Is the lake safe?

Kansas

Toxic algae in Lyon County lakes

4 lakes and waterways in Lyon County have harmful algal bloom reports in Kansas's official data. The most recent entry is for King Lake: Kansas has no current advisory for King Lake. The most recent sample, on 14 October 2026, was below advisory levels (microcystin 0.47 µg/L, 73,661 cyanobacteria cells/mL). King Lake has 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: Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), official data, checked 24 October 2026. For today's conditions see the KDHE algae bloom map. No report doesn't mean a lake is safe: most water is only tested occasionally.