Whitley County Lake Quality
Indiana, 11 lakes, measured by IDEM
Whitley County holds 11 monitored lakes. With a sample that small the county-level summary describes those specific waters, not necessarily every water body in the county. 5 of those lakes carry recent nutrient and algae readings. The county-level summary describes that subset, not every water body listed. For Whitley County the spread behind the average matters more than the average itself: a few nutrient-rich lakes among many clear ones produce the same figure as the inverse.
Many of the county's lakes are deep glacial basins, over 50 feet at their deepest point, which gives them thermal stratification and a buffer against summer warming. Blue Lake has the lowest nutrient and algae readings in the county.
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All Lakes in Whitley County
11 lakes · 5 ranked on readings, 6 without enough sampling5 lakes ranked on readings · 6 without enough sampling, hidden
| # | Lake | Clarity | Phosphorus | Algae | Trophic | Max Depth | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue LakeWhitley | No recent samples | 36 µg/L | 8 µg/L | No recent samples | 45.9 ft | ✓ Public |
| 2 | Goose LakeWhitley | No recent samples | 49 µg/L | 6 µg/L | No recent samples | 65.9 ft | ✓ Public |
| 3 | Shriner LakeWhitley | No recent samples | 27 µg/L | 3.5 µg/L | No recent samples | 74.1 ft | ✓ Public |
| 4 | Cedar LakeWhitley | No recent samples | 25 µg/L | 3 µg/L | No recent samples | 75.1 ft | Not recorded |
| 5 | Little Cedar LakeWhitley | No recent samples | 39 µg/L | 17 µg/L | No recent samples | 35.1 ft | ✓ Public |
| Black LakeWhitley | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | 35.1 ft | Not recorded | |
| Wilson LakeWhitley | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | 30.8 ft | Not recorded | |
| Troy Cedar LakeWhitley | No recent samples | 155.5 µg/L | 49.1 µg/L | No recent samples | 87.9 ft | Not recorded | |
| Old LakeWhitley | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | 39 ft | ✓ Public | |
| Crooked LakeWhitley | No recent samples | 85.6 µg/L | 4.2 µg/L | No recent samples | No recent samples | ✓ Public | |
| Loon LakeWhitley | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | No recent samples | 91.9 ft | ✓ Public |
NR = no nutrient or algae reading on record. The measurements are published as the authority reports them. Where the data comes from.
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Source: the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. See data sources.