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Eutrophic Lakes in North Carolina

73 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. 73 North Carolina 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 carry higher phosphorus and chlorophyll-a readings. The same nutrient richness that defines the trophic class shows up in those numbers.

#LakeCountyClarityDepthTSI
1Bay Tree LakeBladen2.4 ft-57
2White LakeBladen3.9 ft-55
3Salters LakeBladen1.7 ft-59
4Hope Mills LakeCumberland3.3 ft-56
5Old Town ReservoirMoore6.9 ft-52
6Jones LakeBladen2.1 ft-57
7Great LakeCraven0.7 ft-67
8Catfish LakeCraven1.8 ft-58
9Merchants MillpondGates1.6 ft-69
10Pages LakeMoore--53
11Hamlet City LakeRichmond--51
12Singletary LakeBladen1.9 ft-60
13Greenfield LakeNew Hanover4.7 ft-59
14Carthage City LakeMoore4.9 ft-55
15Mayo ReservoirPerson5.9 ft-52
16Hiwassee ReservoirCherokee10 ft-49
17Lake GastonNorthampton5.4 ft-53
18Lake GastonWarren4.1 ft-55
19Hyco LakePerson5.6 ft-54
20John H Kerr ReservoirVance4.9 ft-54
21Lake LureRutherford--49
22Corporation LakeOrange2.2 ft-60
23Cliffs of the Neuse LakeWayne7.9 ft-54
24Roberdel LakeRichmond--58
25Falls LakeMontgomery--49
26Lake RhodhissCaldwell--54
27Lookout Shoals LakeCatawba--49
28Lake WylieGaston--54
29Lake NormanIredell--51
30Bessemer City LakeGaston--49
31West Fk Eno R ReservoirOrange3.8 ft-57
32Cane Creek ReservoirOrange3.6 ft-57
33B Everett Jordan LakeChatham1.8 ft-68
34Catawba Creek LakeGaston3.6 ft-58
35S Fork Catawba Riv LakeGaston3.9 ft-57
36Lake MackintoshGuilford3.9 ft-56
37High Point LakeGuilford3 ft-60
38Lake BrandtGuilford3 ft-59
39Lake BurlingtonAlamance2.1 ft-61
40Lake TownsendGuilford3.5 ft-58
41Lake HuntRockingham3.3 ft-57
42Randleman LakeRandolph3.2 ft-57
43Lake HigginsGuilford3 ft-59
44Reidsville LakeRockingham3 ft-58
45Blowing Rock Town PondWatauga11.6 ft-52
46Kerr Scott ReservoirWilkes4.9 ft-55
47Kernersville LakeForsyth2.8 ft-59
48Farmer LakeCaswell2.1 ft-61
49Lake Isaac WaltonPerson3.4 ft-58
50Wiggins Mill ReservoirWilson2.6 ft-63
51Lake SummitHenderson7.2 ft-53
52Lake ButnerGranville5.4 ft-55
53Kings Mountain ReservoirCleveland6.9 ft-55
54Lake AdgerPolk3.9 ft-56
55Lake JohnsonWake3 ft-60
56West Fork Eno River ReservoirOrange3.8 ft-61
57Lake RaleighWake2.5 ft-62
58Toisnot ReservoirWilson2.3 ft-64
59Tuckertown ReservoirRowan--62
60Back Creek LakeRandolph--60
61Lake TilleryMontgomery--55
62Badin LakeMontgomery--57
63City PondAnson--61
64Lake FisherCabarrus--60
65Lake ConcordCabarrus--61
66Blewett Falls LakeAnson--66
67Kannapolis LakeRowan--57
68Salem LakeForsyth--58
69Bunch LakeRandolph--53
70Waterville LakeHaywood--61
71Lake JunaluskaHaywood--52
72Lake HickoryCatawba--55
73Lake DevinGranville--59
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 →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 →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 North Carolina lakes →

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.