Is the lake safe?

New York

Toxic algae in Allegany County lakes

5 lakes and waterways in Allegany County have harmful algal bloom reports in New York's official data. The most recent entry is for Alma Pond: Alma Pond was on New York's harmful algal bloom list on 24 September 2025, with confirmed bloom status (1 report).

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.