Hypereutrophic Lakes in Missouri

50 hypereutrophic lakes in Missouri. Very high nutrients, dense algae, poor clarity.

Hypereutrophic lakes (TSI above 70) are at the upper end of the productivity scale: visible algal blooms most weeks of summer, clarity often under 3 feet, and meaningful risk of harmful-algal-bloom toxin events. 50 hypereutrophic lakes are on the Missouri books. Almost none of them are deep — 0% break 50 feet. Shallow basin plus heavy nutrient input is the consistent recipe.

Hypereutrophic lakes overwhelmingly grade D or F — the trophic class and the grade are measuring closely-related dimensions of the same underlying nutrient regime.

#	Lake	County	Grade	Clarity	Depth	TSI
1	Valley Lake	Jackson	D	-	-	71
2	Harrison County Lake	Harrison	F	1.5 ft	-	72
3	Pomme de Terre Lake	Hickory	F	1.2 ft	-	76
4	Mckay Park Lake	Cole	F	1 ft	-	75
5	Edwin A Pape Lake	Lafayette	F	1.8 ft	-	71
6	Harrisonville Lake	Cass	F	1.1 ft	-	71
7	North Lake	Cass	F	1.6 ft	-	73
8	Drexel City Reservoir South Nr. Dam	Bates	F	0.9 ft	-	80
9	Jackrabbit Lake	Jackson	F	1.5 ft	-	72
10	Koeneman Park Lake	St. Louis	F	3.1 ft	-	70
11	Hemitite Lake	St. Francois	F	1.1 ft	-	77
12	Lamar City Lk. Nr. Upper End Lake	Barton	F	1.8 ft	-	70
13	Nell Lake	Jackson	F	1.3 ft	-	73
14	Unionville Lake	Putnam	F	1.6 ft	-	72
15	Lake Luna	Cass	F	1.2 ft	-	77
16	Spring Fork Lake	Pettis	F	1.4 ft	-	73
17	Spanish Lake	St. Louis	F	1.6 ft	-	77
18	Chaumiere Lake	Clay	F	1.4 ft	-	74
19	Izaak Walton Lake	Vernon	F	1.5 ft	-	78
20	King Lake	DeKalb	F	0.6 ft	-	77
21	Teal Lake	Audrain	F	2 ft	-	71
22	Creve Coeur Lake Nr. Boat Ramp	St. Louis	F	1.2 ft	-	73
23	Montrose Lake	Henry	F	0.6 ft	-	80
24	Sterling Price Lake	Chariton	F	1.5 ft	-	73
25	Crowder S.P. Lake	Grundy	F	1 ft	-	77
26	Knox Village Lake	Jackson	F	2.2 ft	-	76
27	Cameron Lake Nr. Dam	DeKalb	F	1.6 ft	-	71
28	Houston Lake	Platte	F	1.1 ft	-	73
29	Shelbyville Lake	Shelby	F	1 ft	-	80
30	Mozingo Lake	Nodaway	F	-	-	73
31	Pomme de Terre Lake	Hickory	F	1 ft	-	80
32	Jamesport Community Lake	Daviess	F	0.9 ft	-	78
33	Gopher Lake	Jackson	F	1.2 ft	-	73
34	Bee Tree Lake	St. Louis	F	0.6 ft	-	85
35	Mckee Prairie Pond	Jackson	F	1.3 ft	-	73
36	Lake Wooldridge	Saline	F	-	-	89
37	Lewis Lake	Stoddard	F	-	-	75
38	Railraod Lake	Moniteau	F	-	-	73
39	Troost Lake	Jackson	F	-	-	73
40	Big Lake	Holt	F	-	-	99
41	Tilles Park Reservoir	St. Louis	F	-	-	82
42	Troost Lake	Jackson	F	-	-	76
43	Firehouse Park Lake	Jackson	F	-	-	80
44	Chaumiere Park Lake	Clay	F	-	-	75
45	Kessler Lake	Jackson	F	-	-	77
46	Blue River Parkway Lake	Jackson	F	-	-	77
47	Catclaw Lake	Jackson	F	-	-	78
48	Limpp Lake	Gentry	F	-	-	81
49	Perry City Lake	Ralls	F	-	-	83
50	Loose Park Lake	Jackson	F	-	-	80

All hypereutrophic lakes →Minnesota version →Wisconsin version →Illinois version →Michigan version →Iowa version →Ohio version →Pennsylvania version →New York version →Indiana version →North Dakota version →South Dakota version →All Missouri lakes →

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.