Is the lake safe?

New York

Toxic algae in Washington County lakes

6 lakes and waterways in Washington County have harmful algal bloom reports in New York's official data. The most recent entry is for Dead Lake: Dead Lake was on New York's harmful algal bloom list on 3 October 2025, with confirmed bloom status (2 reports). Dead Lake, Champlain Canal and Summit Lake and 2 more 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.