Is the lake safe?

Kansas

Toxic algae in Johnson County lakes

19 lakes and waterways in Johnson County have harmful algal bloom reports in Kansas's official data. The most recent entry is for Amesbury Lake: Kansas has a public health watch in effect for Amesbury Lake, last updated on 23 October 2026. The latest published sample, on 5 October 2026, was at Watch level (microcystin 0.65 µg/L, 109,927 cyanobacteria cells/mL). Amesbury Lake, Kingston Lake and Roses 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: 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.