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Eutrophic Lakes in Virginia

54 eutrophic lakes in Virginia. 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. 54 Virginia 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
1Chickahominy Lake Sta Upper Lake NewCharles City2.1 ft-62
2Waller Mill Reserv Sta LakeYork3.9 ft-55
3Diascund Reservoir Off DamNew Kent3 ft-56
4Near Dam LakeAlbemarle6.6 ft-49
5Sta Mouth of Riddick Ditch LakeChesapeake city0.7 ft-65
6Station LakeSuffolk city3.6 ft-59
7Station LakePittsylvania3.6 ft-52
8Station LakeYork3.9 ft-56
9Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of PortsmouthChesapeake city0.7 ft-66
10Hales Ford LakeFranklin4.9 ft-51
11Confl. Beaverdam Cr. LakeBedford4.3 ft-53
12Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of JerichoChesapeake city0.7 ft-66
13State Park LakePulaski7.5 ft-49
14Lake LauraShenandoah9.7 ft-44
15Confl. Indian Cr. LakeFranklin4.6 ft-52
16Sta Kr LakeMecklenburg3.6 ft-56
17Speights RunSuffolk city3.1 ft-60
18Dublin Water Works LakePulaski7.2 ft-45
19Mcclintic Pt. LakeBath4.6 ft-51
20Briery Creek Lake StaPrince Edward4.3 ft-52
21Briery Creek Lake Upper End of Lake PrinPrince Edward3.9 ft-53
22Goodwin Lake-Near Dam-Prince EdwardPrince Edward2.6 ft-57
23Townes ReservoirPatrick5.2 ft-51
24South Holston LakeWashington7.2 ft-49
25Curtis LakeStafford4.3 ft-54
26Abel LakeStafford5.2 ft-50
27Rural Retreat LakeWythe5.2 ft-52
28Near the Dam LakeAmelia3.9 ft-52
29Prince Edward Lake-Near DamPrince Edward2.6 ft-54
30Northeast Arm of Mill Creek LakeAmherst4.1 ft-53
31Lake AnnaSpotsylvania3.3 ft-58
32Mill Cr ReservoirAmherst3.6 ft-55
33Lake NelsonNelson3.1 ft-61
34Chickahominy ReservoirCharles City2 ft-63
35Upper Blackwater River LakeFranklin3 ft-59
36Swift Creek Reservoir StaChesterfield2.8 ft-57
37Brunswick County LakeBrunswick2.3 ft-63
38At Dam Lake AlbemarleAlbemarle3.4 ft-58
39Great Creek ReservoirBrunswick3.1 ft-57
40Sandy River LakePrince Edward3.3 ft-55
41Mountain Run LakeCulpeper2.6 ft-60
42Lake CulpeperCulpeper2 ft-64
43Keysville Reservoir-CharlotteCharlotte2.3 ft-60
44Totier Creek ReservoirAlbemarle3 ft-62
45Banister LakestaHalifax2 ft-60
46Fluvanna Ruritan LakeFluvanna3.3 ft-60
47Upstream of Ivy Creek LakeAlbemarle4.3 ft-57
48Lake Chesdin StaChesterfield3 ft-58
49Lake OrangeOrange3.9 ft-56
50Powhatan LakePowhatan2.3 ft-61
51Nottoway LakeNottoway3.3 ft-56
52Mill Creek ReservoirAmherst3.6 ft-54
53North Arm of Mill Creek LakeAmherst3.6 ft-54
54Cohoke MillpondKing William--64
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 →Alabama 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 Virginia lakes →

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.