What are eutrophic lakes in Virginia?

54 eutrophic lakes in Virginia. High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity.

What does eutrophic mean?

High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity.

Eutrophic Lakes in Virginia

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 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	Chickahominy Lake Sta Upper Lake New	Charles City	B	2.1 ft	-	62
2	Waller Mill Reserv Sta Lake	York	B	3.9 ft	-	55
3	Diascund Reservoir Off Dam	New Kent	B	3 ft	-	56
4	Near Dam Lake	Albemarle	C	6.6 ft	-	49
5	Sta Mouth of Riddick Ditch Lake	Chesapeake city	C	0.7 ft	-	65
6	Station Lake	Suffolk city	C	3.6 ft	-	59
7	Station Lake	Pittsylvania	C	3.6 ft	-	52
8	Station Lake	York	C	3.9 ft	-	56
9	Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of Portsmouth	Chesapeake city	C	0.7 ft	-	66
10	Hales Ford Lake	Franklin	C	4.9 ft	-	51
11	Confl. Beaverdam Cr. Lake	Bedford	C	4.3 ft	-	53
12	Lake Drummond Sta Mouth of Jericho	Chesapeake city	C	0.7 ft	-	66
13	State Park Lake	Pulaski	C	7.5 ft	-	49
14	Lake Laura	Shenandoah	C	9.7 ft	-	44
15	Confl. Indian Cr. Lake	Franklin	C	4.6 ft	-	52
16	Sta Kr Lake	Mecklenburg	C	3.6 ft	-	56
17	Speights Run	Suffolk city	C	3.1 ft	-	60
18	Dublin Water Works Lake	Pulaski	C	7.2 ft	-	45
19	Mcclintic Pt. Lake	Bath	C	4.6 ft	-	51
20	Briery Creek Lake Sta	Prince Edward	C	4.3 ft	-	52
21	Briery Creek Lake Upper End of Lake Prin	Prince Edward	C	3.9 ft	-	53
22	Goodwin Lake-Near Dam-Prince Edward	Prince Edward	C	2.6 ft	-	57
23	Townes Reservoir	Patrick	C	5.2 ft	-	51
24	South Holston Lake	Washington	C	7.2 ft	-	49
25	Curtis Lake	Stafford	C	4.3 ft	-	54
26	Abel Lake	Stafford	C	5.2 ft	-	50
27	Rural Retreat Lake	Wythe	C	5.2 ft	-	52
28	Near the Dam Lake	Amelia	C	3.9 ft	-	52
29	Prince Edward Lake-Near Dam	Prince Edward	C	2.6 ft	-	54
30	Northeast Arm of Mill Creek Lake	Amherst	C	4.1 ft	-	53
31	Lake Anna	Spotsylvania	D	3.3 ft	-	58
32	Mill Cr Reservoir	Amherst	D	3.6 ft	-	55
33	Lake Nelson	Nelson	D	3.1 ft	-	61
34	Chickahominy Reservoir	Charles City	D	2 ft	-	63
35	Upper Blackwater River Lake	Franklin	D	3 ft	-	59
36	Swift Creek Reservoir Sta	Chesterfield	D	2.8 ft	-	57
37	Brunswick County Lake	Brunswick	D	2.3 ft	-	63
38	At Dam Lake Albemarle	Albemarle	D	3.4 ft	-	58
39	Great Creek Reservoir	Brunswick	D	3.1 ft	-	57
40	Sandy River Lake	Prince Edward	D	3.3 ft	-	55
41	Mountain Run Lake	Culpeper	D	2.6 ft	-	60
42	Lake Culpeper	Culpeper	D	2 ft	-	64
43	Keysville Reservoir-Charlotte	Charlotte	D	2.3 ft	-	60
44	Totier Creek Reservoir	Albemarle	D	3 ft	-	62
45	Banister Lakesta	Halifax	D	2 ft	-	60
46	Fluvanna Ruritan Lake	Fluvanna	D	3.3 ft	-	60
47	Upstream of Ivy Creek Lake	Albemarle	D	4.3 ft	-	57
48	Lake Chesdin Sta	Chesterfield	D	3 ft	-	58
49	Lake Orange	Orange	D	3.9 ft	-	56
50	Powhatan Lake	Powhatan	D	2.3 ft	-	61
51	Nottoway Lake	Nottoway	D	3.3 ft	-	56
52	Mill Creek Reservoir	Amherst	D	3.6 ft	-	54
53	North Arm of Mill Creek Lake	Amherst	D	3.6 ft	-	54
54	Cohoke Millpond	King William	D	-	-	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.