Is the lake safe?

New York

Toxic algae in Chenango County lakes

13 lakes and waterways in Chenango County have harmful algal bloom reports in New York's official data. The most recent entry is for Thunder Lake: Thunder Lake was on New York's harmful algal bloom list from 28 July 2025 to 13 September 2025, with confirmed bloom status (2 reports). Thunder Lake, Plymouth Reservoir and Chenango Lake have had blooms in three or more years.

Other waterbodies with a report

These have one or two reports in a single year, which isn't enough history for a page of their own yet.

Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), official data, checked 24 October 2026. For today's conditions see the NYHABS map. No report doesn't mean a lake is safe: most water is only tested occasionally.