(KNZA)--Authorities are investigating after a body was recovered from Perry Lake Tuesday morning. 

According to Jefferson County Sheriff Timothy Bacon, deputies were called just before noon to a report of a body in the water near the Slough Creek Boat Ramp off Ferguson Road. 

WIBW-TV reports the body was identified as 51-year-old James Meredith of Berryton. Bacon said there were no apparent signs of foul play. 

The investigation remains ongoing. 

Bacon thanked the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jefferson County EMS, the Fairview Fire Department, and Jefferson County Sheriff's deputies for their assistance at the scene.