Granite Springs is located in an area of mixed forest and grassland. It is an active recreational site with boating, fishing, and camping being the primary activities.
Some houses are present in the area surrounding the reservoir.
Profiles Profile data were collected for Granite Springs once during summer 1997, from mid-May through the first part of October in 1998, and once during winter 1998. These profiles indicate that Granite Springs was stratified by early to mid-July and was unstratified in the winter. Changes in the temperature, dissolved oxygen, specific conductance, and pH profiles indicate that the epilimnion extended from the surface to about 19 ft deep. Dissolved-oxygen concentrations in the epilimnion were above saturation, probably due to photosynthetic activity by the phytoplankton. The euphotic zone also extended to about 19 ft, as estimated from a Secchi disk transparency of 6.2 ft.