-	67
61	Lake Isaac Walton	Person	D	3.4 ft	-	60
62	Little River Reservoir	Durham	D	3 ft	-	60
63	Lake Michie	Durham	D	2.6 ft	-	61
64	Lake Brandt	Guilford	D	3 ft	-	61
65	High Point Lake	Guilford	D	3 ft	-	61
66	Lake Burlington	Alamance	D	2.1 ft	-	62
67	Salters Lake	Bladen	D	1.7 ft	-	62
68	Lake Higgins	Guilford	D	3 ft	-	60
69	Singletary Lake	Bladen	D	1.9 ft	-	64
70	Reidsville Lake	Rockingham	D	3 ft	-	60
71	Catfish Lake	Craven	D	1.8 ft	-	61
72	Farmer Lake	Caswell	D	2.1 ft	-	64
73	Buckhorn Reservoir	Wilson	D	-	-	61
74	Lake Wheeler	Wake	D	-	-	62
75	Lake Orange	Orange	D	-	-	62
76	West Fork Eno River Reservoir	Orange	D	-	-	64
77	Beaverdam Lake	Wake	D	-	-	62
78	Wiggins Mill Reservoir	Wilson	D	-	-	64
79	Lake Benson	Wake	D	-	-	64
80	Apex Reservoir	Wake	D	-	-	62
81	Lake Thom-A-Lex	Davidson	D	-	-	64
82	High Rock Lake	Davidson	D	-	-	64
83	Lake Concord	Cabarrus	D	-	-	61
84	Blewett Falls Lake	Anson	D	-	-	66
85	Coddle Creek Reservoir	Cabarrus	D	-	-	59
86	Lake Mattamuskeet	Hyde	D	-	-	69
87	Lake Reese	Randolph	D	-	-	61
88	Lake Hampton	Yadkin	D	-	-	59
89	Lake Hampton Upper End	Yadkin	D	-	-	59
90	South Deep Creek @ E Longtown Lake	Yadkin	D	-	-	67
91	University Lake	Orange	D	2.3 ft	-	63
92	B E Jordan Lake	Chatham	D	2.6 ft	-	62
93	Limestone Lake	Duplin	D	2.3 ft	-	66
94	Falls of the Neuse Reservoir	Wake	D	2.1 ft	-	63
95	Graham-Mebane Reservoir	Alamance	D	2.3 ft	-	64
96	Lake Roxboro	Caswell	D	3 ft	-	61
97	Kernersville Lake	Forsyth	D	2.8 ft	-	62
98	Town Creek Lake	Rowan	D	-	-	64
99	Robeson Creek Lake	Chatham	D	-	-	64
100	Big Lake	Wake	D	-	-	65

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Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.